regar Negative Imperative Conjugation
regar — to water
The negative imperative uses present subjunctive forms: no riegues, no riegue, no reguemos, no reguéis, no rieguen.
regar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to water the plants, perhaps because it's going to rain.
Notes on regar in the Negative Imperative
Since this uses the present subjunctive, it includes both the 'ie' stem change (except for nosotros/vosotros) and the 'gu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
No riegues las suculentas demasiado.
Don't water the succulents too much.
tú
No riegue el campo hoy, va a llover.
Don't water the field today, it's going to rain.
No reguéis las flores al mediodía.
Don't water the flowers at noon.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no riegas
Correct: no riegues
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive ending, not the indicative ending.
Mistake: no regues
Correct: no riegues
Why: You need the 'ie' stem change for the 'tú' negative command.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: riega
Use 'riega' (tú) or 'riegue' (usted) to give commands to water something.