vestir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
vestir — to dress
The imperative uses 'viste' for tú and 'vistan' for formal commands.
vestir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to give direct orders to someone to get dressed or to dress someone else.
Notes on vestir in the Affirmative Imperative
The tú form uses the present indicative third-person (viste), while the others use the subjunctive stem (vist-).
Example Sentences
¡Viste al bebé ahora!
Dress the baby now!
tú
Vístase con ropa cómoda para el examen médico.
Dress in comfortable clothes for the medical exam.
Vistamos a los actores antes de que empiece la obra.
Let's dress the actors before the play starts.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: vestid (reflexive mistake)
Correct: vestíos
Why: When using the reflexive 'get dressed' for vosotros, the 'd' is dropped to become 'vestíos'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: visto
Vestir has an e > i stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: vestí
Vestir is a stem-changer in the preterite, but only in the third-person forms: vistió and vistieron.
Imperfect
yo: vestía
Vestir is regular in the imperfect: vestía, vestías, vestía, vestíamos, vestíais, vestían.
Future
yo: vestiré
Vestir is regular in the future: vestiré, vestirás, vestirá, vestiremos, vestiréis, vestirán.
Conditional
yo: vestiría
Vestir is regular in the conditional: vestiría, vestirías, vestiría, vestiríamos, vestiríais, vestirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vista
The present subjunctive of vestir follows the e > i change in ALL forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: vistiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'visti-' stem: vistiera, vistieras, vistiera, vistiéramos, vistierais, vistieran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no vistas
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no vistas, no vista, no vistamos, no vistáis, no vistan.