Caminar Conjugation 101: Conjugate Caminar In Spanish

Since it’s a regular verb in all tenses, reviewing the caminar conjugation charts can help you learn and practice the patterns for -AR verbs in Spanish. Because it’s also used in daily conversations, in this guide, we’ll learn how to conjugate caminar. Here is what we’ll cover: 

• Caminar Overview
• Indicative Tenses of Caminar Conjugations
  • Present tense
  • Preterite tense
  • Imperfect tense
  • Near Future tense
  • Future tense
  • Conditional tense
  • Present Perfect tense
  • Past Perfect tense
  • Future Perfect tense
  • Conditional Perfect tense
  • Progressive tenses
• Subjunctive Tenses of Caminar Conjugations
  • Present Subjunctive tense
  • Present Perfect Subjunctive tense
  • Imperfect Subjunctive tense
  • Past Perfect Subjunctive tense
• Imperative (Commands) of Caminar Conjugations
  • Affirmative Commands
  • Negative Commands
• Uses & Examples
• Download Caminar Conjugation Tables & Uses Cheat sheets
• Caminar Conjugation Practice Quiz

Overview of Caminar

Indicative Conjugations of Caminar

Present tense

The following caminar conjugation chart shows the endings we must use to conjugate this and other -AR verbs to the present tense. Use the present conjugations of caminar to say that someone walks. For example: María y Jonathan caminan todos los días. 

Preterite tense

Caminar conjugations in the preterite tense are used to express that someone walked. If applicable to your sentences, you can include an adverb of time in Spanish to explain when this action took place. For instance: El otro día, Sonia y yo caminamos hasta el centro. 

Imperfect tense

Use the caminar imperfect conjugations to say that someone repeatedly walked in the past or to describe how people used to walk. For example: Nosotros siempre caminábamos a la escuela. 

Near future

The near future in Spanish is formed with ir’s present conjugations + a + caminar. You must use this tense to express that someone is going to walk in the immediate future. Here is an example: ¿A qué hora vas a caminar hoy?

Future simple tense

To conjugate an -AR verb to the future tense, you must add the future endings to the infinitive verb. Caminar future tense conjugations are used to say that someone will walk. Here is an example: Sonia no caminará hasta que su pie se cure. 

Conditional tense

Conjugate this verb to the Spanish conditional tense to convey that someone would walk. You can combine these caminar conjugations with si sentences to present the conditions that need to be met for this action to happen. For instance: Si no me doliera el pie, caminaría más. 

Present perfect tense

The present forms of haber + caminado (a past participle verb) are the elements we must use to conjugate to the present perfect tense in Spanish. This tense allows you to say that someone has walked. For example: Esta semana he caminado todos los días. 

Past perfect

The past perfect tense conjugations of the verb caminar convey that someone had walked before a past action or moment. To form this perfect tense, use haber (imperfect tense) + caminar’s past participle. For instance: Nunca habíamos caminado tanto. 

Future perfect

In Spanish, we use the future perfect conjugations of caminar to communicate that someone will have walked. For instance: Al final de este mes, sólo habré caminado diez kilómetros. 

Conditional perfect

Conjugate caminar to the conditional perfect tense to express that someone would have walked if a past condition had been met. Check this example: Si hubiera traído dinero, no habría caminado hasta mi casa. 

Progressive tenses

To say that someone is walking at the moment of speaking, you must conjugate this verb to the progressive tenses. In this case, you must use the estar conjugations + comer’s present participle form (caminando). Creo que mis papás están caminando. 

Caminar Subjunctive Conjugations

When a verb is conjugated to the Spanish subjunctive mood, it refers to a person’s requests, wishes, recommendations, hypothetical scenarios, or doubts. In the following sections, we’ll review the most important caminar conjugation charts.

Present subjunctive

The present subjunctive forms of caminar allow you to recommend, demand, or wish that someone walks. For example: Papá, el doctor quiere que camines más. 

Present perfect subjunctive

The present perfect subjunctive of caminar conveys desires or uncertainty about whether someone has walked. This tense is formed by using haber present subjunctive forms + caminado. Check this sentence: Espero que no hayan caminado en el sol. 

Imperfect subjunctive

Caminar conjugations in the imperfect subjunctive allow you to talk about someone’s past recommendations, wishes, requests, or expectations about another person walking. For instance: Me gustaría que usted caminara un poco más. 

The imperfect subjunctive has two different endings depending on the type of Spanish you’re learning.

Latin American Spanish version

Note: Vosotros is a plural subject pronoun that is only used in Castilian Spanish. For that reason, it has not been included in the previous caminar conjugation chart. 

Castilian Spanish version

Past perfect subjunctive

Conjugate caminar to the past perfect subjunctive if you want to say that a person would have walked if a past condition had occurred. You can also use these caminar conjugations to show regret for not walking. Hubieras caminado, no está tan lejos. 

Caminar Imperative Conjugations

To give commands in Spanish, you must conjugate this verb to the negative or the affirmative imperative. 

Affirmative commands

Use the caminar affirmative imperative conjugations to order someone to walk. For instance: ¡Caminen más rápido!

Negative commands

To order someone not to walk, use this verb’s negative imperative forms. For example: No camines, tienes que descansar. 

Meanings of Caminar & Examples

Now that you’ve learned how to conjugate caminar, let’s check some examples of how to use this verb correctly. In Spanish, this verb is the direct translation of ‘to walk’. 

[Caminar conjugated] + [complement]

Gabriel camina muy rápido. 
Gabriel walks very fast. 

Cindy y yo vamos a caminar al parque. 
Cindy and I are going to walk to the park. 

Ayer caminé hasta la farmacia. 
Yesterday, I walked all the way to the pharmacy. 

Take Note: Although it’s the direct translation of ‘to walk’, in Spanish, we don’t say caminar a los perros (walk the dogs). For this case, you can say ‘pasear a los perros’ or ‘sacar a los perros a caminar’. Make sure you conjugate the verbs. 

Download Caminar Conjugation Charts & Uses Cheat sheet

Feel free to download a copy of the PDF cheat sheet for this guide. It has all the caminar conjugation charts as well as examples you can use to practice it in your daily conversations.

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Practice Quiz: Caminar Conjugation

You’ve now successfully seen how to conjugate caminar in Spanish. The next step is to take the caminar conjugation practice quiz to discover which tenses you’re strong in with regular -AR verbs and which you need to study more.

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