culminar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin culmināre, from Latin culmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [kul.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kul.miˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

culminar (first-person singular present culmino, first-person singular preterite culminí, past participle culminat)

1. to culminate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of culminar (first conjugation)

infinitive			culminar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	culmina	culmini	culminem	culmineu	culminin
	negative (no)	—	no culminis	no culmini	no culminem	no culmineu	no culminin

Related terms

• culminació

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin culmināre, from Latin culmen.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuw.miˈna(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.miˈna(h)]

• (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)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kuw.miˈna(ɻ)/ [kuʊ̯.miˈna(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kul.miˈnaɾ/ [kuɫ.miˈnaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kul.miˈnaɾ/ [kuɫ.miˈnaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kul.miˈna.ɾi/ [kuɫ.miˈna.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: cul‧mi‧nar

Verb

culminar (first-person singular present culmino, first-person singular preterite culminei, past participle culminado)

1. 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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• culminação
• cume

Further reading

• “culminar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “culminar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin culmināre, 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)

1. to culminate
2. 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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025