bachillerar

Spanish

Verb

bachillerar (first-person singular present bachillero, first-person singular preterite bachilleré, past participle bachillerado)

1. to give a bachelor's degree to
2. to give a baccalaureate, or similar school-leaving qualification to
3. (reflexive) to get either of the above qualifications

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bachillerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bachillerar
gerund			bachillerando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bachillerado		bachillerada
		plural		bachillerados		bachilleradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bachillero	bachillerastú bachillerásvos	bachillera	bachilleramos	bachilleráis	bachilleran
	imperfect	bachilleraba	bachillerabas	bachilleraba	bachillerábamos	bachillerabais	bachilleraban
	preterite	bachilleré	bachilleraste	bachilleró	bachilleramos	bachillerasteis	bachilleraron
	future	bachilleraré	bachillerarás	bachillerará	bachilleraremos	bachilleraréis	bachillerarán
	conditional	bachilleraría	bachillerarías	bachilleraría	bachilleraríamos	bachilleraríais	bachillerarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bachillere	bachillerestú bachillerésvos2	bachillere	bachilleremos	bachilleréis	bachilleren
	imperfect (ra)	bachillerara	bachilleraras	bachillerara	bachilleráramos	bachillerarais	bachilleraran
	imperfect (se)	bachillerase	bachillerases	bachillerase	bachillerásemos	bachilleraseis	bachillerasen
	future1	bachillerare	bachillerares	bachillerare	bachilleráremos	bachillerareis	bachilleraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bachilleratú bachillerávos	bachillere	bachilleremos	bachillerad	bachilleren
	negative		no bachilleres	no bachillere	no bachilleremos	no bachilleréis	no bachilleren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of bachillerar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive bachillerar	dative	bachillerarme	bachillerarte	bachillerarle, bachillerarse	bachillerarnos	bachilleraros	bachillerarles, bachillerarse
	accusative	bachillerarme	bachillerarte	bachillerarlo, bachillerarla, bachillerarse	bachillerarnos	bachilleraros	bachillerarlos, bachillerarlas, bachillerarse
with gerund bachillerando	dative	bachillerándome	bachillerándote	bachillerándole, bachillerándose	bachillerándonos	bachillerándoos	bachillerándoles, bachillerándose
	accusative	bachillerándome	bachillerándote	bachillerándolo, bachillerándola, bachillerándose	bachillerándonos	bachillerándoos	bachillerándolos, bachillerándolas, bachillerándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bachillera	dative	bachillérame	bachillérate	bachillérale	bachilléranos	not used	bachillérales
	accusative	bachillérame	bachillérate	bachilléralo, bachillérala	bachilléranos	not used	bachilléralos, bachilléralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bachillerá	dative	bachillerame	bachillerate	bachillerale	bachilleranos	not used	bachillerales
	accusative	bachillerame	bachillerate	bachilleralo, bachillerala	bachilleranos	not used	bachilleralos, bachilleralas
with formal second-person singular imperative bachillere	dative	bachilléreme	not used	bachillérele, bachillérese	bachillérenos	not used	bachilléreles
	accusative	bachilléreme	not used	bachillérelo, bachillérela, bachillérese	bachillérenos	not used	bachillérelos, bachillérelas
with first-person plural imperative bachilleremos	dative	not used	bachillerémoste	bachillerémosle	bachillerémonos	bachillerémoos	bachillerémosles
	accusative	not used	bachillerémoste	bachillerémoslo, bachillerémosla	bachillerémonos	bachillerémoos	bachillerémoslos, bachillerémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bachillerad	dative	bachilleradme	not used	bachilleradle	bachilleradnos	bachilleraos	bachilleradles
	accusative	bachilleradme	not used	bachilleradlo, bachilleradla	bachilleradnos	bachilleraos	bachilleradlos, bachilleradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bachilleren	dative	bachillérenme	not used	bachillérenle	bachillérennos	not used	bachillérenles, bachillérense
	accusative	bachillérenme	not used	bachillérenlo, bachillérenla	bachillérennos	not used	bachillérenlos, bachillérenlas, bachillérense

Further reading

• “bachillerar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10