revisar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
revisar — check
The affirmative commands for revisar are: revisa (tú), revise (usted), revisemos (nosotros), revisad (vosotros), revisen (ustedes).
revisar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give a direct order or instruction to check something, like 'Check the oil' or 'Review this file.'
Notes on revisar in the Affirmative Imperative
Revisar is regular. The 'tú' form is 'revisa' (same as the present indicative 'él' form).
Example Sentences
Revisa el correo, por favor.
Check the mail, please.
tú
Revise estos documentos antes de la reunión.
Review these documents before the meeting.
Revisemos el mapa para no perdernos.
Let's check the map so we don't get lost.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: revisar (as a command)
Correct: revisa / revisen
Why: While you might see the infinitive on signs, in speech you must conjugate the verb to address the person directly.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: reviso
Revisar is a standard -ar verb in the present: reviso, revisas, revisa, revisamos, revisáis, revisan.
Preterite
yo: revisé
Revisar is regular in the preterite: revisé, revisaste, revisó, revisamos, revisasteis, revisaron.
Imperfect
yo: revisaba
Revisar is fully regular in the imperfect: revisaba, revisabas, revisaba, revisábamos, revisabais, revisaban.
Future
yo: revisaré
To form the future of revisar, add endings to the infinitive: revisaré, revisarás, revisará, revisaremos, revisaréis, revisarán.
Conditional
yo: revisaría
The conditional of revisar uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: revisaría, revisarías, revisaría, revisaríamos, revisaríais, revisarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: revise
For revisar, swap the 'a' for 'e': revise, revises, revise, revisemos, reviséis, revisen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: revisara
The imperfect subjunctive of revisar is formed from the 'ellos' preterite: revisara, revisaras, revisara, revisáramos, revisarais, revisaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no revises
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no revises, no revise, no revisemos, no reviséis, no revisen.