educar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin educāre.

Verb

educar

1. to educate
2. to bring up

Conjugation

Conjugation of educar

infinitive		educar
gerund		educando
past participle		m educáu, f educada, n educao, m pl educaos, f pl educaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	educo	eduques	educa	educamos	educáis	eduquen
	imperfect	educaba	educabes	educaba	educábemos, educábamos	educabeis, educabais	educaben
	preterite	eduqué	educasti, eduquesti	educó	eduquemos	educastis, eduquestis	educaron
	pluperfect	educare, educara	educares, educaras	educare, educara	educáremos, educáramos	educareis, educarais	educaren, educaran
	future	educaré	educarás	educará	educaremos	educaréis	educarán
	conditional	educaría	educaríes	educaría	educaríemos, educaríamos	educaríeis, educaríais	educaríen
subjunctive	present	eduque	eduques, educas	eduque	eduquemos	eduquéis	eduquen, educan
	imperfect	educare, educara	educares, educaras	educare, educara	educáremos, educáramos	educareis, educarais	educaren, educaran
imperative		—	educa	—	—	educái	—

Related terms

• educación

Further reading

• “educar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “educar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin educāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.ðuˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.ðuˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [e.ðuˈka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

educar (first-person singular present educo, first-person singular preterite eduquí, past participle educat)

1. to educate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of educar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			educar
gerund			educant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		educat		educada
		plural		educats		educades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	educo	eduques	educa	eduquem	eduqueu	eduquen
	imperfect	educava	educaves	educava	educàvem	educàveu	educaven
	future	educaré	educaràs	educarà	educarem	educareu	educaran
	preterite	eduquí	educares	educà	educàrem	educàreu	educaren
	conditional	educaria	educaries	educaria	educaríem	educaríeu	educarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	eduqui	eduquis	eduqui	eduquem	eduqueu	eduquin
	imperfect	eduqués	eduquessis	eduqués	eduquéssim	eduquéssiu	eduquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	educa	eduqui	eduquem	eduqueu	eduquin
	negative (no)	—	no eduquis	no eduqui	no eduquem	no eduqueu	no eduquin

Derived terms

• educat

Related terms

• educació

Further reading

• “educar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “educar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “educar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “educar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin educāre.

Verb

educar (first-person singular present educo, first-person singular preterite eduquei, past participle educado)

1. to educate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of educar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	educar
Personal	educar	educares	educar	educarmos	educardes	educaren
Gerund
	educando
Past participle
Masculine	educado			educados
Feminine	educada			educadas
Indicative
Present	educo	educas	educa	educamos	educades	educan
Imperfect	educaba	educabas	educaba	educabamos	educabades	educaban
Preterite	eduquei	educaches	educou	educamos	educastes	educaron
Pluperfect	educara	educaras	educara	educaramos	educarades	educaran
Future	educarei	educarás	educará	educaremos	educaredes	educarán
Conditional	educaría	educarías	educaría	educariamos	educariades	educarían
Subjunctive
Present	eduque	eduques	eduque	eduquemos	eduquedes	eduquen
Imperfect	educase	educases	educase	educásemos	educásedes	educasen
Future	educar	educares	educar	educarmos	educardes	educaren
Imperative
Affirmative		educa	eduque	eduquemos	educade	eduquen
Negative (non)		non eduques	non eduque	non eduquemos	non eduquedes	non eduquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of educar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	educar
Personal	educar	educares	educar	educarmos	educardes	educarem
Gerund
	educando
Past participle
Masculine	educado			educados
Feminine	educada			educadas
Indicative
Present	educo	educas	educa	educamos	educades, educais	educam
Imperfect	educava	educavas	educava	educávamos	educávades, educáveis, educávais1	educavam
Preterite	eduquei	educaste, educache1	educou	educamos	educastes	educárom, educaram
Pluperfect	educara	educaras	educara	educáramos	educárades, educáreis, educárais1	educaram
Future	educarei	educarás	educará	educaremos	educaredes, educareis	educarám, educarão
Conditional	educaria	educarias	educaria	educaríamos	educaríades, educaríeis, educaríais1	educariam
Subjunctive
Present	eduque	eduques	eduque	eduquemos	eduquedes, eduqueis	eduquem
Imperfect	educasse	educasses	educasse	educássemos	educássedes, educásseis	educassem
Future	educar	educares	educar	educarmos	educardes	educarem
Imperative
Affirmative		educa	eduque	eduquemos	educade, educai	eduquem
Negative (nom)		nom eduques	nom eduque	nom eduquemos	nom eduquedes, nom eduqueis	nom eduquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• educación

Further reading

• “educar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “educar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Latin

