What does estudiar mean?
estudiar means to study in English. It is a regular -ar verb.
It can also be used with these related meanings: to examine, look into.
Spanish verb guide
Estudiar Conjugation in Spanish
Learn estudiar, meaning to study, through verified forms and contextual examples.
regular-argerund: estudiandoparticiple: estudiado
Principal forms of estudiar
- Infinitive
- estudiar
- Gerund
- estudiando
- Past participle
- estudiado
Estudiar 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 | estudio | estudié | estudiaba | estudiaré |
| tú | estudias | estudiaste | estudiabas | estudiarás |
| él / ella / usted | estudia | estudió | estudiaba | estudiará |
| nosotros/as | estudiamos | estudiamos | estudiábamos | estudiaremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | estudian | estudiaron | estudiaban | estudiarán |
Pattern notes
- Estudiar follows the regular -ar pattern in the four tenses shown here.
Examples with estudiar
Él estudia día y noche.He studies day and night.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Él estudia más que antes.He studies much harder than before.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Él no estudia lo suficiente.He does not study hard enough.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate estudiar 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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