Castigar means ‘to punish’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (g becomes gu before e): castigo (present), castigué (preterite), castigado (past participle), castigando (gerund).
Castigar in use
Mis padres me castigaron sin salirMy parents grounded me
El profesor nos castiga si llegamos tardeThe teacher punishes us if we are late
No me castigues, por favorPlease don't punish me
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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