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culminar

Spanish, verb/kulmiˈnaɾ/

culminar is spelled C-U-L-M-I-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culminar is a Spanish verb meaning “to culminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “dar fin o término a una tarea o proceso”.

What does culminar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to culminate

  2. 2

    to reach the highest point

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. dar fin o término a una tarea o proceso

verb: 1. llegar una cosa al punto mas alto o elevado de grandeza o calidad

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of culminar

  • culmino first-person present singular
  • culminé first-person preterite singular
  • culminado participle past
  • culminando gerund
  • culminada feminine participle past
  • culminados masculine participle past
  • culminadas feminine participle past
  • culminas indicative informal present
  • culminás indicative informal present
  • culmina indicative present singular
  • culminamos first-person indicative plural
  • culmináis indicative plural present
  • culminan indicative plural present
  • culminaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • culminabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • culminábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • culminabais imperfect indicative plural
  • culminaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce culminar?

  • /kulmiˈnaɾ/
  • [kul.miˈnaɾ]
  • [kulmiˈnaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to culminar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is culminar in Spanish?

culminar appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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