volcar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
volcar — to tip over
Use 'vuelca' (tú) or 'vuelquen' (ustedes) to tell someone to tip or dump something.
volcar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this for direct orders, like telling someone to dump out a bucket of water or tip a container.
Notes on volcar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the stem change (vuelca). The 'usted/ustedes' forms use the 'qu' spelling change and the stem change.
Example Sentences
¡Vuelca el cubo ahora!
Tip the bucket over now!
tú
Vuelque usted la masa en el molde.
Tip the dough into the mold.
Volcad las bolsas en el suelo.
Dump the bags on the floor (Spain/vosotros).
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'volca' for the tú command.
Correct: vuelca
Why: The affirmative tú command usually matches the third-person present indicative, which has the stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vuelco
Volcar is a stem-changing verb where the 'o' becomes 'ue' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: volqué
Volcar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (volqué) to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: volcaba
Volcar is completely regular in the imperfect: volcaba, volcabas, volcaba...
Future
yo: volcaré
Volcar is regular in the future; just add endings to the infinitive: volcaré, volcarás...
Conditional
yo: volcaría
Volcar is regular in the conditional: volcaría, volcarías, volcaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: vuelque
Volcar combines the 'o > ue' stem change with the 'c > qu' spelling change in all forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: volcara
Volcar is regular in the imperfect subjunctive, based on the third-person preterite 'volcaron'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no vuelques
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no vuelques, no vuelque.