Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Estudiar in Spanish
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Indicative tenses of Estudiar
- Estudiar in the Indicative Present
- Estudiar in the Indicative Preterite
- Estudiar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Estudiar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Estudiar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Estudiar in the Indicative Future
- Estudiar in the Indicative Conditional
- Estudiar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Estudiar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Estudiar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Estudiar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Estudiar
- Estudiar in the Subjunctive Present
- Estudiar in the Subjunctive Imperfect
- Estudiar in the Subjunctive Future
- Estudiar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
- Estudiar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
- Estudiar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
- Imperative tenses of Estudiar
- Estudiar in the Imperative Affirmative
- Estudiar in the Imperative Negative
- Example sentences and usage
- Practice Estudiar conjugations (mobile app)
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Introduction
Estudiar is the Spanish verb for "to study". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to estudiar include: cursar.
| Spanish | English | |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | estudiar | to study |
| Past participle | estudiado | studied |
| Gerund | estudiando | studying |
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Indicative Tenses of Estudiar
Estudiar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of estudiar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "estudio para los examenes", meaning "I study for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estudio | I study |
| Tú | estudias | you study |
| Ella / Él / Usted | estudia | s/he study, you (formal) study |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estudiamos | we study |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estudiáis | you (plural) study |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | estudian | they study, you (plural formal) study |
Estudiar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of estudiar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "estudié para los examenes", meaning "I studied for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estudié | I studied |
| Tú | estudiaste | you studied |
| Ella / Él / Usted | estudió | s/he studied, you (formal) studied |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estudiamos | we studied |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estudiasteis | you (plural) studied |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | estudiaron | they studied, you (plural formal) studied |
Estudiar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of estudiar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "estudiaba para los examenes", meaning "I used to study for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estudiaba | I used to study |
| Tú | estudiabas | you used to study |
| Ella / Él / Usted | estudiaba | s/he used to study, you (formal) used to study |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estudiábamos | we used to study |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estudiabais | you (plural) used to study |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | estudiaban | they used to study, you (plural formal) used to study |
Estudiar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of estudiar is used to talk about something that is happening continuosly or right now. For example, "estoy estudiando para los examenes", meaning "I am studying for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy estudiando | I am studying |
| Tú | estás estudiando | you are studying |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está estudiando | s/he is studying, you (formal) are studying |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos estudiando | we are studying |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis estudiando | you (plural) are studying |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están estudiando | they are studying, you (plural formal) are studying |
Estudiar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of estudiar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a estudiar para los examenes", meaning "I am going to study for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a estudiar | I am going to study |
| Tú | vas a estudiar | you are going to study |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a estudiar | s/he is going to study, you (formal) are going to study |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a estudiar | we are going to study |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a estudiar | you (plural) are going to study |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a estudiar | they are going to study, you (plural formal) are going to study |
Estudiar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of estudiar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "estudiaré para los examenes", meaning "I will study for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estudiaré | I will study |
| Tú | estudiarás | you will study |
| Ella / Él / Usted | estudiará | s/he will study, you (formal) will study |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estudiaremos | we will study |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estudiaréis | you (plural) will study |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | estudiarán | they will study, you (plural formal) will study |
Estudiar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of estudiar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "estudiaría para los examenes", meaning "I would study for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estudiaría | I would study |
| Tú | estudiarías | you would study |
| Ella / Él / Usted | estudiaría | s/he would study, you (formal) would study |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estudiaríamos | we would study |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estudiaríais | you (plural) would study |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | estudiarían | they would study, you (plural formal) would study |
Estudiar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of estudiar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he estudiado para los examenes", meaning "I have studied for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he estudiado | I have studied |
| Tú | has estudiado | you have studied |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha estudiado | s/he has studied, you (formal) have studied |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos estudiado | we have studied |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis estudiado | you (plural) have studied |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han estudiado | they have studied, you (plural formal) have studied |
Estudiar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of estudiar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había estudiado para los examenes", meaning "I had studied for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había estudiado | I had studied |
