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See how the word “estudiar” is used in sentences
Quiero estudiar español todos los días. — I want to study Spanish every day.
Hay que estudiar antes de la prueba. — You have to study before the test.
¿Prefieren estudiar en la biblioteca o en casa? — Do you prefer to study at the library or at home?
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Download the app for free Spanish vocabulary testEffort, not result. Estudiar is the work put in and aprender is what comes out of it, and Spanish keeps the pair apart as strictly as it keeps buscar and encontrar apart. Estudié mucho pero no aprendí nada is a perfectly ordinary complaint.
Nothing goes between the verb and the subject studied: estudio medicina, not estudio de medicina. For a degree Spanish says estudiar una carrera, and for the profession being trained for it takes para — estudia para médico, she is training to be a doctor. Watch the noun as well: el estudio is a study, a studio and a one-room flat, which is worth knowing before renting one.
aprender to learn
The result. Spanish will not let one word cover both, and the distinction is felt, not merely observed.
enseñar to teach — and to show
The other side of the desk, and it also means to show: enséñame la foto.
carrera a degree course
What you estudias for several years. Not a career in the English sense until it is finished.
examen exam
What the studying is usually for, and it takes para: estudiar para el examen.
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