Caracterizar

to characterize

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

caracterizar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

caracterizando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

caracterizado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	caracterizo I characterize	I characterize
tú	caracterizas you characterize

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he caracterizado I have characterized	I have characterized
tú	has caracterizado

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	caracteriza	characterize! (you)
usted	caracterize	characterize! (you formal)
nosotros	caracterizemos	let's characterize!
vosotros

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no caracterizes	don't characterize! (you)
usted	no caracterize	don't characterize! (you formal)
nosotros	no caracterizemos	let's not characterize!
vosotros

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	caracterizaba I used to characterize	I used to characterize
tú	caracterizabas you used to characterize	you used to characterize
él/ella/usted	caracterizaba he/she/you used to characterize	he/she/you used to characterize
nosotros	caracterizábamos we used to characterize	we used to characterize
vosotros	caracterizabais you all used to characterize	you all used to characterize
ellos/ustedes	caracterizaban they/you all used to characterize	they/you all used to characterize

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	caracterizé I characterized	I characterized
tú	caracterizaste you characterized	you characterized
él/ella/usted	caracterizó he/she/you characterized	he/she/you characterized
nosotros	caracterizamos we characterized	we characterized
vosotros	caracterizasteis you all characterized	you all characterized
ellos/ustedes	caracterizaron they/you all characterized	they/you all characterized

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	caracterizaré I will characterize	I will characterize
tú	caracterizarás you will characterize	you will characterize
él/ella/usted	caracterizará he/she/you will characterize	he/she/you will characterize
nosotros	caracterizaremos we will characterize	we will characterize
vosotros	caracterizaréis you all will characterize	you all will characterize
ellos/ustedes	caracterizarán they/you all will characterize	they/you all will characterize

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	caracterizaría I would characterize	I would characterize
tú	caracterizarías you would characterize	you would characterize
él/ella/usted	caracterizaría he/she/you would characterize	he/she/you would characterize
nosotros	caracterizaríamos we would characterize	we would characterize
vosotros	caracterizaríais you all would characterize	you all would characterize
ellos/ustedes	caracterizarían they/you all would characterize	they/you all would characterize

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	caracterize that I characterize	that I characterize
tú	caracterizes that you characterize	that you characterize
él/ella/usted	caracterize that he/she/you characterize	that he/she/you characterize
nosotros	caracterizemos that we characterize	that we characterize
vosotros	caracterizéis that you all characterize	that you all characterize
ellos/ustedes	caracterizen that they/you all characterize	that they/you all characterize

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	caracterizara or caracterizase that I characterized	that I characterized
tú	caracterizaras or caracterizases that you characterized	that you characterized
él/ella/usted	caracterizara or caracterizase that he/she/you characterized	that he/she/you characterized
nosotros	caracterizáramos or caracterizásemos that we characterized	that we characterized
vosotros	caracterizarais or caracterizaseis that you all characterized	that you all characterized
ellos/ustedes	caracterizaran or caracterizasen that they/you all characterized	that they/you all characterized

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había caracterizado I had characterized	I had characterized
tú	habías caracterizado you had characterized	you had characterized
él/ella/usted	había caracterizado he/she/you had characterized	he/she/you had characterized
nosotros	habíamos caracterizado we had characterized	we had characterized
vosotros	habíais caracterizado you all had characterized	you all had characterized
ellos/ustedes	habían caracterizado they/you all had characterized	they/you all had characterized

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube caracterizado I had characterized	I had characterized
tú	hubiste caracterizado you had characterized	you had characterized
él/ella/usted	hubo caracterizado he/she/you had characterized	he/she/you had characterized
nosotros	hubimos caracterizado we had characterized	we had characterized
vosotros	hubisteis caracterizado you all had characterized	you all had characterized
ellos/ustedes	hubieron caracterizado they/you all had characterized	they/you all had characterized

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré caracterizado I will have characterized	I will have characterized
tú	habrás caracterizado you will have characterized	you will have characterized
él/ella/usted	habrá caracterizado he/she/you will have characterized	he/she/you will have characterized
nosotros	habremos caracterizado we will have characterized	we will have characterized
vosotros	habréis caracterizado you all will have characterized	you all will have characterized
ellos/ustedes	habrán caracterizado they/you all will have characterized	they/you all will have characterized

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría caracterizado I would have characterized	I would have characterized
tú	habrías caracterizado you would have characterized	you would have characterized
él/ella/usted	habría caracterizado he/she/you would have characterized	he/she/you would have characterized
nosotros	habríamos caracterizado we would have characterized	we would have characterized
vosotros	habríais caracterizado you all would have characterized	you all would have characterized
ellos/ustedes	habrían caracterizado they/you all would have characterized	they/you all would have characterized

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya caracterizado that I have characterized	that I have characterized
tú	hayas caracterizado that you have characterized	that you have characterized
él/ella/usted	haya caracterizado that he/she/you have characterized	that he/she/you have characterized
nosotros	hayamos caracterizado that we have characterized	that we have characterized
vosotros	hayáis caracterizado that you all have characterized	that you all have characterized
ellos/ustedes	hayan caracterizado that they/you all have characterized	that they/you all have characterized

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera caracterizado that I had characterized	that I had characterized
tú	hubieras caracterizado that you had characterized	that you had characterized
él/ella/usted	hubiera caracterizado that he/she/you had characterized	that he/she/you had characterized
nosotros	hubiéramos caracterizado that we had characterized	that we had characterized
vosotros	hubierais caracterizado that you all had characterized	that you all had characterized
ellos/ustedes	hubieran caracterizado that they/you all had characterized	that they/you all had characterized