Criticar

to criticize

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

criticar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

criticando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

criticado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	critico I criticize	I criticize
tú	criticas you criticize

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he criticado I have criticized	I have criticized
tú	has criticado

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	critica	criticize! (you)
usted	critice	criticize! (you formal)
nosotros	criticemos	let's criticize!
vosotros	criticad

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no critices	don't criticize! (you)
usted	no critice	don't criticize! (you formal)
nosotros	no criticemos	let's not criticize!
vosotros

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	criticaba I used to criticize	I used to criticize
tú	criticabas you used to criticize	you used to criticize
él/ella/usted	criticaba he/she/you used to criticize	he/she/you used to criticize
nosotros	criticábamos we used to criticize	we used to criticize
vosotros	criticabais you all used to criticize	you all used to criticize
ellos/ustedes	criticaban they/you all used to criticize	they/you all used to criticize

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	criticé I criticized	I criticized
tú	criticaste you criticized	you criticized
él/ella/usted	criticó he/she/you criticized	he/she/you criticized
nosotros	criticamos we criticized	we criticized
vosotros	criticasteis you all criticized	you all criticized
ellos/ustedes	criticaron they/you all criticized	they/you all criticized

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	criticaré I will criticize	I will criticize
tú	criticarás you will criticize	you will criticize
él/ella/usted	criticará he/she/you will criticize	he/she/you will criticize
nosotros	criticaremos we will criticize	we will criticize
vosotros	criticaréis you all will criticize	you all will criticize
ellos/ustedes	criticarán they/you all will criticize	they/you all will criticize

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	criticaría I would criticize	I would criticize
tú	criticarías you would criticize	you would criticize
él/ella/usted	criticaría he/she/you would criticize	he/she/you would criticize
nosotros	criticaríamos we would criticize	we would criticize
vosotros	criticaríais you all would criticize	you all would criticize
ellos/ustedes	criticarían they/you all would criticize	they/you all would criticize

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	critice that I criticize	that I criticize
tú	critices that you criticize	that you criticize
él/ella/usted	critice that he/she/you criticize	that he/she/you criticize
nosotros	criticemos that we criticize	that we criticize
vosotros	criticéis that you all criticize	that you all criticize
ellos/ustedes	criticen that they/you all criticize	that they/you all criticize

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	criticara or criticase that I criticized	that I criticized
tú	criticaras or criticases that you criticized	that you criticized
él/ella/usted	criticara or criticase that he/she/you criticized	that he/she/you criticized
nosotros	criticáramos or criticásemos that we criticized	that we criticized
vosotros	criticarais or criticaseis that you all criticized	that you all criticized
ellos/ustedes	criticaran or criticasen that they/you all criticized	that they/you all criticized

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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