renacer Negative Imperative Conjugation
renacer — to be born again
All negative commands for renacer use the 'zc' stem: no renazcas, no renazca, no renazcan.
renacer Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to let old bad habits or negative feelings come back to life.
Notes on renacer in the Negative Imperative
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive forms.
Example Sentences
No renazcas en tus viejos errores.
Don't be reborn into your old mistakes.
tú
No renazcan esos sentimientos de odio.
Don't let those feelings of hatred be reborn.
No renazcamos en la tristeza.
Let's not be reborn in sadness.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no renaces
Correct: no renazcas
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: renazco
Renacer is irregular in the first person (yo renazco), but regular for all other forms.
Preterite
yo: renací
Renacer is completely regular in the preterite: renací, renaciste, renació, renacimos, renacisteis, renacieron.
Imperfect
yo: renacía
Renacer is regular in the imperfect: renacía, renacías, renacía, renacíamos, renacíais, renacían.
Future
yo: renaceré
Renacer is regular in the future: renaceré, renacerás, renacerá, renaceremos, renaceréis, renacerán.
Conditional
yo: renacería
Renacer is regular in the conditional: renacería, renacerías, renacería, renaceríamos, renaceríais, renacerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: renazca
The present subjunctive uses the 'zc' stem for all persons: renazca, renazcas, renazca, renazcamos, renazcáis, renazcan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: renaciera
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the third-person plural preterite: renaciera, renacieras, renaciera, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: renace
Use 'renace' for tú and 'renazca' for formal commands.