culminar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin culmino, culminare, from Latin culmen.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kul.miˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kul.miˈnaɾ/
Verb
culminar (first-person singular present culmino, past participle culminat)
- To culminate
Conjugation
Conjugation of culminar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | culminar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | culminant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | culminat | culminada | |||||
| plural | culminats | culminades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | culmino | culmines | culmina | culminem | culmineu | culminen | |
| imperfect | culminava | culminaves | culminava | culminàvem | culminàveu | culminaven | |
| future | culminaré | culminaràs | culminarà | culminarem | culminareu | culminaran | |
| preterite | culminí | culminares | culminà | culminàrem | culminàreu | culminaren | |
| conditional | culminaria | culminaries | culminaria | culminaríem | culminaríeu | culminarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | culmini | culminis | culmini | culminem | culmineu | culminin | |
| imperfect | culminés | culminessis | culminés | culminéssim | culminéssiu | culminessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | culmina | culmini | culminem | culmineu | culminin | ||
Related terms
- culminació
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin culmināre, from Latin culmen.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuw.miˈna(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.miˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kuw.miˈna(ɾ)/ [kuʊ̯.miˈna(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kuw.miˈna(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.miˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuw.miˈna(ɻ)/ [kuʊ̯.miˈna(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kul.miˈnaɾ/ [kuɫ.miˈnaɾ]
- Hyphenation: cul‧mi‧nar
Verb
culminar (first-person singular present culmino, first-person singular preterite culminei, past participle culminado)
- to culminate
Conjugation
Conjugation of culminar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | culminar | |||||
| Personal | culminar | culminares | culminar | culminarmos | culminardes | culminarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| culminando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | culminado | culminados | ||||
| Feminine | culminada | culminadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | culmino | culminas | culmina | culminamos | culminais | culminam |
| Imperfect | culminava | culminavas | culminava | culminávamos | culmináveis | culminavam |
| Preterite | culminei | culminaste | culminou | culminamos1, culminámos2 | culminastes | culminaram |
| Pluperfect | culminara | culminaras | culminara | culmináramos | culmináreis | culminaram |
| Future | culminarei | culminarás | culminará | culminaremos | culminareis | culminarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| culminaria | culminarias | culminaria | culminaríamos | culminaríeis | culminariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | culmine | culmines | culmine | culminemos | culmineis | culminem |
| Imperfect | culminasse | culminasses | culminasse | culminássemos | culminásseis | culminassem |
| Future | culminar | culminares | culminar | culminarmos | culminardes | culminarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | culmina | culmine | culminemos | culminai | culminem | |
| Negative (não) | não culmines | não culmine | não culminemos | não culmineis | não culminem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- culminação
- cume
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin culmino, culminare, from Latin culmen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kulmiˈnaɾ/ [kul.miˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cul‧mi‧nar
Verb
culminar (first-person singular present culmino, first-person singular preterite culminé, past participle culminado)
- to culminate
- to reach the highest point
Conjugation
Conjugation of culminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | culminar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | culminando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | culminado | culminada | |||||
| plural | culminados | culminadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | culmino | culminastú culminásvos | culmina | culminamos | culmináis | culminan | |
| imperfect | culminaba | culminabas | culminaba | culminábamos | culminabais | culminaban | |
| preterite | culminé | culminaste | culminó | culminamos | culminasteis | culminaron | |
| future | culminaré | culminarás | culminará | culminaremos | culminaréis | culminarán | |
| conditional | culminaría | culminarías | culminaría | culminaríamos | culminaríais | culminarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | culmine | culminestú culminésvos2 | culmine | culminemos | culminéis | culminen | |
| imperfect (ra) | culminara | culminaras | culminara | culmináramos | culminarais | culminaran | |
| imperfect (se) | culminase | culminases | culminase | culminásemos | culminaseis | culminasen | |
| future1 | culminare | culminares | culminare | culmináremos | culminareis | culminaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | culminatú culminávos | culmine | culminemos | culminad | culminen | ||
| negative | no culmines | no culmine | no culminemos | no culminéis | no culminen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of culminar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive culminar | |||||||
| dative | culminarme | culminarte | culminarle, culminarse | culminarnos | culminaros | culminarles, culminarse | |
| accusative | culminarme | culminarte | culminarlo, culminarla, culminarse | culminarnos | culminaros | culminarlos, culminarlas, culminarse | |
| with gerund culminando | |||||||
| dative | culminándome | culminándote | culminándole, culminándose | culminándonos | culminándoos | culminándoles, culminándose | |
| accusative | culminándome | culminándote | culminándolo, culminándola, culminándose | culminándonos | culminándoos | culminándolos, culminándolas, culminándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative culmina | |||||||
| dative | culmíname | culmínate | culmínale | culmínanos | not used | culmínales | |
| accusative | culmíname | culmínate | culmínalo, culmínala | culmínanos | not used | culmínalos, culmínalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative culminá | |||||||
| dative | culminame | culminate | culminale | culminanos | not used | culminales | |
| accusative | culminame | culminate | culminalo, culminala | culminanos | not used | culminalos, culminalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative culmine | |||||||
| dative | culmíneme | not used | culmínele, culmínese | culmínenos | not used | culmíneles | |
| accusative | culmíneme | not used | culmínelo, culmínela, culmínese | culmínenos | not used | culmínelos, culmínelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative culminemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | culminémoste | culminémosle | culminémonos | culminémoos | culminémosles | |
| accusative | not used | culminémoste | culminémoslo, culminémosla | culminémonos | culminémoos | culminémoslos, culminémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative culminad | |||||||
| dative | culminadme | not used | culminadle | culminadnos | culminaos | culminadles | |
| accusative | culminadme | not used | culminadlo, culminadla | culminadnos | culminaos | culminadlos, culminadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative culminen | |||||||
| dative | culmínenme | not used | culmínenle | culmínennos | not used | culmínenles, culmínense | |
| accusative | culmínenme | not used | culmínenlo, culmínenla | culmínennos | not used | culmínenlos, culmínenlas, culmínense | |
Related terms
- culminación
- cumbre
See also
- colmo
Further reading
- “culminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014