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Trabajar Conjugation in Spanish

Learn trabajar, meaning to work, through verified forms and contextual examples.

regular-argerund: trabajandoparticiple: trabajado

What does trabajar mean?

trabajar means to work in English. It is a regular -ar verb.

It can also be used with these related meanings: to work in, work on, to workshop (+ en); to suffer.

Principal forms of trabajar

Infinitive
trabajar
Gerund
trabajando
Past participle
trabajado

Trabajar conjugation table

Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.

PronounPresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yotrabajotrabajétrabajabatrabajaré
trabajastrabajastetrabajabastrabajarás
él / ella / ustedtrabajatrabajótrabajabatrabajará
nosotros/astrabajamostrabajamostrabajábamostrabajaremos
ellos/as / ustedestrabajantrabajarontrabajabantrabajarán

Pattern notes

  • Trabajar follows the regular -ar pattern in the four tenses shown here.

Practice prompts

  1. Conjugate trabajar for yo in the present.
  2. Use the preterite form for ella.
  3. Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
  4. Write a short sentence in the future.

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