Aprender Conjugation 101: Conjugate Aprender in Spanish

Aprender is one of the most common -ER verbs in Spanish. So, in this guide, you’ll learn aprender’s conjugations and how to use this verb.

Take Note: There are many tenses in Spanish. However, we don’t use them all. Many are simply old and outdated. As a result, in this guide, you’ll only learn the tenses you need to know to become fluent in Spanish.

Overview of Aprender

Verb Characteristic	Property
Verb Type	-ER
Irregular	No
Infinitive	Aprender
Gerund (Present Participle) Form	Aprendiendo
Past Participle Form	Aprendido
Synonyms	Memorizar, cultivarse, estudiar

Indicative Conjugations of Aprender

Present tense

The present form of aprender is typically used to talk about the things a person is learning or to describe someone’s learning process. For example: Tom aprende muy rápido.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Aprendo	I learn
Tú	Aprendes	You learn
Él / Ella Usted	Aprende	He/She learns You (formal) learn
Nosotros	Aprendemos	We learn
Vosotros	Aprendéis	You learn
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Aprenden	They learn You (plural) learn

Preterite tense

All the preterite conjugations of aprender are regular. In this past tense, ‘aprender’ refers to the things you learned at a specific moment in the past. For instance: aprendí español cuando era niña.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Aprendí	I learned
Tú	Aprendiste	You learned
Él / Ella Usted	Aprendió	He/She learned You (formal) learned
Nosotros	Aprendimos	We learned
Vosotros	Aprendisteis	You learned
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Aprendieron	They learned You (plural) learned

Imperfect tense

The imperfect forms of ‘aprender’ allow you to talk about the things you learned at an unspecified moment in the past. De niños, no aprendíamos nada en la clase de arte. Depending on the sentence, the imperfect tense of ‘aprender’ can be translated as ‘used to learn’ or ‘learned’.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Aprendía	I learned I used to learn
Tú	Aprendías	You learned You used to learn
Él / Ella Usted	Aprendía	He/She learned He/She used to learn You (formal) learned You (formal) used to learn
Nosotros	Aprendíamos	We learned We used to learn
Vosotros	Aprendíais	You learned You used to learn
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Aprendían	They learned They used to learn You (plural) learned You (plural) used to learn

Near future

The near or immediate future allows you to talk about things you intend to learn soon in the future. For example, mañana vamos a aprender a preparar lasaña. The near future is formed with ir (present) + a + aprender and can be translated as “going to learn”.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Voy a aprender	I’m going to learn
Tú	Vas a aprender	You’re going to learn
Él / Ella Usted	Va a aprender	He/She is going to learn You (formal) are going to learn
Nosotros	Vamos a aprender	We’re going to learn
Vosotros	Vais a aprender	You’re going to learn
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Van a aprender	They’re going to learn You (plural) are going to learn

Future simple tense

The future tense communicates that a person will learn something at some point in the future. Algún día aprenderé a tocar la guitarra. In the future tense, ‘aprender’ is a regular verb.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Aprenderé	I will learn
Tú	Aprenderás	You will learn
Él / Ella Usted	Aprenderá	He/She will learn You (formal) will learn
Nosotros	Aprenderemos	We will learn
Vosotros	Aprenderéis	You will learn
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Aprenderán	They will learn You (plural) will learn

Conditional tense

The conditional forms of aprender allow you to express that someone would learn something as long as certain conditions are met. For instance: si tuviera tiempo, aprendería italiano. The conditional conjugations of ‘aprender’ are formed by adding the conditional endings to ‘aprender’.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Aprendería	I would learn
Tú	Aprenderías	You would learn
Él / Ella Usted	Aprendería	He/She would learn You (formal) would learn
Nosotros	Aprenderíamos	We would learn
Vosotros	Aprenderíais	You would learn
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Aprenderían	They would learn You (plural) would learn

Present perfect tense

The present perfect tense of ‘aprender’ is used to talk about things someone has or hasn’t learned. Todavía no he aprendido a cocinar. To form the present perfect in Spanish, we use the structure: haber (present tense) + aprendido.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	He aprendido	I have learned
Tú	Has aprendido	You have learned
Él / Ella Usted	Ha aprendido	He/She has learned You (formal) have learned
Nosotros	Hemos aprendido	We have learned
Vosotros	Habéis aprendido	You have learned
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Han aprendido	They have learned You (plural) have learned

Past perfect

In the past perfect tense, ‘aprender’ allows you to explain that someone learned something before some other reference point in the past. Pensé que ya habías aprendido a cocinar. The formula for the past perfect is haber (imperfect form) + aprendido.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Había aprendido	I had learned
Tú	Habías aprendido	You had learned
Él / Ella Usted	Había aprendido	He/She had learned You (formal) had learned
Nosotros	Habíamos aprendido	We had learned
Vosotros	Habíais aprendido	You had learned
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Habían aprendido	They had learned You (plural) had learned

Future perfect

Aprender’s future perfect conjugations are formed by conjugating haber to the future tense and adding aprendido (the past participle of ‘aprender’). In this tense, ‘aprender’ expresses that someone will learn something by or before a certain time in the future.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Habré aprendido	I will have learned
Tú	Habrás aprendido	You will have learned
Él / Ella Usted	Habrá aprendido	He/She will have learned You (formal) will have learned
Nosotros	Habremos aprendido	We will have learned
Vosotros	Habréis aprendido	You will have learned
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Habrán aprendido	They will have learned You (plural) will have learned

Conditional perfect

‘Aprender’ conjugated to the conditional perfect refers to things you would have learned if a past condition had been met. For example: si hubiera tenido tiempo, habría aprendido a tocar guitarra.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Habría aprendido	I would have learned
Tú	Habrías aprendido	You would have learned
Él / Ella Usted	Habría aprendido	He/She would have learned You (formal) would have learned
Nosotros	Habríamos aprendido	We would have learned
Vosotros	Habríais aprendido	You would have learned
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Habrían aprendido	They would have learned You (plural) would have learned

Progressive tenses

The progressive tenses forms of ‘aprender’ are used to express that someone is learning something at the moment of speaking. For example, estamos aprendiendo a conjugar. To form the progressive tenses use the following structure: estar (conjugated) + gerund form of aprender (aprendiendo).

