testificar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
testificar — to testify
The imperative of testificar gives commands: testifica (tú), testifique (usted), testifiquemos (nosotros), testificad (vosotros), testifiquen (ustedes).
testificar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone directly to give their testimony, often used by lawyers or police officers.
Notes on testificar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' and 'vosotros' forms are regular. The others (usted, nosotros, ustedes) use the 'qu' spelling change from the subjunctive.
Example Sentences
Testifica ahora mismo.
Testify right now.
tú
Testifique con calma, por favor.
Testify calmly, please.
Testifiquemos juntos para decir la verdad.
Let's testify together to tell the truth.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: testificá
Correct: testifica
Why: The command for 'tú' (unless using Voseo) does not have an accent and looks like the 3rd person present.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: testifico
The present tense of testificar is completely regular: testifico, testificas, testifica, testificamos, testificáis, testifican.
Preterite
yo: testifiqué
The preterite of testificar includes a spelling change in the 'yo' form (testifiqué) to maintain the hard 'c' sound.
Imperfect
yo: testificaba
The imperfect of testificar is regular: testificaba, testificabas, testificaba, testificábamos, testificabais, testificaban.
Future
yo: testificaré
The future tense of testificar is regular: just add the endings to the infinitive (testificaré, testificarás, etc.).
Conditional
yo: testificaría
The conditional of testificar is regular: testificaría, testificarías, testificaría, testificaríamos, testificaríais, testificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: testifique
The present subjunctive of testificar uses 'qu' in all forms: testifique, testifiques, testifique, testifiquemos, testifiquéis, testifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: testificara
The imperfect subjunctive of testificar is regular: testificara, testificaras, testificara, testificáramos, testificarais, testificaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no testifiques
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no testifiques, no testifique, no testifiquemos, no testifiquéis, no testifiquen.