criminar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crimināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾimiˈnaɾ/ [kɾi.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cri‧mi‧nar

Verb

criminar (first-person singular present crimino, first-person singular preterite criminé, past participle criminado)

1. to incriminate
2. to censure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of criminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			criminar
gerund			criminando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		criminado		criminada
		plural		criminados		criminadas
		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	crimino	criminastú criminásvos	crimina	criminamos	crimináis	criminan
	imperfect	criminaba	criminabas	criminaba	criminábamos	criminabais	criminaban
	preterite	criminé	criminaste	criminó	criminamos	criminasteis	criminaron
	future	criminaré	criminarás	criminará	criminaremos	criminaréis	criminarán
	conditional	criminaría	criminarías	criminaría	criminaríamos	criminaríais	criminarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	crimine	criminestú criminésvos2	crimine	criminemos	criminéis	criminen
	imperfect (ra)	criminara	criminaras	criminara	crimináramos	criminarais	criminaran
	imperfect (se)	criminase	criminases	criminase	criminásemos	criminaseis	criminasen
	future1	criminare	criminares	criminare	crimináremos	criminareis	criminaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		criminatú criminávos	crimine	criminemos	criminad	criminen
	negative		no crimines	no crimine	no criminemos	no criminéis	no criminen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of criminar

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 criminar
	dative	criminarme	criminarte	criminarle, criminarse	criminarnos	criminaros	criminarles, criminarse
	accusative	criminarme	criminarte	criminarlo, criminarla, criminarse	criminarnos	criminaros	criminarlos, criminarlas, criminarse
with gerund criminando
	dative	criminándome	criminándote	criminándole, criminándose	criminándonos	criminándoos	criminándoles, criminándose
	accusative	criminándome	criminándote	criminándolo, criminándola, criminándose	criminándonos	criminándoos	criminándolos, criminándolas, criminándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative crimina
	dative	crimíname	crimínate	crimínale	crimínanos	not used	crimínales
	accusative	crimíname	crimínate	crimínalo, crimínala	crimínanos	not used	crimínalos, crimínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative criminá
	dative	criminame	criminate	criminale	criminanos	not used	criminales
	accusative	criminame	criminate	criminalo, criminala	criminanos	not used	criminalos, criminalas
with formal second-person singular imperative crimine
	dative	crimíneme	not used	crimínele, crimínese	crimínenos	not used	crimíneles
	accusative	crimíneme	not used	crimínelo, crimínela, crimínese	crimínenos	not used	crimínelos, crimínelas
with first-person plural imperative criminemos
	dative	not used	criminémoste	criminémosle	criminémonos	criminémoos	criminémosles
	accusative	not used	criminémoste	criminémoslo, criminémosla	criminémonos	criminémoos	criminémoslos, criminémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative criminad
	dative	criminadme	not used	criminadle	criminadnos	criminaos	criminadles
	accusative	criminadme	not used	criminadlo, criminadla	criminadnos	criminaos	criminadlos, criminadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative criminen
	dative	crimínenme	not used	crimínenle	crimínennos	not used	crimínenles, crimínense
	accusative	crimínenme	not used	crimínenlo, crimínenla	crimínennos	not used	crimínenlos, crimínenlas, crimínense

Related terms

• crimen
• incriminar

 

Further reading

• “criminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28