vestir Negative Imperative Conjugation
vestir — to dress
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no vistas, no vista, no vistamos, no vistáis, no vistan.
vestir Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to dress in a certain way or not to dress someone yet.
Notes on vestir in the Negative Imperative
Like the present subjunctive, all forms use the 'i' stem change.
Example Sentences
No te vistas todavía, la fiesta es tarde.
Don't get dressed yet, the party is late.
tú
No vistan a los niños con ropa sucia.
Don't dress the children in dirty clothes.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
No nos vistamos de manera informal para la gala.
Let's not dress informally for the gala.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no te vistes
Correct: no te vistas
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive, not the indicative.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: viste
The imperative uses 'viste' for tú and 'vistan' for formal commands.