trazar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
trazar — to draw
The imperative uses 'traza' (tú) and spelling-changed 'trace' (usted/ustedes).
trazar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct commands to draw something or outline a strategy.
Notes on trazar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' forms change 'z' to 'c' (trace, tracemos, tracen) to follow spelling rules.
Example Sentences
Traza un círculo en el centro.
Draw a circle in the center.
tú
Trace la línea aquí, por favor.
Trace the line here, please.
Tracemos el plan ahora mismo.
Let's outline the plan right now.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'traze' for the usted form.
Correct: trace
Why: The 'z' must change to 'c' before the 'e' in the command form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: trazo
Trazar is completely regular in the present tense: trazo, trazas, traza, trazamos, trazáis, trazan.
Preterite
yo: tracé
Trazar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: tracé, trazaste, trazó, trazamos, trazasteis, trazaron.
Imperfect
yo: trazaba
Trazar is regular in the imperfect: trazaba, trazabas, trazaba, trazábamos, trazabais, trazaban.
Future
yo: trazaré
Trazar is regular in the future: trazaré, trazarás, trazará, trazaremos, trazaréis, trazarán.
Conditional
yo: trazaría
Trazar is regular in the conditional: trazaría, trazarías, trazaría, trazaríamos, trazaríais, trazarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: trace
Trazar undergoes a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' before 'e': trace, traces, trace, tracemos, tracéis, tracen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: trazara
The imperfect subjunctive of trazar is regular, based on the 'trazaron' stem: trazara, trazaras, trazara, trazáramos, trazarais, trazaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no traces
Negative commands always use the spelling-changed subjunctive forms: no traces, no trace, no tracemos, no tracéis, no tracen.