SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

caminar

to walk

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

caminar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yocamino
túcaminas
él / ella / ustedcamina
nosotros / nosotrascaminamos
vosotros / vosotrascamináis
ellos / ellas / ustedescaminan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

caminar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yocaminé
túcaminaste
él / ella / ustedcaminó
nosotros / nosotrascaminamos
vosotros / vosotrascaminasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedescaminaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

caminar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yocaminaba
túcaminabas
él / ella / ustedcaminaba
nosotros / nosotrascaminábamos
vosotros / vosotrascaminabais
ellos / ellas / ustedescaminaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

caminar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yocaminaré
túcaminarás
él / ella / ustedcaminará
nosotros / nosotrascaminaremos
vosotros / vosotrascaminaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedescaminarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

caminar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yocaminaría
túcaminarías
él / ella / ustedcaminaría
nosotros / nosotrascaminaríamos
vosotros / vosotrascaminaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedescaminarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

caminar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yocamine
túcamines
él / ella / ustedcamine
nosotros / nosotrascaminemos
vosotros / vosotrascaminéis
ellos / ellas / ustedescaminen

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to walk
  • to stroll
  • to travel, to trek

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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