Spanish Verb Pasear Conjugation

Pasear is a Spanish verb that typically refers to taking a stroll. In context, it sometimes can be translated as "walk," "travel," "ride," or "go out" in a leisurely way.

Below you'll find the conjugations for all the simple tenses: the present indicative, the preterite indicative, the imperfect indicative, the future indicative, the present subjunctive, the imperfect subjunctive, and the imperative. Also listed are the conjugations for the present and past participles, which are used to form compound tenses.

How to Conjugate Pasear

Pasear is a regular -ar verb, but its root, pase- ends in a vowel. When the conjugation results in a double e, native speakers typically merge the two e sounds into one. So paseé sounds the same as if it were spelled pasé.

This verb can be used as a model for hundreds of verbs that end in -ear. The -ear ending is frequently used for coined verbs derived from nouns or foreign words, such as snowboardear or zigzaguear.

Pasear is sometimes used in its reflexive form, pasearse, with little change in meaning.

The word most closely related to pasear is paseo, a noun referring to a walk or to a place where people go walking, such as a promenade. Just like in English you would use expressions like "going for a stroll" or "take a stroll," in Spanish you can use the noun paseo in such expressions: "ir de paseo" or "salir de paseo," which are actually more common uses.

Present Indicative Tense of Pasear

The indicative present tense is used for actions that are occurring now or that regularly occur.

Pasear Preterite

The preterite tense is used similarly to the simple past tense in English, which ends in "-ed."

Imperfect Indicative Form of Pasear

The imperfect tense is another type of past tense. It doesn't have a single-word equivalent in English, although it is used similarly to constructions such as "used to take a stroll" or "was talking a stroll." It refers to actions that don't have a clear end.

Pasear Future Tense

The simple future tense is used similarly to the "will + verb" future form of English. It is more formal than the periphrastic future.

Periphrastic Future of Pasear

Present Progressive/Gerund Form of Pasear

In standard Spanish, the gerund or present participle tends to function as a verb or an adverb, rather than as an adjective or noun as it does in English.

Gerund of pasear: está paseando

Is taking a stroll -> Ella está paseando con su perro.

Past Participle of Pasear

Past participles are used to form the perfect tenses.

Participle of pasear: ha paseado

Has taken a stroll -> Ella ha paseado con su perro.

Conditional Form of Pasear

Present Subjunctive of Pasear

The subjunctive mood is used in statements that are contingent on the action of another verb. The subjunctive is much more common in Spanish than in English.

Imperfect Subjunctive Forms of Pasear

Both of these options are grammatically correct, but the first is more common.

Option 1

Option 2

Imperative Forms of Pasear

The imperative mood is used in direct commands.

Imperative (Positive Command)

Imperative (Negative Command)