culpar Imperfect Conjugation
culpar — to blame
The imperfect of culpar is regular: culpaba, culpabas, culpaba, culpábamos, culpabais, culpaban.
culpar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect when describing a past habit of blaming someone or a continuous state of blame without a specific end point.
Notes on culpar in the Imperfect
Culpar is completely regular in the imperfect. Remember the accent on the 'nosotros' form (culpábamos).
Example Sentences
De niño, siempre culpaba a mi hermano por mis travesuras.
As a child, I always used to blame my brother for my mischief.
yo
Ellos nos culpaban de todo lo que salía mal.
They used to blame us for everything that went wrong.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
¿Por qué nos culpabais antes?
Why were you guys blaming us before?
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: culpabamos
Correct: culpábamos
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect require a written accent on the 'a' in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: culpo
The present of culpar is regular: culpo, culpas, culpa, culpamos, culpáis, culpan.
Preterite
yo: culpé
The preterite of culpar is regular: culpé, culpaste, culpó, culpamos, culpasteis, culparon.
Future
yo: culparé
The future of culpar is regular: culparé, culparás, culpará, culparemos, culparéis, culparán.
Conditional
yo: culparía
The conditional of culpar is regular: culparía, culparías, culparía, culparíamos, culparíais, culparían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: culpe
The present subjunctive of culpar is: culpe, culpes, culpe, culpemos, culpéis, culpen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: culpara
The imperfect subjunctive of culpar is: culpara, culparas, culpara, culpáramos, culparais, culparan.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: culpa
The affirmative imperative of culpar is: culpa (tú), culpe (usted), culpemos (nosotros), culpad (vosotros), culpen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no culpes
The negative imperative of culpar uses the present subjunctive: no culpes, no culpe, no culpemos, no culpéis, no culpen.