Caminar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Caminar in Spanish

Caminar means “to walk.” You will learn its fully regular -AR conjugation and useful patterns for distance, routes, direction, progressive actions, and commands.

Caminar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Linguistically, caminar is a regular -AR verb with the stable stem camin-. Its gerund caminando and participle caminado are regular, and its simple finite forms follow the standard -AR endings. Usage often adds a distance, a route, or a direction complement.

Caminar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund helps build progressive constructions, and the past participle is used with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. With compound forms built with haber, the participle remains invariant.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	caminar	to walk
Gerund	caminando	walking
Past participle	caminado	walked

Caminar meaning and essential uses

Caminar — “to walk” — commonly describes moving on foot: Camino al trabajo. — “I walk to work.”

It can also take a distance directly, as in Caminamos cinco kilómetros. — “We walked five kilometers,” and it often combines naturally with route or direction phrases such as por el parque — “through the park” or hacia el centro — “toward downtown.”

Caminar conjugation pattern

Caminar is fully regular in its core paradigm. The stem camin- remains stable, and standard -AR endings build the present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive, and command forms. The non-finite forms caminando and caminado are also regular.

Caminar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Caminar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use the present indicative for current actions, habits, and general statements. This verb uses the regular -AR present endings. The stem remains stable.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	camino	I walk
Tú — you, singular informal	caminas	you walk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	camina	he / she walks; you walk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	caminamos	we walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	camináis	you walk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	caminan	they walk; you walk (plural)

• Camino al trabajo casi todos los días. — I walk to work almost every day.

Caminar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use the preterite for completed or bounded past events. These forms follow the regular -AR preterite pattern.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	caminé	I walked
Tú — you, singular informal	caminaste	you walked
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	caminó	he / she walked; you walked (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	caminamos	we walked
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	caminasteis	you walked (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	caminaron	they walked; you walked (plural)

• Ayer caminamos cinco kilómetros. — Yesterday we walked five kilometers.

Caminar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use the imperfect for past habits, background situations, descriptions, or states viewed as ongoing. This tense is regular for the target verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	caminaba	I used to walk
Tú — you, singular informal	caminabas	you used to walk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	caminaba	he / she used to walk; you used to walk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	caminábamos	we used to walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	caminabais	you used to walk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	caminaban	they used to walk; you used to walk (plural)

• Antes caminaba por este parque cada tarde. — I used to walk through this park every afternoon.

Caminar present progressive

Present progressive (el presente progresivo) — The present progressive is a verbal periphrasis for an action genuinely in progress. Form it with the present of estar — “to be” — plus caminando — “walking.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy caminando	I am walking
Tú — you, singular informal	estás caminando	you are walking
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está caminando	he / she is walking; you are walking (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos caminando	we are walking
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis caminando	you are walking (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están caminando	they are walking; you are walking (plural)

• Estamos caminando hacia la estación. — We are walking toward the station.

Caminar near future conjugation

Near future (el futuro próximo) — The near future is a verbal periphrasis for plans, intentions, or expected future situations. Form it with the present of ir — “to go” — plus a + caminar — “to walk.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a caminar	I am going to walk
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a caminar	you are going to walk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a caminar	he / she is going to walk; you are going to walk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a caminar	we are going to walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a caminar	you are going to walk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a caminar	they are going to walk; you are going to walk (plural)

• Voy a caminar después de comer. — I am going to walk after eating.

Caminar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use the simple future for future reference and, where context supports it, probability. Add the future endings to the full infinitive.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	caminaré	I will walk
Tú — you, singular informal	caminarás	you will walk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	caminará	he / she will walk; you will walk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	caminaremos	we will walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	caminaréis	you will walk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	caminarán	they will walk; you will walk (plural)

• Mañana caminaré por la costa. — Tomorrow I will walk along the coast.

Caminar conditional conjugation

Simple conditional (el condicional simple) — Use the simple conditional for hypothetical results, polite softening, and other conditional meanings. Add the conditional endings to the full infinitive.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	caminaría	I would walk
Tú — you, singular informal	caminarías	you would walk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	caminaría	he / she would walk; you would walk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	caminaríamos	we would walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	caminaríais	you would walk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	caminarían	they would walk; you would walk (plural)

• Caminaría más si tuviera tiempo. — I would walk more if I had time.

Caminar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use the present perfect for a past event connected to the present; its distribution varies by region. Form it with the present of haber plus the invariant participle caminado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he caminado	I have walked
Tú — you, singular informal	has caminado	you have walked
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha caminado	he / she has walked; you have walked (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos caminado	we have walked
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis caminado	you have walked (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han caminado	they have walked; you have walked (plural)

• Hoy he caminado mucho. — Today I have walked a lot.

Caminar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect / pluperfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use the past perfect for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the imperfect of haber plus the invariant participle caminado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había caminado	I had walked
Tú — you, singular informal	habías caminado	you had walked
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había caminado	he / she had walked; you had walked (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos caminado	we had walked
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais caminado	you had walked (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían caminado	they had walked; you had walked (plural)

• Ya habíamos caminado una hora cuando empezó a llover. — We had already walked for an hour when it started to rain.

Caminar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro compuesto / antefuturo) — Use the future perfect for something expected to be completed by a future point. Form it with the future of haber plus the invariant participle caminado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré caminado	I will have walked
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás caminado	you will have walked
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá caminado	he / she will have walked; you will have walked (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos caminado	we will have walked
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis caminado	you will have walked (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán caminado	they will have walked; you will have walked (plural)

• Al mediodía habremos caminado diez kilómetros. — By noon we will have walked ten kilometers.

