regañar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
regañar — to scold
Use 'regaña' for tú commands, 'regañe' for usted, 'regañemos' for nosotros, 'regañad' for vosotros, and 'regañen' for ustedes.
regañar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
The imperative mood is for giving direct commands. Use 'regaña' to tell one person you know well to stop scolding, or use 'regañen' for a group or someone you address formally.
Notes on regañar in the Affirmative Imperative
Regañar is regular in the imperative mood. The tú form 'regaña' is the same as the third-person singular present indicative.
Example Sentences
¡Regaña a tu hermano por hacer eso!
Scold your brother for doing that!
tú
Señora, no regañe al niño, por favor.
Ma'am, don't scold the child, please.
usted
Regañad vuestros hijos con amabilidad.
Scold your children with kindness.
vosotros
No nos regañen por llegar tarde.
Don't scold us for arriving late.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the subjunctive form instead of the imperative for tú.
Correct: Use 'regaña' for the tú imperative, not 'regañes'.
Why: 'Regañes' is the present subjunctive, used in different contexts like wishes or doubts, not direct commands.
Mistake: Forgetting the 'd' on the vosotros form.
Correct: The correct vosotros imperative is 'regañad', not 'regaña'.
Why: The '-d' ending is characteristic of the vosotros imperative for -ar verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: regaño
The present tense of regañar is regular: regaño, regañas, regaña, regañamos, regañáis, regañan.
Preterite
yo: regañé
The preterite of regañar is regular: regañé, regañaste, regañó, regañamos, regañasteis, regañaron.
Imperfect
yo: regañaba
The imperfect of regañar is regular: regañaba, regañabas, regañaba, regañábamos, regañabais, regañaban.
Future
yo: regañaré
The future tense of regañar is regular: regañaré, regañarás, regañará, regañaremos, regañaréis, regañarán.
Conditional
yo: regañaría
The conditional of regañar is regular: regañaría, regañarías, regañaría, regañaríamos, regañaríais, regañarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: regañe
The present subjunctive of regañar is regañe (yo, él/ella/usted), regañes (tú), regañemos (nosotros), regañéis (vosotros), regañen (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: regañara
The imperfect subjunctive of regañar is regañara or regañase (e.g., yo regañara, tú regañaras, él regañara).
Negative Imperative
yo: no regañes
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no regañes (tú), no regañe (usted), no regañemos (nosotros), no regañéis (vosotros), no regañen (ustedes).