practicar

/pɾaktiˈkaɾ/, [pɾak.t̪iˈkaɾ]

practice


Gerund: practicando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular practicado practicada
Plural practicados practicadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo practico practicaba practiqué practicaré practicaría
practicas practicabas practicaste practicarás practicarías
él/ella/Ud. practica practicaba practicó practicará practicaría
nosotros practicamos practicábamos practicamos practicaremos practicaríamos
vosotros practicáis practicabais practicasteis practicaréis practicaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. practican practicaban practicaron practicarán practicarían
vos practicás practicabas practicaste practicarás practicarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo practique practicara practicase practicare
practiques practicaras practicases practicares
él/ella/Ud. practique practicara practicase practicare
nosotros practiquemos practicáramos practicásemos practicáremos
vosotros practiquéis practicarais practicaseis practicareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. practiquen practicaran practicasen practicaren
vos practiqués practicaras practicases practicares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
practica no practiques
Ud. practique no practique
nosotros practiquemos no practiquemos
vosotros practicad no practiquéis
Uds. practiquen no practiquen
vos practicá no practiques

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • La flebotomista se asustó a sí misma al practicar su trabajo en un globo.

    The phlebotomist scared herself by practicing her craft on a balloon.

  • Cuando llegue la primavera, voy a practicar un nuevo deporte.

    When spring arrives, I am going to take up a new sport.

  • No es que no me guste tu inglés, pero es importante para mí aprovechar cada oportunidad para practicar ruso.

    It's not that I don't like your English, but for me it's important to use every opportunity to practise Russian.

  • Lo único que tienes que hacer es practicar a diario.

    All you have to do is practice every day.

  • Para bajar de peso deberías practicar algún deporte.

    In order to lose weight you had better take up some sport.

  • Necesito practicar un poco más.

    I need to practice a little more.

  • Cuando, por practicar constantemente, el hombre es capaz de alcanzar concentración mental eficaz, entonces, esté donde esté, con la mente siempre se eleva por encima del ambiente y se apoya en el Eterno.

    When, through constant practice, man becomes able to reach efficient mental concentration, then, wherever one is, one can always transcend one's environment with one's mind and rely on the Eternal.

  • A largo plazo, tendrás que practicar más.

    In the long run, you will have to practise more.

  • Quiero practicar baloncesto con él.

    I want to practice basketball with him.

  • Mary fue acusada por sus vecinos de practicar brujería.

    Mary was accused of practising witchcraft by her neighbours.

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