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castigar

to punish

VerbFrequency #1252

Transitive verb

  1. 1

    to punish

    El profesor castigó al alumno por su mal comportamiento.

    The teacher punished the student for his bad behavior.

Reflexive verb

  1. 1

    (to punish oneself or suffer consequences) to punish oneself

    Si no estudias, te castigarás a ti mismo en el examen.

    If you don't study, you will punish yourself on the exam.

1to punish

El profesor castigó al alumno por su mal comportamiento.

The teacher punished the student for his bad behavior.

La ley castiga a quienes cometen delitos.

The law punishes those who commit crimes.

Mis padres nunca me castigaron físicamente.

My parents never punished me physically.

El profesor va a castigar al alumno.

The teacher is going to punish the student.

2(to punish oneself or suffer consequences)to punish oneself

Si no estudias, te castigarás a ti mismo en el examen.

If you don't study, you will punish yourself on the exam.

Él se castigó por sus errores.

He punished himself for his mistakes.

No te castigues por algo que no pudiste controlar.

Don't punish yourself for something you couldn't control.

No debes castigarte por eso.

You shouldn't punish yourself for that.
Verb

Forms

conditional indicative

1st singularcastigaría

2nd singularcastigarías

3rd singularcastigaría

1st pluralcastigaríamos

2nd pluralcastigaríais

3rd pluralcastigarían

future indicative

1st singularcastigaré

2nd singularcastigarás

3rd singularcastigará

1st pluralcastigaremos

2nd pluralcastigaréis

3rd pluralcastigarán

gerund

castigando

imperative affirmative

2nd singularcastiga

1st pluralcastiguemos

2nd pluralcastigad

imperative negative

2nd singularno castigues

1st pluralno castiguemos

2nd pluralno castiguéis

imperfect indicative

1st singularcastigaba

2nd singularcastigabas

3rd singularcastigaba

1st pluralcastigábamos

2nd pluralcastigabais

3rd pluralcastigaban

imperfect subjunctive

1st singularcastigara

2nd singularcastigaras

3rd singularcastigara

1st pluralcastigáramos

2nd pluralcastigarais

3rd pluralcastigaran

infinitive

castigar

participle

castigado

pluperfect indicative

1st singularhabía castigado

2nd singularhabías castigado

3rd singularhabía castigado

1st pluralhabíamos castigado

2nd pluralhabíais castigado

3rd pluralhabían castigado

present indicative

1st singularcastigo

2nd singularcastigas

3rd singularcastiga

1st pluralcastigamos

2nd pluralcastigáis

3rd pluralcastigan

present perfect indicative

1st singularhe castigado

2nd singularhas castigado

3rd singularha castigado

1st pluralhemos castigado

2nd pluralhabéis castigado

3rd pluralhan castigado

present perfect subjunctive

1st singularhaya castigado

2nd singularhayas castigado

3rd singularhaya castigado

1st pluralhayamos castigado

2nd pluralhayáis castigado

3rd pluralhayan castigado

present subjunctive

1st singularcastigue

2nd singularcastigues

3rd singularcastigue

1st pluralcastiguemos

2nd pluralcastiguéis

3rd pluralcastiguen

preterite indicative

1st singularcastigué

2nd singularcastigaste

3rd singularcastigó

1st pluralcastigamos

2nd pluralcastigasteis

3rd pluralcastigaron