Spanish verb educar conjugation

educar
to educate
regular verbPast participle: educadoGerund: educando

Educar means to teach, train, or bring up someone, especially in terms of moral, social, or academic development. It is used when referring to the process of imparting knowledge or values.

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Complete conjugation of educar

Indicative Present

El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoeducco
Yo educo a mis hijos en valores.
I educate my children in values.
educas
Tú educas con paciencia y cariño.
You educate with patience and affection.
Él / Ella / Ustededuca
Ella educa a los estudiantes bien.
She educates the students well.
Nosotros / Nosotraseducamos
Nosotros educamos en el respeto.
We educate in respect.
Vosotros / Vosotraseducáis
Vosotros educáis con entusiasmo.
You all educate with enthusiasm.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeseducan
Ellos educan a los niños en la escuela.
They educate the children at school.

Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoeducé
Ayer eduqué a mis hijos.
Yesterday I educated my children.
educaste
Tú educaste bien a los niños.
You educated the children well.
Él / Ella / Ustededucó
Ella educó a sus estudiantes con paciencia.
She educated her students with patience.
Nosotros / Nosotraseducamos
Nosotros educamos a los jóvenes en valores.
We educated the youth in values.
Vosotros / Vosotraseducasteis
Vosotros educasteis bien a los niños.
You all educated the children well.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeseducaron
Ellos educaron a los alumnos con dedicación.
They educated the students with dedication.

Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoeducaba
Yo educaba a los niños en la escuela.
I used to educate the children at school.
educabas
Tú educabas con paciencia y cariño.
You used to educate with patience and affection.
Él / Ella / Ustededucaba
Ella educaba a sus hijos con amor.
She used to educate her children with love.
Nosotros / Nosotraseducábamos
Nosotros educábamos a los estudiantes en la escuela.
We used to educate the students at school.
Vosotros / Vosotraseducabais
Vosotros educabais con mucha dedicación.
You all used to educate with great dedication.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeseducaban
Ellos educaban a los niños en el parque.
They used to educate the children in the park.

Indicative Present Continuous

El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoestoy educando
Estoy educando a mis hijos ahora mismo.
I am educating my children right now.
estás educando
Estás educando a los estudiantes bien.
You are educating the students well.
Él / Ella / Ustedestá educando
Ella está educando a los niños en la escuela.
She is educating the children at school.
Nosotros / Nosotrasestamos educando
Estamos educando a los jóvenes en el programa.
We are educating the youth in the program.
Vosotros / Vosotrasestáis educando
Vosotros estáis educando con paciencia.
You all are educating with patience.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesestán educando
Ellos están educando a los niños en la comunidad.
They are educating the children in the community.

Indicative Informal Future

El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yovoy a educar
Voy a educar a mis hijos mejor.
I am going to educate my children better.
vas a educar
Tú vas a educar a los estudiantes mañana.
You are going to educate the students tomorrow.
Él / Ella / Ustedva a educar
Ella va a educar a los niños en la escuela.
She is going to educate the children at school.
Nosotros / Nosotrasvamos a educar
Nosotros vamos a educar con paciencia.
We are going to educate with patience.
Vosotros / Vosotrasvais a educar
Vosotros vais a educar en el taller.
You all are going to educate in the workshop.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesvan a educar
Ellos van a educar a los nuevos empleados.
They are going to educate the new employees.

Indicative Future

El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoeducaré
Yo educaré a mis hijos con paciencia.
I will educate my children with patience.
educarás
Tú educarás a los niños en esa escuela.
You will educate the children at that school.
Él / Ella / Ustededucará
Ella educará a los estudiantes con dedicación.
She will educate the students with dedication.
Nosotros / Nosotraseducaremos
Nosotros educaremos a las futuras generaciones.
We will educate the future generations.
Vosotros / Vosotraseducaréis
Vosotros educaréis a los niños en el colegio.
You all will educate the children at the school.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeseducarán
Ellos educarán a los jóvenes en la comunidad.
They will educate the youth in the community.

