Castigar conjugation chart
Castigar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I punish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you punish | |
| vos | you punish | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she punishes | |
| nosotros | we punish | |
| vosotros | you all punish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they punish |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Castigar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I punished | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you punished | |
| vos | you punished | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she punished | |
| nosotros | we punished | |
| vosotros | you all punished | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they punished |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Castigar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to punish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to punish | |
| vos | you used to punish | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to punish | |
| nosotros | we used to punish | |
| vosotros | you all used to punish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to punish |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Castigar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will punish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will punish | |
| vos | you will punish | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will punish | |
| nosotros | we will punish | |
| vosotros | you all will punish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will punish |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Castigar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would punish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would punish | |
| vos | you would punish | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would punish | |
| nosotros | we would punish | |
| vosotros | you all would punish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would punish |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Castigar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I punish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you punish | |
| vos | that you punish | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she punish | |
| nosotros | that we punish | |
| vosotros | that you all punish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they punish |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Castigar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I punished | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you punished | |
| vos | if you punished | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she punished | |
| nosotros | if we punished | |
| vosotros | if you all punished | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they punished |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (castigase), more common in writing.
Castigar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | punish! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | punish! | |
| usted | punish! | |
| nosotros | let's punish! | |
| vosotros | punish! | |
| ustedes | punish! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: castiga. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (castigue, castiguemos, castiguen).
Castigar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't punish! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't punish! | |
| usted | don't punish! | |
| nosotros | let's not punish! | |
| vosotros | don't punish! | |
| ustedes | don't punish! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + castigues, castigue…
Always the verb haber + the past participle castigado, which never changes.
Castigar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he castigado |
|---|---|
| tú | has castigado |
| vos | has castigado |
| él, ella, usted | ha castigado |
| nosotros | hemos castigado |
| vosotros | habéis castigado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han castigado |
Castigar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había castigado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías castigado |
| vos | habías castigado |
| él, ella, usted | había castigado |
| nosotros | habíamos castigado |
| vosotros | habíais castigado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían castigado |
Castigar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré castigado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás castigado |
| vos | habrás castigado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá castigado |
| nosotros | habremos castigado |
| vosotros | habréis castigado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán castigado |
Castigar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría castigado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías castigado |
| vos | habrías castigado |
| él, ella, usted | habría castigado |
| nosotros | habríamos castigado |
| vosotros | habríais castigado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían castigado |
Castigar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya castigado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas castigado |
| vos | hayas castigado |
| él, ella, usted | haya castigado |
| nosotros | hayamos castigado |
| vosotros | hayáis castigado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan castigado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
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