regar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
regar — to water
Use 'riega' (tú) or 'riegue' (usted) to give commands to water something.
regar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative when giving direct instructions to someone, like telling a neighbor to water your plants while you're away.
Notes on regar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the present indicative 'ie' change (riega). The other forms use the present subjunctive stems (including the 'gu' spelling change).
Example Sentences
¡Riega las plantas ahora!
Water the plants now!
tú
Riegue el jardín por la noche, por favor.
Water the garden at night, please.
Reguemos el césped antes de que haga calor.
Let's water the lawn before it gets hot.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: rega
Correct: riega
Why: The informal 'tú' command needs the 'ie' stem change.
Mistake: riege
Correct: riegue
Why: The formal command needs the 'u' to maintain the hard 'g' sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: riego
Regar changes its stem from 'e' to 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: riego, riegas, riega, regamos, regáis, riegan.
Preterite
yo: regué
Regar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (regué) to keep the sound consistent, but otherwise follows regular -ar patterns.
Imperfect
yo: regaba
Regar is completely regular in the imperfect: regaba, regabas, regaba, regábamos, regabais, regaban.
Future
yo: regaré
The future tense of regar is regular: regaré, regarás, regará, regaremos, regaréis, regarán.
Conditional
yo: regaría
The conditional of regar is regular: regaría, regarías, regaría, regaríamos, regaríais, regarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: riegue
The present subjunctive follows the stem change (ie) and the spelling change (gu): riegue, riegues, riegue, reguemos, reguéis, rieguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: regara
The imperfect subjunctive of regar is regular based on the preterite stem: regara, regaras, regara, regáramos, regarais, regaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no riegues
The negative imperative uses present subjunctive forms: no riegues, no riegue, no reguemos, no reguéis, no rieguen.