quebrar Negative Imperative Conjugation
quebrar — to break
The negative imperative of quebrar uses the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'.
quebrar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use to tell someone not to break something or not to go bankrupt.
Notes on quebrar in the Negative Imperative
Like the present subjunctive, it features the e > ie stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Example Sentences
No quiebres el silencio.
Don't break the silence.
tú
No quiebren los platos.
Don't break the plates.
No quebremos la tradición.
Let's not break the tradition.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no quiebra'.
Correct: no quiebres
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive endings (-es for -ar verbs), not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: quiebro
Quebrar is a stem-changing verb in the present tense, changing e to ie in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: quebré
Quebrar is completely regular in the preterite; it does not have a stem change here.
Imperfect
yo: quebraba
The imperfect of quebrar is regular: quebraba, quebrabas, quebraba, quebrábamos, quebrabais, quebraban.
Future
yo: quebraré
The future tense of quebrar is regular: simply add the endings to the infinitive (quebrar-).
Conditional
yo: quebraría
The conditional of quebrar is regular: quebraría, quebrarías, quebraría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: quiebre
The present subjunctive of quebrar follows the e > ie stem change in the same pattern as the present indicative.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: quebrara
The imperfect subjunctive of quebrar is regular, derived from the third-person plural preterite 'quebraron'.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: quiebra
The imperative of quebrar uses the stem-changed 'quiebra' for tú commands.