recargar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
recargar — to recharge
The imperative uses regular forms for 'tú' (recarga) and 'vosotros' (recargad), but requires 'gu' for formal/plural forms (recargue, recarguen).
recargar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give orders or instructions, like 'Recharge your phone!' or 'Top up the card!'.
Notes on recargar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'usted', 'ustedes', and 'nosotros' forms use the subjunctive stem with 'gu' (recargue, recarguen, recarguemos).
Example Sentences
Recarga el móvil antes de salir.
Recharge the phone before leaving.
tú
Recargue su tarjeta en esa máquina, por favor.
Please top up your card at that machine.
usted
Recargad las pilas durante el descanso.
Recharge your batteries (rest) during the break.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'recargua' for the tú command.
Correct: recarga
Why: The 'tú' command is just the present 'él/ella' form. No spelling change is needed before 'a'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: recargo
Recargar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense: recargo, recargas, recarga, recargamos, recargáis, recargan.
Preterite
yo: recargué
Recargar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes 'g' to 'gu': recargué.
Imperfect
yo: recargaba
The imperfect is regular for recargar: recargaba, recargabas, recargaba, recargábamos, recargabais, recargaban.
Future
yo: recargaré
The future tense is regular; just add the endings to the infinitive: recargaré, recargarás, recargará, recargaremos, recargaréis, recargarán.
Conditional
yo: recargaría
The conditional is regular; add -ía endings to the infinitive: recargaría, recargarías, recargaría, recargaríamos, recargaríais, recargarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: recargue
The present subjunctive of recargar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu' in all persons: recargue, recargues, recargue, recarguemos, recarguéis, recarguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: recargara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: recargara, recargaras, recargara, recargáramos, recargarais, recargaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no recargues
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no recargues, no recargue, no recarguemos, no recarguen.