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culminar

to culminate

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The Spanish verb culminar means to culminate.

Present tense:

yoculmino
culminas
él/ella/ustedculmina
nosotrosculminamos
vosotrosculmináis
ellos/ellas/ustedesculminan

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subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesculminaran
yoculminara
culminaras
vosotrosculminarais
nosotrosculmináramos
él/ella/ustedculminara

The imperfect subjunctive 'culminara' or 'culminase' is for past hypotheticals, wishes, or uncertain past events.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesculminen
yoculmine
culmines
vosotrosculminéis
nosotrosculminemos
él/ella/ustedculmine

The present subjunctive 'culmine', 'culmines', 'culminemos', 'culminen' expresses wishes, doubts, or emotions.

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imperative

negative

no culmines
vosotrosno culminéis
ustedesno culminen
nosotrosno culminemos
ustedno culmine

Form negative commands with 'no' + present subjunctive: 'no culmines', 'no culmine', 'no culminemos', 'no culminen', 'no culminéis'.

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affirmative

culmina
vosotrosculminad
ustedesculminen
nosotrosculminemos
ustedculmine

Use the imperative 'culmina', 'culmine', 'culminemos', 'culminen', 'culminad' for direct commands.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesculminarían
yoculminaría
culminarías
vosotrosculminaríais
nosotrosculminaríamos
él/ella/ustedculminaría

The conditional 'culminaría', 'culminarías', 'culminaría', 'culminaríamos', 'culminaríais', 'culminarían' expresses hypotheticals ('would').

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesculminaron
yoculminé
culminaste
vosotrosculminasteis
nosotrosculminamos
él/ella/ustedculminó

The preterite of culminar is regular: culminé, culminaste, culminó, culminamos, culminasteis, culminaron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesculminaban
yoculminaba
culminabas
vosotrosculminabais
nosotrosculminábamos
él/ella/ustedculminaba

The imperfect 'culminaba', 'culminabas', 'culminaba', 'culminábamos', 'culminabais', 'culminaban' describes ongoing or habitual past actions.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesculminan
yoculmino
culminas
vosotrosculmináis
nosotrosculminamos
él/ella/ustedculmina

The present tense 'culmino', 'culminas', 'culmina', 'culminamos', 'culmináis', 'culminan' describes current actions or general truths.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesculminarán
yoculminaré
culminarás
vosotrosculminaréis
nosotrosculminaremos
él/ella/ustedculminará

The future tense 'culminaré', 'culminarás', 'culminará', 'culminaremos', 'culminaréis', 'culminarán' indicates actions that will happen.

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