| Tú | habías estudiado | you had studied |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había estudiado | s/he had studied, you (formal) had studied |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos estudiado | we had studied |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais estudiado | you (plural) had studied |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían estudiado | they had studied, you (plural formal) had studied |
Estudiar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of estudiar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré estudiado para los examenes", meaning "I will have studied for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré estudiado | I will have studied |
| Tú | habrás estudiado | you will have studied |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá estudiado | s/he will have studied, you (formal) will have studied |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos estudiado | we will have studied |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis estudiado | you (plural) will have studied |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán estudiado | they will have studied, you (plural formal) will have studied |
Estudiar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of estudiar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the future but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría estudiado para los examenes", meaning "I would have studied for the exams".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría estudiado | I would have studied |
| Tú | habrías estudiado | you would have studied |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría estudiado | s/he would have studied, you (formal) would have studied |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos estudiado | we would have studied |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais estudiado | you (plural) would have studied |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían estudiado | they would have studied, you (plural formal) would have studied |
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Subjunctive Tenses of Estudiar
Estudiar in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "estudie", meaning "I study".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estudie | I study |
| Tú | estudies | you study |
| Ella / Él / Usted | estudie | s/he study, you (formal) study |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estudiemos | we study |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estudiéis | you (plural) study |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | estudien | they study, you (plural formal) study |
Estudiar in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "estudiara", meaning "I studied".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estudiara | I studied |
| Tú | estudiaras | you studied |
| Ella / Él / Usted | estudiara | s/he studied, you (formal) studied |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estudiáramos | we studied |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estudiarais | you (plural) studied |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | estudiaran | they studied, you (plural formal) studied |
Estudiar in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "estudiare", meaning "I will study".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estudiare | I will study |
| Tú | estudiares | you will study |
| Ella / Él / Usted | estudiare | s/he will study, you (formal) will study |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estudiáremos | we will study |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estudiareis | you (plural) will study |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | estudiaren | they will study, you (plural formal) will study |
Estudiar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya estudiado", meaning "I have studied".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya estudiado | I have studied |
| Tú | hayas estudiado | you have studied |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya estudiado | s/he has studied, you (formal) have studied |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos estudiado | we have studied |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis estudiado | you (plural) have studied |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan estudiado | they have studied, you (plural formal) have studied |
Estudiar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera estudiado", meaning "I had studied".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera estudiado | I had studied |
| Tú | hubieras estudiado | you had studied |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera estudiado | s/he had studied, you (formal) had studied |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos estudiado | we had studied |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais estudiado | you (plural) had studied |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran estudiado | they had studied, you (plural formal) had studied |
Estudiar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere estudiado", meaning "I will have studied".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere estudiado | I will have studied |
| Tú | hubieres estudiado | you will have studied |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere estudiado | s/he will have studied, you (formal) will have studied |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos estudiado | we will have studied |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis estudiado | you (plural) will have studied |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren estudiado | they will have studied, you (plural formal) will have studied |
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Imperative Tenses of Estudiar
Estudiar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "estudie", meaning "(to you formal) study!".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | estudia | (to you) study! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | estudie | (to you formal) study! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estudiemos | let's study! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estudiad | (to you plural) study! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | estudien | (to you plural formal) study! |
Estudiar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no estudie", meaning "(to you formal) don't study!".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no estudies | (to you) don't study! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no estudie | (to you formal) don't study! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no estudiemos | let's not study! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no estudiéis | (to you plural) don't study! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no estudien | (to you plural formal) don't study! |
Example sentences and usage
- Si estudiaras arduamente, tendrías buenas calificaciones. If you studied hard, you would get good marks.
- Si estudias en serio, puedes esperar aprobar el examen. If you study earnestly, you can expect to pass the exam.
- Si estudiaras arduamente, tendrías buenas calificaciones. If you studied hard, you would get good marks.
- ¿Cuál es tu propósito principal para que estudies inglés? What is the main purpose of your studying English?
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