Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | justifico | |
| tú | justificas | |
| él / ella / usted | justifica | |
| nosotros / nosotras | justificamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | justificáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | justifican |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | justifiqué | |
| tú | justificaste | |
| él / ella / usted | justificó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | justificamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | justificasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | justificaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | justificaba | |
| tú | justificabas | |
| él / ella / usted | justificaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | justificábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | justificabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | justificaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | justificaré | |
| tú | justificarás | |
| él / ella / usted | justificará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | justificaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | justificaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | justificarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | justificaría | |
| tú | justificarías | |
| él / ella / usted | justificaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | justificaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | justificaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | justificarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | justifique | |
| tú | justifiques | |
| él / ella / usted | justifique | |
| nosotros / nosotras | justifiquemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | justifiquéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | justifiquen |
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 justify
- to account for
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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