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How to conjugate Castigar in Spanish

To punish Irregular Verb

Introduction

Castigar is the Spanish verb for "to punish". It is an irregular verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!

ItemSpanishEnglish
Infinitivecastigarto punish
Past participlecastigadopunished
Gerundcastigandopunishing
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Indicative Tenses of Castigar

Castigar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of castigar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "castigo", meaning "I punish".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocastigoI punish
castigasyou punish
Ella / Él / Ustedcastigas/he punishes, you (formal) punish
Nosotras / Nosotroscastigamoswe punish
Vosotras / Vosotroscastigáisyou (plural) punish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescastiganthey punish,

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Castigar in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of castigar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "castigué", meaning "I punished".

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yocastigué I punished
castigasteyou punished
Ella / Él / Ustedcastigós/he punished, you (formal) punished
Nosotras / Nosotroscastigamoswe punished
Vosotras / Vosotroscastigasteisyou (plural) punished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescastigaronthey punished,

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Castigar in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of castigar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "castigaba", meaning "I used to punish".

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocastigabaI used to punish
castigabasyou used to punish
Ella / Él / Ustedcastigabas/he used to punish, you (formal) used to punish
Nosotras / Nosotroscastigábamoswe used to punish
Vosotras / Vosotroscastigabaisyou (plural) used to punish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescastigabanthey used to punish,

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Castigar in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of castigar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy castigando", meaning "I am punishing".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy castigandoI am punishing
estás castigandoyou are punishing
Ella / Él / Ustedestá castigandos/he is punishing, you (formal) are punishing
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos castigandowe are punishing
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis castigandoyou (plural) are punishing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán castigandothey are punishing,

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Castigar in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of castigar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a castigar", meaning "I am going to punish".

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a castigarI am going to punish
vas a castigaryou are going to punish
Ella / Él / Ustedva a castigars/he is going to punish, you (formal) are going to punish
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a castigarwe are going to punish
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a castigaryou (plural) are going to punish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a castigarthey are going to punish,

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Castigar in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of castigar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "castigaré", meaning "I will punish".

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocastigaréI will punish
castigarásyou will punish
Ella / Él / Ustedcastigarás/he will punish, you (formal) will punish
Nosotras / Nosotroscastigaremoswe will punish
Vosotras / Vosotroscastigaréisyou (plural) will punish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescastigaránthey will punish,

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Castigar in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of castigar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "castigaría", meaning "I would punish".

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocastigaríaI would punish
castigaríasyou would punish
Ella / Él / Ustedcastigarías/he would punish, you (formal) would punish
Nosotras / Nosotroscastigaríamoswe would punish
Vosotras / Vosotroscastigaríaisyou (plural) would punish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescastigaríanthey would punish,

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Castigar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of castigar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he castigado", meaning "I have punished".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe castigadoI have punished
has castigadoyou have punished
Ella / Él / Ustedha castigados/he has punished, you (formal) have punished
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos castigadowe have punished
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis castigadoyou (plural) have punished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan castigadothey have punished,

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Castigar in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of castigar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había castigado", meaning "I had punished".

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía castigadoI had punished
habías castigadoyou had punished
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía castigados/he had punished, you (formal) had punished
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos castigadowe had punished
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais castigadoyou (plural) had punished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían castigadothey had punished,

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Castigar in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of castigar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré castigado", meaning "I will have punished".

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré castigadoI will have punished
habrás castigadoyou will have punished
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá castigados/he will have punished, you (formal) will have punished
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos castigadowe will have punished
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis castigadoyou (plural) will have punished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán castigadothey will have punished,

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Castigar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of castigar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría castigado", meaning "I would have punished".

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría castigadoI would have punished
habrías castigadoyou would have punished
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría castigados/he would have punished, you (formal) would have punished
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos castigadowe would have punished
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais castigadoyou (plural) would have punished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían castigadothey would have punished,

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Subjunctive Tenses of Castigar

Castigar in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "castigue", meaning "I punish".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yocastigue I punish
castigues you punish
Ella / Él / Ustedcastigue s/he punishes, you (formal) punish
Nosotras / Nosotroscastiguemos we punish
Vosotras / Vosotroscastiguéis you (plural) punish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescastiguen they punish,

The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.

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Castigar in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "castigara", meaning "I punished".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocastigaraI punished
castigarasyou punished
Ella / Él / Ustedcastigaras/he punished, you (formal) punished
Nosotras / Nosotroscastigáramoswe punished
Vosotras / Vosotroscastigaraisyou (plural) punished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescastigaranthey punished,

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Castigar in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "castigare", meaning "I will punish".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocastigareI will punish
castigaresyou will punish
Ella / Él / Ustedcastigares/he will punish, you (formal) will punish
Nosotras / Nosotroscastigáremoswe will punish
Vosotras / Vosotroscastigareisyou (plural) will punish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescastigarenthey will punish,

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Castigar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya castigado", meaning "I have punished".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya castigadoI have punished
hayas castigadoyou have punished
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya castigados/he has punished, you (formal) have punished
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos castigadowe have punished
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis castigadoyou (plural) have punished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan castigadothey have punished,

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Castigar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera castigado", meaning "I had punished".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera castigadoI had punished
hubieras castigadoyou had punished
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera castigados/he had punished, you (formal) had punished
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos castigadowe had punished
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais castigadoyou (plural) had punished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran castigadothey had punished,

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Castigar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere castigado", meaning "I will have punished".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere castigadoI will have punished
hubieres castigadoyou will have punished
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere castigados/he will have punished, you (formal) will have punished
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos castigadowe will have punished
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis castigadoyou (plural) will have punished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren castigadothey will have punished,

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Imperative Tenses of Castigar

Castigar in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "castigue", meaning "(to you formal) punish!".

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
castiga(to you) punish!
Ella / Él / Ustedcastigue (to you formal) punish!
Nosotras / Nosotroscastiguemos let's punish!
Vosotras / Vosotroscastigad(to you plural) punish!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescastiguen (to you plural formal) punish!

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Castigar in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no castigue", meaning "(to you formal) don't punish!".

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
no castigues (to you) don't punish!
Ella / Él / Ustedno castigue (to you formal) don't punish!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno castiguemos let's not punish!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno castiguéis (to you plural) don't punish!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno castiguen (to you plural formal) don't punish!

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