The Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands) of Cruzar is used to give direct orders or instructions to cross something, for example: Cruza la calle con cuidado. (Cross the street carefully.)

This verb follows the -zar to -ce spelling-changing conjugation pattern, where the ‘z’ changes to ‘c’ before adding the appropriate endings.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Cruzar (to cross) in the Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands) tense (Latin American Spanish):

Cruzar generally means to cross or go across, but has several different meanings in the Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands), some of which might surprise you.

To cross or go across: for example, ¡Cruza la calle! (Cross the street!)

To intersect or overlap: for example, ¡Cruza los brazos! (Cross your arms!)

To exchange or swap: for example, ¡Crucemos ideas! (Let’s exchange ideas!)

To breed or mate (animals): for example, ¡Cruza esos caballos! (Breed those horses!)

To interfere or get in the way (colloquial): for example, ¡No te cruces en mi camino! (Don’t get in my way!)

To ignore or disregard (rude): for example, ¡Crúzame esa orden! (Disregard that order!)

Examples

Examples of Cruzar in the Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands)

¡Cruza la calle con cuidado! (Cross the street carefully!)

Por favor, cruce la línea amarilla. (Please cross the yellow line.)

Señora, cruce por aquí para llegar más rápido. (Ma’am, cross this way to get there faster.)

¡Crucemos la frontera antes de que cierren! (Let’s cross the border before they close!)

Amigos, crucen la meta con orgullo. (Friends, cross the finish line with pride.)

Oye Juan, cruza al otro lado de la calle. (Hey Juan, cross to the other side of the street.)

Para llegar al parque, crucen por el puente peatonal. (To get to the park, cross using the pedestrian bridge.)

Mamá, cruce la calle con cuidado, hay mucho tráfico. (Mom, cross the street carefully, there’s a lot of traffic.)

¡Cruza los dedos para que tengamos suerte! (Cross your fingers for good luck!)

No te preocupes, crucemos ese puente cuando lleguemos a él. (Don’t worry, we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.)

En la próxima intersección, cruce a la derecha. (At the next intersection, cross to the right.)

¡Crucen la meta con fuerza, equipo! (Cross the finish line strong, team!)

Para llegar al otro lado, cruce por el túnel peatonal. (To get to the other side, cross through the pedestrian tunnel.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Cruzar (to cross) in the Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands) tense (Latin American Spanish) with English Translations:

This post covers Latin American Spanish. For Castilian Spanish, click here

Synonyms

The Imperative mood is also known as the Command Form, Affirmative Command Mood, or Direct Command Form in English, and as Modo Imperativo, Imperativo Afirmativo, Mandatos Afirmativos, or Forma de Mandato in Spanish.