Indicative Conditional

El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoeducaría
Yo educaría a los niños con paciencia.
I would educate the children with patience.
educarías
Tú educarías mejor con más experiencia.
You would educate better with more experience.
Él / Ella / Ustededucaría
Ella educaría a los estudiantes con dedicación.
She would educate the students with dedication.
Nosotros / Nosotraseducaríamos
Nosotros educaríamos a los niños en valores.
We would educate the children in values.
Vosotros / Vosotraseducaríais
Vosotros educaríais mejor con más recursos.
You all would educate better with more resources.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeseducarían
Ellos educarían a los jóvenes en responsabilidad.
They would educate the youth in responsibility.

Indicative Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohe educado
Yo he educado a muchos estudiantes.
I have educated many students.
has educado
Tú has educado a los niños bien.
You have educated the children well.
Él / Ella / Ustedha educado
Ella ha educado a su hermano pequeño.
She has educated her younger brother.
Nosotros / Nosotrashemos educado
Nosotros hemos educado a varias generaciones.
We have educated several generations.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabéis educado
Vosotros habéis educado con paciencia.
You all have educated with patience.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshan educado
Ellos han educado a muchos niños en la comunidad.
They have educated many children in the community.

Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabía educado
Yo había educado a mis hijos antes de mudarme.
I had educated my children before moving.
habías educado
Tú habías educado bien a tus estudiantes.
You had educated your students well.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabía educado
Ella había educado a sus sobrinos con cariño.
She had educated her nephews with affection.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabíamos educado
Nosotros habíamos educado a los niños en valores.
We had educated the children in values.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabíais educado
Vosotros habíais educado a los jóvenes en la escuela.
You all had educated the youth at school.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabían educado
Ellos habían educado a sus hijos con paciencia.
They had educated their children with patience.

Indicative Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabré educado
Para entonces, habré educado a todos los niños.
By then, I will have educated all the children.
habrás educado
Tú habrás educado a los estudiantes correctamente.
You will have educated the students properly.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabrá educado
Ella habrá educado a los niños antes del evento.
She will have educated the children before the event.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabremos educado
Nosotros habremos educado a los futuros líderes.
We will have educated the future leaders.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabréis educado
Vosotros habréis educado a los alumnos en la escuela.
You all will have educated the students at school.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrán educado
Ellos habrán educado a muchas generaciones.
They will have educated many generations.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabría educado
Yo habría educado mejor si hubiera sabido.
I would have educated better if I had known.
habrías educado
Tú habrías educado a los niños diferente.
You would have educated the children differently.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabría educado
Ella habría educado a los estudiantes con más paciencia.
She would have educated the students with more patience.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabríamos educado
Nosotros habríamos educado mejor si tuviéramos más recursos.
We would have educated better if we had more resources.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabríais educado
Vosotros habríais educado diferente si hubierais tenido más experiencia.
You all would have educated differently if you had had more experience.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrían educado
Ellos habrían educado a los niños con más cariño.
They would have educated the children with more affection.

Subjunctive Present

El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoeduque
Espero que yo eduque bien a mis hijos.
I hope that I educate my children well.
eduques
Es importante que tú eduques con paciencia.
It's important that you educate with patience.
Él / Ella / Ustededuque
Es necesario que él eduque a los estudiantes correctamente.
It's necessary that he educate the students properly.
Nosotros / Nosotraseduquemos
Queremos que nosotros eduquemos con respeto.
We want us to educate with respect.
Vosotros / Vosotraseduquéis
Es bueno que vosotros eduquéis en valores.
It's good that you all educate in values.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeseduquen
Dudo que ellos eduquen de manera efectiva.
I doubt that they educate effectively.

Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoeducara
Esperaba que yo educara mejor.
I hoped that I would educate better.
educaras
No creía que tú educaras así.
I didn't believe that you would educate like that.
Él / Ella / Ustededucara
Pensaba que él educara con paciencia.
I thought that he would educate with patience.
Nosotros / Nosotraseducáramos
Deseábamos que nosotros educáramos bien.
We wished that we would educate well.
Vosotros / Vosotraseducarais
Esperaban que vosotros educarais con cariño.
They hoped that you all would educate with affection.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeseducaran
No sabían que ellos educaran así.
They didn't know that they would educate like that.

