To look in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal Speech: mee-RAR

7 months ago

mirar info.

Tips to remember “mirar”:
– Think of the English word “mirror,” as you look at your reflection when you gaze into a mirror, just as “mirar” means ‘to look’ or ‘to watch’ in Spanish.
– Associate it with the phrase “eyeing a painting” since “mi” can sound similar to “my,” and you often look at or admire (‘my’) artworks closely.

Explanations:
– “Mirar” is a regular -ar verb in Spanish.
– It means ‘to look’ or ‘to watch’ in English.
– It can also imply paying attention to or watching something like a TV or event.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Observar (to observe)
– Ver (to see)
– Contemplar (to gaze, contemplate)

Conjugations of “mirar”:
Present:
– yo miro (I look)
– tú miras (you look, informal)
– él/ella/usted mira (he/she looks, you look formal)
– nosotros/nosotras miramos (we look)
– vosotros/vosotras miráis (you all look, informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes miran (they look, you all look)

Preterite (simple past):
– yo miré (I looked)
– tú miraste (you looked, informal)
– él/ella/usted miró (he/she looked, you looked formal)
– nosotros/nosotras miramos (we looked)
– vosotros/vosotras mirasteis (you all looked, informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes miraron (they looked, you all looked)

Imperfect (past continuous):
– yo miraba (I was looking)
– tú mirabas (you were looking, informal)
– él/ella/usted miraba (he/she was looking, you were looking formal)
– nosotros/nosotras mirábamos (we were looking)
– vosotros/vosotras mirabais (you all were looking, informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes miraban (they were looking, you all were looking)

Future:
– yo miraré (I will look)
– tú mirarás (you will look, informal)
– él/ella/usted mirará (he/she will look, you will look formal)
– nosotros/nosotras miraremos (we will look)
– vosotros/vosotras miraréis (you all will look, informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes mirarán (they will look, you all will look)

Conditional:
– yo miraría (I would look)
– tú mirarías (you would look, informal)
– él/ella/usted miraría (he/she would look, you would look formal)
– nosotros/nosotras miraríamos (we would look)
– vosotros/vosotras miraríais (you all would look, informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes mirarían (they would look, you all would look)

Examples of sentences using “mirar”:
– Present: “Siempre miro las noticias después de trabajar.” (I always watch the news after work.)
– Preterite: “Miré la película que me recomendaste anoche.” (I watched the movie you recommended last night.)
– Imperfect: “Cuando era niño, miraba las estrellas a menudo.” (When I was a child, I used to look at the stars often.)
– Future: “Mañana miraré los horarios de los trenes para nuestro viaje.” (Tomorrow I will look at the train schedules for our trip.)
– Conditional: “Si tuviera tiempo, miraría el partido contigo.” (If I had time, I would watch the game with you.)

a few seconds ago

Memory tip

You can remember that mirar means to look because you often look in a mirror.

8 months ago