Trabajar conjugation

Trabajar means "to work". Here it is in every main tense, with real example sentences and a free checker for your own.

Trabajar is a regular -ar verb: every tense follows the standard pattern. Juntos teaches Latin American Spanish, where ustedes replaces vosotros; the vosotros forms are shown for completeness.

Trabajar conjugation tables

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Trabajar in real sentences

Example sentences from the Juntos exercise bank, each checked before learners see it.

Present

• Ellos trabajan en una oficina.
  They work in an office.
• ¿Trabajas en una oficina o estudias en la universidad?
  Do you work in an office or do you study at the university?

Preterite

• El fin de semana pasado trabajé en la oficina.
  Last weekend I worked in the office.
• Trabajé en la oficina toda la tarde.
  I worked in the office all afternoon.

Imperfect

• Trabajaba en el restaurante cuando comenzó la pandemia.
  I was working at the restaurant when the pandemic began.
• Él trabajaba en el mercado cada sábado.
  He used to work in the market every Saturday.

Mistakes learners make with trabajar

• Jobs take no un after ser: soy profesor, not soy un profesor. With trabajar, use de or como: trabajo de profesora.
• Your workplace takes en: trabajo en un banco.
• Trabajar is for people. A machine that works is funcionar: el teléfono no funciona, not no trabaja.

Write your own sentence with trabajar

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