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castigar

/kastiˈɡaɾ/, [kas.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]

punish

Gerund: castigando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular castigado castigada
Plural castigados castigadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo castigo castigaba castigué castigaré castigaría
tú castigas castigabas castigaste castigarás castigarías
él/ella/Ud. castiga castigaba castigó castigará castigaría
nosotros castigamos castigábamos castigamos castigaremos castigaríamos
vosotros castigáis castigabais castigasteis castigaréis castigaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. castigan castigaban castigaron castigarán castigarían
vos castigás castigabas castigaste castigarás castigarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo castigue castigara castigase castigare
tú castigues castigaras castigases castigares
él/ella/Ud. castigue castigara castigase castigare
nosotros castiguemos castigáramos castigásemos castigáremos
vosotros castiguéis castigarais castigaseis castigareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. castiguen castigaran castigasen castigaren
vos castigués castigaras castigases castigares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú castiga no castigues
Ud. castigue no castigue
nosotros castiguemos no castiguemos
vosotros castigad no castiguéis
Uds. castiguen no castiguen
vos castigá no castigues

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Se les debe castigar.

    They must be punished.

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  • ¿Crees que los padres deberían castigar a sus hijos cuando mienten?

    Do you think parents should punish their children when they lie?

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  • ¿Cuál es la mejor forma de castigar a un perro?

    What's the best way to punish a dog?

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  • Si no te comportas te voy a tener que castigar.

    If you don't start behaving I'll have to ground you.

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  • En Singapur, una de las formas de castigar a los criminales es azotarlos.

    In Singapore, a way to punish criminals is to whip them.

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