aprender
Spanish, verb/apɾenˈdeɾ/
aprender is spelled A-P-R-E-N-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,035th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aprender is a Spanish verb meaning “to learn (to acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adquirir conocimiento o experiencia”.
What does aprender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to learn (to acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something)
Él está aprendiendo español.
- 2
to teach
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Adquirir conocimiento o experiencia. 2. Tomar algo en la memoria. 3. Asir, agarrar, tomar. 4. Acompañado de la preposición "de" y de un nombre propio, alude el hecho de tomar como ejemplo alguna acción ejecutada por esa persona
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aprender
- aprendo first-person present singular
- aprendí first-person preterite singular
- aprendido participle past
- aprendiendo gerund
- aprendida feminine participle past
- aprendidos masculine participle past
- aprendidas feminine participle past
- aprendes indicative informal present
- aprendés indicative informal present
- aprende indicative present singular
- aprendemos first-person indicative plural
- aprendéis indicative plural present
- aprenden indicative plural present
- aprendía first-person imperfect indicative
- aprendías imperfect indicative second-person
- aprendíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aprendíais imperfect indicative plural
- aprendían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aprender?
- /apɾenˈdeɾ/
- [a.pɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aprender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aprender in Spanish?
aprender appears 85 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).