Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | educo | |
| tú | educas | |
| él / ella / usted | educa | |
| nosotros / nosotras | educamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | educáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | educan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | eduqué | |
| tú | educaste | |
| él / ella / usted | educó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | educamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | educasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | educaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | educaba | |
| tú | educabas | |
| él / ella / usted | educaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | educábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | educabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | educaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | educaré | |
| tú | educarás | |
| él / ella / usted | educará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | educaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | educaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | educarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | educaría | |
| tú | educarías | |
| él / ella / usted | educaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | educaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | educaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | educarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | eduque | |
| tú | eduques | |
| él / ella / usted | eduque | |
| nosotros / nosotras | eduquemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | eduquéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | eduquen |
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 educate, instruct
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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