volcar Negative Imperative Conjugation
volcar — to tip over
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no vuelques, no vuelque.
volcar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to stop someone from tipping something over or spilling a liquid.
Notes on volcar in the Negative Imperative
Matches the present subjunctive exactly. It includes the 'qu' spelling change in all forms and the 'o > ue' stem change except for nosotros and vosotros.
Example Sentences
¡No vuelques el vaso!
Don't tip the glass over!
tú
No volquéis la mesa, por favor.
Don't tip the table over, please.
vosotros
No vuelquen la basura aquí.
Don't dump the trash here.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no vuelcas'.
Correct: no vuelques
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive ending (-es for -ar verbs), not the indicative.
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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'.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: vuelca
Use 'vuelca' (tú) or 'vuelquen' (ustedes) to tell someone to tip or dump something.