disminuyas

Disminuyas is a form of the Spanish verb disminuir. It represents the second-person singular of the present subjunctive (tú form) of disminuir, meaning to reduce or lessen. The present subjunctive forms come from the verb’s stem disminu- with endings -a, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an, and in verbs ending in -uir the form sometimes shows a y before the ending, giving disminuya, disminuyas, disminuya, disminuyamos, disminuyáis, disminuyan.

Used in subordinate clauses that require the subjunctive, disminuyas appears after expressions of desire, doubt, possibility, necessity, or emotion, typically with que. Examples: Espero que disminuyas las emisiones; Es importante que disminuyas el gasto; No creo que disminuyas la velocidad de forma segura. It can also appear in conditional or purpose clauses, as in “para que disminuyas el consumo” in contexts that express a goal or condition.

In the imperative, the affirmative tú command is disminuye, while the negative tú command is no disminuyas. The form disminuyas is therefore not used for direct commands but for subjunctive contexts or after certain conjunctions.

See also: disminuir, subjunctive mood, Spanish verb conjugation.