Progressive Tense	Formula	Translation Example
Present	Estar (present) + aprendiendo	I am learning
Preterite	Estar (preterite) + aprendiendo	You were learning
Imperfect	Estar (imperfect) + aprendiendo	He was learning
Future	Estar (future) + aprendiendo	We will be learning
Conditional	Estar (conditional) + aprendiendo	They would be learning

Aprender Subjunctive Conjugations

In Spanish, the subjunctive is used to talk about wishes, hypothetical situations or express uncertainty. The conjugation charts below show the subjunctive forms of aprender.

Present subjunctive

The present subjunctive of aprender allows you to talk about the topics you want people to learn. For example: mi papá quiere que mis hermanos y yo aprendamos otro idioma.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Aprenda	I learn
Tú	Aprendas	You learn
Él / Ella Usted	Aprenda	He/She learns You (formal) learn
Nosotros	Aprendamos	We learn
Vosotros	Aprendáis	You learn
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Aprendan	They learn You (plural) learn

Present perfect subjunctive

Haber in the present subjunctive + aprendido is the structure you should use to build the present perfect subjunctive form of ‘aprender’. We conjugate ‘aprender’ to the present perfect subjunctive to express uncertainty about the things people learned. No creo que Larry haya aprendido a cocinar.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Haya aprendido	I have learned
Tú	Hayas aprendido	You have learned
Él / Ella Usted	Haya aprendido	He/She has learned You (formal) have learned
Nosotros	Hayamos aprendido	We have learned
Vosotros	Hayáis aprendido	You have learned
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Hayan aprendido	They have learned You (plural) have learned

Imperfect subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive of ‘aprender’ is used to talk about things we wished someone learned or to express uncertainty about what someone learned in the past. Julie esperaba que tú aprendieras a manejar.

The imperfect subjunctive has two conjugation models depending on which type of Spanish you’re using:

Latin American Spanish version

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Aprendiera	I learned
Tú	Aprendieras	You learned
Él / Ella Usted	Aprendiera	He/She learned You (formal) learned
Nosotros	Aprendiéramos	We learned
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Aprendieran	They learned You (plural) learned

Note: The table above doesn’t include the conjugation for vosotros because this pronoun is not used in Latin American Spanish.

Castilian Spanish version

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Aprendiese	I learned
Tú	Aprendieses	You learned
Él / Ella Usted	Aprendiese	He/She learned You (formal) learned
Nosotros	Aprendiésemos	We learned
Vosotros	Aprendieseis	You learned
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Aprendiesen	They learned You (plural) learned

Past perfect subjunctive

In the past perfect subjunctive, aprender communicates that someone would have learned something if a past circumstance was met. For example: hubiera aprendido más rápido si hubiera tenido un mejor maestro.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Hubiera aprendido	I had learned
Tú	Hubieras aprendido	You had learned
Él / Ella Usted	Hubiera aprendido	He/She had learned You (formal) had learned
Nosotros	Hubiéramos aprendido	We had learned
Vosotros	Hubierais aprendido	You had learned
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Hubieran aprendido	They had learned You (plural) had learned

Aprender Imperative Conjugations

Commands in Spanish allow you to tell people what to do (affirmative commands) or what not to do (negative commands).

Affirmative commands

We use the affirmative commands of ‘aprender’ to order people to learn something. For instance: niños, aprendánse este número.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Tú	Aprende	Learn
Usted	Aprenda	Learn
Vosotros	Aprended	Learn
Ustedes	Aprendan	Learn

Negative commands

The negative imperative of ‘aprender’ is used to tell people what not to learn. For example: no aprendas a decir malas palabras.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Tú	No aprendas	Don’t learn
Usted	No aprenda	Don’t learn
Vosotros	No aprendáis	Don’t learn
Ustedes	No aprendan	Don’t learn

Meanings of Aprender & Examples

Now that you’ve learned the conjugation charts of aprender, you should check some examples of how to use this verb.

To talk about learning new skills

¿Todavía no has aprendido a conducir?
Haven’t you learned to drive?

Les sugiero que aprendan otros idiomas.
I suggest you learn other languages.

No creo que Ted haya aprendido algo.
I don’t think Ted has learned anything.

Take Note: Aprender a + infinitive is the formula you must use to talk about activities you or someone else wants to learn.

Talk about memorizing or learning something by heart

[Reflexive pronoun] + [aprender conjugated] + [determiner] + [noun]

¿Se aprendieron la canción?
Did you guys learn the song by heart?

Deja me aprendo tu número.
Let me memorize your number.

Take Note: The pronominal form aprenderse is used to talk about things someone memorized or learned by heart. To form this meaning, you must use reflexive pronouns.

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