¡Apresúrese! ¡Apúrate! ¡Date prisa!

[BobRitter]

Cual es la forma más común de decir "Hurry up!"

Sé que hay muchas maneras de decir lo mismo, pero ojalá que pudiera encontrar un sitio web que cubre a este tipo de cosas.


¿Es "date prisa!" una conjugación de dar?

[Rusty]

All are imperatives. All are reflexive.
The first command is written in third person.
The other two are written in second person.

Learn both forms, as you should address some people in the third person and others in the second person.

I've heard all of these used, but the first one you listed is probably the least common.
You'll also hear ándale, órale and muévete, among others.


Knowing which pronoun to suffix is very important!

Reflexive imperatives start as reflexive infinitives - apurarse, darse prisa, apresurarse, moverse.

The reflexive pronoun for the third person is 'se' (and it is this form that is suffixed to all reflexive infinitives). The second-person reflexive pronoun is 'te'.

Once the imperative is formed, take note which syllable is stressed. Adding the correct reflexive pronoun will add another syllable to the word. You must retain the originally-stressed syllable by using an accent mark.

'Date' is the second-person imperative of 'darse'. The third-person imperative is 'dése'. (The third-person has an accent mark only because this particular imperative does.)
'Apúrate' is the second-person imperative of 'apurarse'. In the third person, it's 'apúrese'.
'Muévese' is the third-person imperative of 'moverse'.
This will make more sense if you study up on how to form the imperative first. Then add the correct reflexive pronoun for the person.


'¡Ándale! and ¡Órale! are interjections. The latter is used principally in Mexico.

[BobRitter]

Rusty,
I really got confused about that 2nd/3rd te/se pronoun thing and did some research. According to "http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/172659/a-question-on-3rd-person-singular-please" te is second person and se is second person formal. The confusion comes from Usted (se) being included with el/ella/Usted in the verb conjugation tables as 3rd person. 2nd person formal, usted, uses the 3rd person pronoun but is still 2nd person. I think that is correct and now I think I understand it. Thanks again for you help. This is fun!