What does graduar mean?
graduar means to graduate in English. It is a irregular -ar verb.
It can also be used with these related meanings: to graduate (someone); to calibrate, adjust (an instrument).
Spanish verb guide
Graduar Conjugation in Spanish
Learn graduar, meaning to graduate, through verified forms and contextual examples.
irregular-argerund: graduandoparticiple: graduado
Principal forms of graduar
- Infinitive
- graduar
- Gerund
- graduando
- Past participle
- graduado
Graduar 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 | gradúo | gradué | graduaba | graduaré |
| tú | gradúas | graduaste | graduabas | graduarás |
| él / ella / usted | gradúa | graduó | graduaba | graduará |
| nosotros/as | graduamos | graduamos | graduábamos | graduaremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | gradúan | graduaron | graduaban | graduarán |
Pattern notes
- Its forms differ from a fully regular -ar pattern in the present.
Examples with graduar
Puede que no me gradúe.I may not graduate.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom se graduó en 2013.Tom graduated in 2013.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Él se graduó de Harvard.He graduated from Harvard.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate graduar 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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