Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | culpo | |
| tú | culpas | |
| él / ella / usted | culpa | |
| nosotros / nosotras | culpamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | culpáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | culpan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | culpé | |
| tú | culpaste | |
| él / ella / usted | culpó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | culpamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | culpasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | culparon |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | culpaba | |
| tú | culpabas | |
| él / ella / usted | culpaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | culpábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | culpabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | culpaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | culparé | |
| tú | culparás | |
| él / ella / usted | culpará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | culparemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | culparéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | culparán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | culparía | |
| tú | culparías | |
| él / ella / usted | culparía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | culparíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | culparíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | culparían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | culpe | |
| tú | culpes | |
| él / ella / usted | culpe | |
| nosotros / nosotras | culpemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | culpéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | culpen |
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
- (reflexive) to blame
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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