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A1-ar verbregular

buscar

To look for — with the “for” already built in, and a c that turns into qu.

Quick answer

buscar · busco, buscas, busca, buscamos, buscáis, buscan

to look for, to search. Fully regular, so the endings carry over to every other -ar verb.

Conjugation

PersonPresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yobuscobusquébuscababuscaré
túbuscasbuscastebuscabasbuscarás
él / ella / ustedbuscabuscóbuscababuscará
nosotrosbuscamosbuscamosbuscábamosbuscaremos
vosotrosbuscáisbuscasteisbuscabaisbuscaréis
ellos / ustedesbuscanbuscaronbuscabanbuscarán

Orange marks a form you cannot guess from the rules.

Non-finiteForm
gerundbuscando
past participlebuscado
imperative (tú)busca
subjunctive (yo)busque

Which form to learn first

busco. Say it plus the thing, and you have asked for directions.

Where you will actually use it

Busco la estación.I’m looking for the station.
¿Qué buscas?What are you looking for?
Busqué por todas partes.I looked everywhere.
Te busco a las ocho.I’ll pick you up at eight.
Estoy buscando trabajo.I’m looking for a job.
Buscar en Googleto google something

Typical mistakes

Busco para la estación.

Busco la estación.

buscar already means “look for”. Adding para or por changes the sense.

Yo buscé ayer.

Yo busqué ayer.

c → qu before an e, or the c would sound like an s.

Busco mis llaves y no las busco.

Busco mis llaves y no las encuentro.

Searching is buscar, finding is encontrar.

Check yourself

Ayer ___ el hotel dos horas.

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