disculpar in Spanish: to excuse, to forgive (verb)

Translation

to excuse, to forgive

Word origin

Formed from dis- (reversal) plus culpar ('to blame'), from Latin culpa ('fault, blame'). It means 'to excuse, to forgive'.

Verb type-ar regular

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	disculpo	disculpé	disculpaba	disculparé	disculparía
tú	disculpas	disculpaste	disculpabas	disculparás	disculparías
él/ella/ud.	disculpa	disculpó	disculpaba	disculpará	disculparía
nos.	disculpamos	disculpamos	disculpábamos	disculparemos	disculparíamos
vos.	disculpáis	disculpasteis	disculpabais	disculparéis	disculparíais
ellos/uds.	disculpan	disculparon	disculpaban	disculparán	disculparían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	disculpe	disculpara	disculpase
tú	disculpes	disculparas	disculpases
él/ella/ud.	disculpe	disculpara	disculpase
nos.	disculpemos	disculpáramos	disculpásemos
vos.	disculpéis	disculparais	disculpaseis
ellos/uds.	disculpen	disculparan	disculpasen

, ¿ ?

Excuse me, do you know where the station is?

, hacerlo.

I forgive you for being late, but do not do it again.

, .

There is nothing to forgive, it was an accident.

molestias .

Apologies for the inconvenience during the building work.

.

I apologised to her for having forgotten her birthday.

perdonar

to forgive, to pardon

perdón

sorry, pardon, forgiveness

sentir

to feel

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