What does emplear mean?
emplear means to hire, to employ (to give someone a job) in English. It is a regular -ar verb.
It can also be used with these related meanings: to use (employ, apply); to use (consume, spend).
Spanish verb guide
Emplear Conjugation in Spanish
Learn emplear, meaning to hire, to employ (to give someone a job), through verified forms and contextual examples.
regular-argerund: empleandoparticiple: empleado
Principal forms of emplear
- Infinitive
- emplear
- Gerund
- empleando
- Past participle
- empleado
Emplear conjugation table
Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | empleo | empleé | empleaba | emplearé |
| tú | empleas | empleaste | empleabas | emplearás |
| él / ella / usted | emplea | empleó | empleaba | empleará |
| nosotros/as | empleamos | empleamos | empleábamos | emplearemos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | emplean | emplearon | empleaban | emplearán |
Pattern notes
- Emplear follows the regular -ar pattern in the four tenses shown here.
Examples with emplear
Esta planta se emplea ampliamente como medicina.This plant is widely used as medicine.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Emplea menos tiempo en el inglés que yo.He spends less time on English than me.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Habitualmente se emplea más esto que eso.This is usually used more than that.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate emplear for yo in the present.
- Use the preterite form for ella.
- Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
- Write a short sentence in the future.
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