Verb

ēdūcar

1. inflection of ēdūcō:
   1. first-person singular future passive indicative
   2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin educāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.duˈka(ʁ)/ [e.duˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.duˈka(ʁ)/ [e.duˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.duˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.duˈka(ʁ)/ [e.duˈka(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.duˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.duˈkaɾ/ [i.ðuˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.duˈkaɾ/ [i.ðuˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.duˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧du‧car

Verb

educar (first-person singular present educo, first-person singular preterite eduquei, past participle educado)

1. to educate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of educar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	educar
Personal	educar	educares	educar	educarmos	educardes	educarem
Gerund
	educando
Past participle
Masculine	educado			educados
Feminine	educada			educadas
Indicative
Present	educo	educas	educa	educamos	educais	educam
Imperfect	educava	educavas	educava	educávamos	educáveis	educavam
Preterite	eduquei	educaste	educou	educamos1, educámos2	educastes	educaram
Pluperfect	educara	educaras	educara	educáramos	educáreis	educaram
Future	educarei	educarás	educará	educaremos	educareis	educarão
Conditional	educaria	educarias	educaria	educaríamos	educaríeis	educariam
Subjunctive
Present	eduque	eduques	eduque	eduquemos	eduqueis	eduquem
Imperfect	educasse	educasses	educasse	educássemos	educásseis	educassem
Future	educar	educares	educar	educarmos	educardes	educarem
Imperative
Affirmative		educa	eduque	eduquemos	educai	eduquem
Negative (não)		não eduques	não eduque	não eduquemos	não eduqueis	não eduquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• educação
• educado
• educador

Further reading

• “educar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “educar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin educāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eduˈkaɾ/ [e.ð̞uˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧du‧car

Verb

educar (first-person singular present educo, first-person singular preterite eduqué, past participle educado)

1. to educate, instruct

   Synonym: instruir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of educar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			educar
gerund			educando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		educado		educada
		plural		educados		educadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	educo	educastú educásvos	educa	educamos	educáis	educan
	imperfect	educaba	educabas	educaba	educábamos	educabais	educaban
	preterite	eduqué	educaste	educó	educamos	educasteis	educaron
	future	educaré	educarás	educará	educaremos	educaréis	educarán
	conditional	educaría	educarías	educaría	educaríamos	educaríais	educarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	eduque	eduquestú eduquésvos2	eduque	eduquemos	eduquéis	eduquen
	imperfect (ra)	educara	educaras	educara	educáramos	educarais	educaran
	imperfect (se)	educase	educases	educase	educásemos	educaseis	educasen
	future1	educare	educares	educare	educáremos	educareis	educaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		educatú educávos	eduque	eduquemos	educad	eduquen
	negative		no eduques	no eduque	no eduquemos	no eduquéis	no eduquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of educar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive educar	dative	educarme	educarte	educarle, educarse	educarnos	educaros	educarles, educarse
	accusative	educarme	educarte	educarlo, educarla, educarse	educarnos	educaros	educarlos, educarlas, educarse
with gerund educando	dative	educándome	educándote	educándole, educándose	educándonos	educándoos	educándoles, educándose
	accusative	educándome	educándote	educándolo, educándola, educándose	educándonos	educándoos	educándolos, educándolas, educándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative educa	dative	edúcame	edúcate	edúcale	edúcanos	not used	edúcales
	accusative	edúcame	edúcate	edúcalo, edúcala	edúcanos	not used	edúcalos, edúcalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative educá	dative	educame	educate	educale	educanos	not used	educales
	accusative	educame	educate	educalo, educala	educanos	not used	educalos, educalas
with formal second-person singular imperative eduque	dative	edúqueme	not used	edúquele, edúquese	edúquenos	not used	edúqueles
	accusative	edúqueme	not used	edúquelo, edúquela, edúquese	edúquenos	not used	edúquelos, edúquelas
with first-person plural imperative eduquemos	dative	not used	eduquémoste	eduquémosle	eduquémonos	eduquémoos	eduquémosles
	accusative	not used	eduquémoste	eduquémoslo, eduquémosla	eduquémonos	eduquémoos	eduquémoslos, eduquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative educad	dative	educadme	not used	educadle	educadnos	educaos	educadles
	accusative	educadme	not used	educadlo, educadla	educadnos	educaos	educadlos, educadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative eduquen	dative	edúquenme	not used	edúquenle	edúquennos	not used	edúquenles, edúquense
	accusative	edúquenme	not used	edúquenlo, edúquenla	edúquennos	not used	edúquenlos, edúquenlas, edúquense

Related terms

• educación

Further reading

• “educar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025