robar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
robar — to steal
Affirmative commands for robar are: roba (tú), robe (usted), robad (vosotros), roben (ustedes).
robar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to command someone to steal (mostly used in figurative senses like 'steal the show' or in crime fiction).
Notes on robar in the Affirmative Imperative
Robar is regular. The 'tú' form is 'roba' (same as present indicative third person) and the 'vosotros' form is 'robad'.
Example Sentences
¡Roba el balón y corre!
Steal the ball and run!
tú
Roben la atención del público desde el inicio.
Steal the audience's attention from the start.
Robad las miradas con vuestro baile.
Steal the glances with your dance.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Robar (as a command)
Correct: Robad
Why: In Spain, people often use the infinitive 'robar' for 'vosotros' commands, but the grammatically correct form is 'robad'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: robo
The present tense of robar follows standard -ar patterns: robo, robas, roba, robamos, robáis, roban.
Preterite
yo: robé
The preterite of robar is regular: robé, robaste, robó, robamos, robasteis, robaron.
Imperfect
yo: robaba
The imperfect of robar is regular, using the -aba ending for all forms like robaba, robabas, and robábamos.
Future
yo: robaré
The future tense of robar is formed by adding -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: robaría
The conditional of robar uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: robaría, robarías, robaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: robe
The present subjunctive of robar changes the 'a' to 'e': robe, robes, robe, robemos, robéis, roben.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: robara
The imperfect subjunctive of robar uses the -ra endings: robara, robaras, robara, robáramos...
Negative Imperative
yo: ¡No robes!
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no robes, no robe, no robemos.