Viajar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Viajar in Spanish

Viajar means “to travel” or “to make a journey.” You will learn its fully regular -AR conjugation and the main patterns for destinations, origin, transportation, company, purpose, and duration.

Viajar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Viajar keeps the stable stem viaj- and takes ordinary -AR endings. Its gerund viajando — “traveling” — and participle viajado — “traveled” — are regular.

Viajar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. The participle viajado remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	viajar	to travel
Gerund	viajando	traveling
Past participle	viajado	traveled

Viajar meaning and essential uses

Viajar is mainly intransitive and means moving from one place to another, usually over some distance: Viajo mucho por trabajo. — “I travel a lot for work.”

Common destination and route patterns include viajar a — “travel to,” viajar por — “travel through/around” or for a reason, viajar desde — “travel from,” and viajar en + transport — “travel by/in.”

Viajar regular conjugation pattern

The stem viaj- remains unchanged throughout the core paradigm. Forms such as viajo — “I travel,” viajé — “I traveled,” and viaje — “that I travel” — use ordinary -AR endings.

There is no stem change, spelling alternation, irregular preterite stem, irregular future stem, irregular gerund, or irregular participle.

Viajar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Viajar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viajo	I travel
Tú — you, singular informal	viajas	you travel
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viaja	he / she travels; you travel (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viajamos	we travel
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viajáis	you travel (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	viajan	they travel; you travel (plural)

• Viajo mucho por trabajo. — I travel a lot for work.

Viajar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viajé	I traveled
Tú — you, singular informal	viajaste	you traveled
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viajó	he / she traveled; you traveled (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viajamos	we traveled
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viajasteis	you traveled (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	viajaron	they traveled; you traveled (plural)

• Ayer viajé a Barcelona. — Yesterday I traveled to Barcelona.

Viajar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant viajado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viajaba	I used to travel / was traveling
Tú — you, singular informal	viajabas	you used to travel / were traveling
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viajaba	he / she used to travel / was traveling; you used to travel / were traveling (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viajábamos	we used to travel / were traveling
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viajabais	you used to travel / were traveling (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	viajaban	they used to travel / were traveling; you used to travel / were traveling (plural)

• Antes viajábamos en tren con frecuencia. — We used to travel by train frequently.

Viajar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar — “to be” — plus viajando — “traveling.”

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

• Estoy viajando por España. — I am traveling around Spain.

Viajar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and viajar.

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

• Voy a viajar a Chile el próximo mes. — I am going to travel to Chile next month.

Viajar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viajaré	I will travel
Tú — you, singular informal	viajarás	you will travel
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viajará	he / she will travel; you will travel (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viajaremos	we will travel
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viajaréis	you will travel (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	viajarán	they will travel; you will travel (plural)

• Viajaremos juntos en verano. — We will travel together in summer.

Viajar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viajaría	I would travel
Tú — you, singular informal	viajarías	you would travel
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viajaría	he / she would travel; you would travel (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viajaríamos	we would travel
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viajaríais	you would travel (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	viajarían	they would travel; you would travel (plural)

• Viajaría más si tuviera tiempo. — I would travel more if I had time.

Viajar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant viajado.

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

• He viajado por muchos países. — I have traveled through many countries.

Viajar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant viajado.

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

• Ya habíamos viajado juntos antes. — We had already traveled together before.

Viajar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant viajado.

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

• Para entonces habrán viajado miles de kilómetros. — By then they will have traveled thousands of kilometers.

Viajar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant viajado.

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

• Habría viajado en tren con más tiempo. — I would have traveled by train with more time.

Viajar subjunctive conjugations

Viajar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viaje	that I travel
Tú — you, singular informal	viajes	that you travel
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viaje	that he / she travel; that you travel (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viajemos	that we travel
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viajéis	that you travel (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	viajen	that they travel; that you travel (plural)

• Quiero que viajes con nosotros. — I want you to travel with us.

Viajar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant viajado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viajara	that I traveled
Tú — you, singular informal	viajaras	that you traveled
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viajara	that he / she traveled; that you traveled (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viajáramos	that we traveled
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viajarais	that you traveled (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	viajaran	that they traveled; that you traveled (plural)

• Preferían que viajáramos en avión. — They preferred that we travel by plane.
• Era mejor que viajases durante el día. — It was better for you to travel during the day.

Viajar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare reference forms belong mainly to formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical registers.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	viajare	if / when I should travel
Tú — you, singular informal	viajares	if / when you should travel
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	viajare	if / when he / she should travel; if / when you should travel (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	viajáremos	if / when we should travel
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viajareis	if / when you should travel (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	viajaren	if / when they should travel; if / when you should travel (plural)

• Quien viajare al extranjero deberá llevar su documentación. — Whoever should travel abroad must carry their documents.

Viajar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant viajado.

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

• Me alegra que hayas viajado tanto. — I am glad that you have traveled so much.

Viajar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant viajado.

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

• Si hubiera viajado antes, habría encontrado mejores precios. — If I had traveled earlier, I would have found better prices.
• Si hubieses viajado con nosotros, habrías conocido el lugar. — If you had traveled with us, you would have gotten to know the place.

Viajar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus invariant viajado.

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

• Si hubieren viajado fuera del país, deberán declararlo. — If they should have traveled outside the country, they must declare it.

Viajar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Viajar affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	viaja	travel
Usted — you, singular formal	viaje	travel (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	viajemos	let’s travel
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	viajad	travel (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	viajen	travel (plural)

• Viaja con documentos válidos. — Travel with valid documents.

Viajar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no — “not / do not” — before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no viajes	do not travel
Usted — you, singular formal	no viaje	do not travel (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no viajemos	let’s not travel
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no viajéis	do not travel (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no viajen	do not travel (plural)

• No viajes sin seguro si lo necesitas. — Do not travel without insurance if you need it.

Common constructions with Viajar

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• viajar a + destination. — to travel to a destination.
• viajar por + region / route / reason. — to travel through/around a region or for a reason.
• viajar desde + origin. — to travel from an origin.
• viajar en + means of transport. — to travel by/in a means of transport.

Example sentences with Viajar

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

• Viajo a México mañana. — I travel to Mexico tomorrow.
• Nos gusta viajar en tren. — We like to travel by train.
• Ella viaja por trabajo. — She travels for work.
• Espero que viajes con nosotros. — I hope you travel with us.
• Han viajado durante toda la noche. — They have traveled all night.
• Viaja ligero si puedes. — Travel light if you can.

Regional and usage notes for Viajar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• Vos viajás mucho por trabajo. — You travel a lot for work. (voseo)
• Viajá con cuidado. — Travel carefully. (affirmative vos command)

Viajar is fully regular. Once the -AR endings are secure, focus on the preposition that identifies destination, route, origin, purpose, transportation, company, or other travel context.