Caminar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto / antepospretérito) — Use the conditional perfect for a hypothetical completed result or unreal past outcome. Form it with the conditional of haber plus the invariant participle caminado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría caminado	I would have walked
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías caminado	you would have walked
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría caminado	he / she would have walked; you would have walked (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos caminado	we would have walked
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais caminado	you would have walked (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían caminado	they would have walked; you would have walked (plural)

• Habría caminado hasta casa, pero estaba cansado. — I would have walked home, but I was tired.

Caminar subjunctive conjugations

Caminar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use the present subjunctive after environments such as wishes, influence, emotion, doubt, evaluation, or necessity. The forms follow the regular present-subjunctive pattern for this -AR verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	camine	that I walk
Tú — you, singular informal	camines	that you walk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	camine	that he / she walk; that you walk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	caminemos	that we walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	caminéis	that you walk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	caminen	that they walk; that you walk (plural)

• Quiero que camines conmigo. — I want you to walk with me.

Caminar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — Use the imperfect subjunctive in subordinate clauses linked to past, hypothetical, or unreal contexts. The main table uses the accepted -ra series; an accepted -se series also exists in many contexts, for example the -se form shown in the examples below.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	caminara	that I walked / were to walk
Tú — you, singular informal	caminaras	that you walked / were to walk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	caminara	that he / she walked / were to walk; that you walked (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	camináramos	that we walked / were to walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	caminarais	that you walked / were to walk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	caminaran	that they walked / were to walk; that you walked (plural)

• Era mejor que camináramos por la acera. — It was better for us to walk on the sidewalk.
• Preferían que caminaseis juntos. — They preferred that you all walk together.

Caminar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. The future subjunctive survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	caminare	if / when I should walk
Tú — you, singular informal	caminares	if / when you should walk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	caminare	if / when he / she should walk; if / when you should walk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	camináremos	if / when we should walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	caminareis	if / when you should walk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	caminaren	if / when they should walk; if / when you should walk (plural)

• Quien caminare fuera del sendero asumirá el riesgo correspondiente. — Whoever should walk outside the trail will assume the corresponding risk.

Caminar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use the present perfect subjunctive when a completed event is viewed through a subjunctive environment connected to the present or future. Form it with present-subjunctive haber plus caminado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya caminado	that I have walked
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas caminado	that you have walked
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya caminado	that he / she has walked; that you have walked (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos caminado	that we have walked
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis caminado	that you have walked (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan caminado	that they have walked; that you have walked (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas caminado hoy. — I am glad that you have walked today.

Caminar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — Use the past perfect subjunctive for unreal, counterfactual, or earlier completed situations inside a subjunctive environment. The main table uses hubiera + caminado; hubiese + caminado is an accepted alternative in many contexts.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera caminado	that I had walked
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras caminado	that you had walked
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera caminado	that he / she had walked; that you had walked (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos caminado	that we had walked
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais caminado	that you had walked (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran caminado	that they had walked; that you had walked (plural)

• Ojalá hubiéramos caminado por la ruta corta. — I wish we had walked along the short route.
• Si hubieses caminado más despacio, no estarías tan cansado. — If you had walked more slowly, you would not be so tired.

Caminar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. The future perfect subjunctive is a reference form found mainly in formal, legal, literary, or historical contexts. Form it with future-subjunctive haber plus caminado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere caminado	if / when I should have walked
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres caminado	if / when you should have walked
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere caminado	if / when he / she should have walked; if / when you should have walked (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos caminado	if / when we should have walked
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis caminado	if / when you should have walked (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren caminado	if / when they should have walked; if / when you should have walked (plural)

• Si el participante hubiere caminado todo el recorrido, recibirá el certificado. — If the participant should have walked the entire route, they will receive the certificate.

Caminar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. Spanish uses different morphological sources across persons and polarity; the nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Caminar affirmative commands

Use affirmative commands to tell someone directly to perform the action.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	camina	walk
Usted — you, singular formal	camine	walk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	caminemos	let’s walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	caminad	walk (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	caminen	walk (plural)

• Camina por la acera. — Walk on the sidewalk.

Caminar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no camines	do not walk
Usted — you, singular formal	no camine	do not walk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no caminemos	let’s not walk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no caminéis	do not walk (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no caminen	do not walk (plural)

• No camines por la carretera. — Do not walk on the road.

Common constructions with Caminar

These patterns show common ways the target verb combines with its complements or develops its core meaning.

• Caminar cinco kilómetros. — To walk five kilometers.
• Caminar por el parque. — To walk through the park.
• Caminar hacia el centro. — To walk toward downtown.

Example sentences with Caminar

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already explained in the lesson.

• Camino treinta minutos cada mañana. — I walk for thirty minutes every morning.
• Ayer caminamos hasta la plaza. — Yesterday we walked to the square.
• Antes caminaba al trabajo todos los días. — I used to walk to work every day.
• Quiero que camines por la acera. — I want you to walk on the sidewalk.
• Hemos caminado mucho esta semana. — We have walked a lot this week.
• Camina despacio en esta parte del sendero. — Walk slowly on this part of the trail.

Regional and usage notes for Caminar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Where voseo is used, the present and affirmative command can have distinct forms; these examples show the forms without replacing the core paradigm.

• Vos caminás mucho. — You walk a lot. (voseo)
• Caminá con cuidado. — Walk carefully. (affirmative vos command)

Caminar is fully regular, so once the -AR endings are secure, the main task is choosing useful complements for distance, route, and direction and matching the tense to the time frame.