Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | critico | |
| tú | criticas | |
| él / ella / usted | critica | |
| nosotros / nosotras | criticamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | criticáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | critican |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | critiqué | |
| tú | criticaste | |
| él / ella / usted | criticó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | criticamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | criticasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | criticaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | criticaba | |
| tú | criticabas | |
| él / ella / usted | criticaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | criticábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | criticabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | criticaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | criticaré | |
| tú | criticarás | |
| él / ella / usted | criticará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | criticaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | criticaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | criticarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | criticaría | |
| tú | criticarías | |
| él / ella / usted | criticaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | criticaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | criticaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | criticarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | critique | |
| tú | critiques | |
| él / ella / usted | critique | |
| nosotros / nosotras | critiquemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | critiquéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | critiquen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to criticize
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Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations