What does culminar mean?
culminar means to culminate in English. It is a regular -ar verb.
It can also be used with these related meanings: to reach the highest point.
Spanish verb guide
Culminar Conjugation in Spanish
Learn culminar, meaning to culminate, through verified forms and contextual examples.
regular-argerund: culminandoparticiple: culminado
Principal forms of culminar
- Infinitive
- culminar
- Gerund
- culminando
- Past participle
- culminado
Culminar conjugation table
Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | culmino | culminé | culminaba | culminaré |
| tú | culminas | culminaste | culminabas | culminarás |
| él / ella / usted | culmina | culminó | culminaba | culminará |
| nosotros/as | culminamos | culminamos | culminábamos | culminaremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | culminan | culminaron | culminaban | culminarán |
Pattern notes
- Culminar follows the regular -ar pattern in the four tenses shown here.
Examples with culminar
Todos nuestros esfuerzos culminaron en fracaso.All our effort ended in failure.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Esa avenida culmina en una gran plaza.That avenue culminates in a great plaza.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Con su muerte culmina una etapa de nuestra historia.His death marks the end of a chapter in our history.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate culminar for yo in the present.
- Use the preterite form for ella.
- Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
- Write a short sentence in the future.
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