No dispares el arma.

Do not fire the weapon.

Breakdown of No dispares el arma.

• no: not
• el arma: the weapon
• disparar: to shoot

Questions & Answers about No dispares el arma.

Why is it dispares and not dispara?

Because this is a negative tú command.

In Spanish, affirmative and negative commands for tú use different forms:

• Dispara = Shoot!
• No dispares = Don’t shoot!

For negative tú commands, Spanish uses the present subjunctive form. So:

• infinitive: disparar
• yo form: disparo
• subjunctive stem: dispar-
• negative tú command: no dispares

So No dispares is the correct way to say Don’t shoot when speaking informally to one person.

How do I form a negative tú command in general?

A very useful pattern is:

• No + present subjunctive

For -ar verbs:

• hablar → no hables
• mirar → no mires
• disparar → no dispares

For -er / -ir verbs:

• comer → no comas
• vivir → no vivas

A quick way to build it:

1. Start with the yo form in the present.
2. Remove the -o.
3. Add the opposite ending.

So for disparar:

• yo disparo
• remove -o → dispar-
• add -es → dispares

Then add no:

• No dispares