rectificar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
rectificar — to correct
The imperative uses 'rectifica' (tú) and 'rectifique' (usted). Use it for direct commands to fix something.
rectificar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this for commands, like telling someone to correct a typo or a behavior immediately.
Notes on rectificar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' forms use the 'qu' spelling change (rectifique, rectifiquemos, rectifiquen) to maintain the hard 'k' sound.
Example Sentences
Rectifica eso ahora mismo.
Correct that right now.
tú
Rectifique el documento, por favor.
Correct the document, please.
usted
Rectificad vuestros errores.
Correct (all of you) your errors.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: rectificá
Correct: rectifica
Why: Unless you are using 'voseo' (common in Argentina), the 'tú' command has no accent on the last 'a'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: rectifico
Rectificar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense: rectifico, rectificas, rectifica, rectificamos, rectificáis, rectifican.
Preterite
yo: rectifiqué
Rectificar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'rectifiqué'.
Imperfect
yo: rectificaba
The imperfect of rectificar is regular: rectificaba, rectificabas, rectificaba, rectificábamos, rectificabais, rectificaban.
Future
yo: rectificaré
The future tense of rectificar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: rectificaría
The conditional of rectificar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rectifique
Rectificar follows the -ar subjunctive pattern but changes 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: rectifique, rectifiques, rectifique, rectifiquemos, rectifiquéis, rectifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rectificara
The imperfect subjunctive of rectificar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: rectificara, rectificaras, rectificara, rectificáramos, rectificarais, rectificaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no rectifiques
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no rectifiques, no rectifique, no rectifiquemos, no rectifiquéis, no rectifiquen.