tragar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
tragar — to swallow
The imperative of tragar gives commands: traga (tú), tragad (vosotros), trague (usted).
tragar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this when telling someone to swallow their medicine or to 'swallow' their pride.
Notes on tragar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is regular (traga). The 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms use the 'gu' spelling change from the subjunctive.
Example Sentences
¡Traga la medicina ahora mismo!
Swallow the medicine right now!
tú
Trague saliva y respire hondo.
Swallow and take a deep breath.
usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'trage' for usted.
Correct: trague
Why: Formal commands (usted) for -ar verbs use subjunctive endings, requiring the 'gu' spelling change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: trago
The present tense of tragar is regular in all forms: trago, tragas, traga, tragamos, tragáis, tragan.
Preterite
yo: tragué
The preterite of tragar features a spelling change in the 'yo' form (tragué) to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: tragaba
The imperfect of tragar is fully regular: tragaba, tragabas, tragaba, tragábamos, tragabais, tragaban.
Future
yo: tragaré
The future of tragar is regular: tragaré, tragarás, tragará, tragaremos, tragaréis, tragarán.
Conditional
yo: tragaría
The conditional of tragar is regular: tragaría, tragarías, tragaría, tragaríamos, tragaríais, tragarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: trague
The present subjunctive of tragar uses a 'gu' spelling in all forms: trague, tragues, trague, traguemos, traguéis, traguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: tragara
The imperfect subjunctive of tragar is regular based on the preterite stem: tragara, tragaras, tragara, tragáramos, tragarais, tragaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no tragues
The negative imperative of tragar uses the 'gu' spelling: no tragues, no trague, no traguemos, no traguéis, no traguen.