significar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
significar — to mean
The imperative forms for significar are rarely used but follow standard patterns.
significar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to command something to 'mean' or 'represent' something, often in poetic or figurative contexts.
Notes on significar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' forms use the 'qu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
Significa algo positivo para ellos.
Mean something positive for them.
tú
Signifiquen el cambio que queremos ver.
Represent (you all) the change we want to see.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: significe (usted)
Correct: signifique
Why: The formal command must use 'qu' to keep the 'k' sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: significo
The present tense of significar is regular: significo, significas, significa, significamos, significáis, significan.
Preterite
yo: signifiqué
The preterite of significar features a spelling change in the 'yo' form: signifiqué.
Imperfect
yo: significaba
The imperfect of significar is regular: significaba, significabas, significaba...
Future
yo: significaré
The future tense is regular, formed by adding endings to the infinitive: significaré, significarás...
Conditional
yo: significaría
The conditional is regular: significaría, significarías, significaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: signifique
The present subjunctive uses the 'qu' spelling change: signifique, signifiques, signifique...
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: significara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: significara, significaras, significara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no signifiques
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no'.