Caminar: Full Conjugation

Caminar means "to walk" and is a textbook regular -ar verb. Because it follows the standard -ar pattern without any stem changes or spelling quirks, caminar is one of the best models for learning how regular -ar conjugation works across every tense.

In Latin American Spanish, caminar is the default verb for walking — more common than andar in that specific sense — and is used both literally (moving on foot) and figuratively (caminar hacia el éxito, "walking toward success").

Present Indicative

Preterite

Note that the nosotros form is identical in the present and the preterite (caminamos). Context — time expressions, surrounding tenses — tells you which one is meant.

Imperfect

Future

Conditional

Present Subjunctive

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Imperative

Non-Finite Forms

• Infinitive: caminar
• Gerund: caminando
• Past participle: caminado

Common Uses

Caminar is used for literal walking and for figurative forward motion. It also appears in the fixed phrase caminar con pies de plomo ("to tread carefully," literally "to walk with feet of lead").