Subjunctive Future

El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoeducare
Si me pagaras, educare a los niños mejor.
If you paid me, I would educate the children better.
educares
Cuando llegares, educares a todos.
When you arrive, you will educate everyone.
Él / Ella / Ustededucare
El profesor educare a los estudiantes mañana.
The teacher will educate the students tomorrow.
Nosotros / Nosotraseducáremos
Nosotros educáremos a los niños en el futuro.
We will educate the children in the future.
Vosotros / Vosotraseducareis
Vosotros educareis a los nuevos alumnos.
You all will educate the new students.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeseducaren
Ellos educaren en la próxima reunión.
They will educate at the next meeting.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohaya educado
Espero que haya educado bien a los niños.
I hope I have educated the children well.
hayas educado
Es posible que hayas educado correctamente.
It's possible that you have educated correctly.
Él / Ella / Ustedhaya educado
Es importante que él haya educado con paciencia.
It's important that he has educated with patience.
Nosotros / Nosotrashayamos educado
Creemos que hayamos educado bien a los estudiantes.
We believe that we have educated the students well.
Vosotros / Vosotrashayáis educado
¿Habéis educado a los niños en valores?
Have you all educated the children in values?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshayan educado
Es probable que hayan educado con dedicación.
It's likely that they have educated with dedication.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiera educado
Si hubiera educado mejor a mis hijos, serían diferentes.
If I had educated my children better, they would be different.
hubieras educado
Es posible que tú hubieras educado con más paciencia.
Maybe you had educated with more patience.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiera educado
Ella habría educado a los niños si hubiera tenido tiempo.
She would have educated the children if she had had time.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéramos educado
Nosotros hubiéramos educado mejor si hubiéramos sabido.
We would have educated better if we had known.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubierais educado
Vosotros habríais educado diferente si hubierais tenido la oportunidad.
You all would have educated differently if you had had the opportunity.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieran educado
Ellos habrían educado a los niños de otra manera.
They would have educated the children in another way.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiere educado
Para entonces, ya hubiere educado a los niños.
By then, I will have already educated the children.
hubieres educado
Cuando llegues, tú hubieres educado a los estudiantes.
When you arrive, you will have educated the students.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiere educado
Es posible que él hubiere educado a los jóvenes.
He may have educated the youth.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéremos educado
Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos educado a muchos.
By then, we will have educated many.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubiereis educado
Vosotros hubiereis educado a los niños antes de la fiesta.
You all will have educated the children before the party.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieren educado
Ellos hubieren educado a los estudiantes en ese momento.
They will have educated the students at that time.

Imperative Affirmative

El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoeducar
No des órdenes en modo imperativo para el yo.
Do not give orders in the imperative mood for 'yo'.
educa
¡Educa a los niños con paciencia!
Educate the children with patience!
Él / Ella / Ustededuce
Por favor, educe a los estudiantes con respeto.
Please, educate the students with respect.
Nosotros / Nosotraseduquemos
Eduquemos a los jóvenes en valores.
Let's educate the youth in values.
Vosotros / Vosotraseducad
Educad a los niños en casa.
Educate the children at home.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeseduquen
Que eduquen a los alumnos con dedicación.
Let them educate the students with dedication.

Imperative Negative

El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yono eduque
No eduque a los niños de esa manera.
Don't educate the children that way.
no eduques
No eduques a tu hermano así.
Don't educate your brother like that.
Él / Ella / Ustedno eduque
Por favor, no eduque a los estudiantes de esa forma.
Please, don't educate the students that way.
Nosotros / Nosotrasno eduquemos
No eduquemos a los niños con violencia.
Let's not educate the children with violence.
Vosotros / Vosotrasno eduquéis
No eduquéis a los niños así.
Don't educate the children like that.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesno eduquen
No eduquen a los jóvenes de esa manera.
Don't educate the young people that way.

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Ellos han educado a muchos niños en la comunidad.

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