reventar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
reventar — to burst
The imperative uses the stem change in most forms: revienta (tú), reviente (usted), revienten (ustedes).
reventar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use to give a direct command to pop or burst something, often used in games or when telling someone to 'exhaust' themselves working.
Notes on reventar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'revienta' (stem change). The 'vosotros' form is 'reventad' (no stem change).
Example Sentences
¡Revienta esa burbuja!
Pop that bubble!
tú
Reviente usted el globo con el dardo.
Pop the balloon with the dart (formal).
usted
Reventad los globos ahora.
Pop the balloons now (plural/informal).
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'reviente' for the tú command.
Correct: The informal affirmative command is revienta.
Why: The affirmative 'tú' command usually matches the third-person singular of the present indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: reviento
The present tense of reventar follows a stem change (e to ie) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: reventé
The preterite of reventar is completely regular, following standard -ar endings.
Imperfect
yo: reventaba
The imperfect of reventar is regular: reventaba, reventabas, reventaba, reventábamos, reventabais, reventaban.
Future
yo: reventaré
The future tense is regular: attach the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive reventar.
Conditional
yo: reventaría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive reventar.
Present Subjunctive
yo: reviente
The present subjunctive follows the e to ie stem change: reviente, revientes, reviente, reventemos, reventéis, revienten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: reventara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: reventara, reventaras, reventara, reventáramos, reventarais, reventaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no revientes
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no revientes, no reviente, no reventemos, no reventéis, no revienten.