recargar Negative Imperative Conjugation
recargar — to recharge
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no recargues, no recargue, no recarguemos, no recarguen.
recargar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to recharge something, like 'Don't top up the card yet'.
Notes on recargar in the Negative Imperative
All forms require the 'gu' spelling change to keep the hard 'g' sound before the 'e'.
Example Sentences
No recargues el móvil todavía, tiene 80%.
Don't recharge the phone yet, it has 80%.
tú
No recargue la tarjeta en sitios no oficiales.
Don't top up the card in unofficial places.
usted
No recarguéis el coche bajo la lluvia.
Don't recharge the car in the rain.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no recarga' for the negative tú command.
Correct: no recargues
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive, not the indicative.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: recarga
The imperative uses regular forms for 'tú' (recarga) and 'vosotros' (recargad), but requires 'gu' for formal/plural forms (recargue, recarguen).