Escuchar is a regular -ar verb in Spanish.
Practice escuchar free →Escuchar means 'to listen (to)', and it is a regular -ar verb that — like mirar — already includes its preposition: escucho música (I listen to music), with no separate 'to' needed. It is central to the hobbies and free-time topics and to the listening skill itself. Escuchar implies active listening, whereas oír means simply to hear. The command ¡escucha! ('listen!') is everyday spoken Spanish. Because it is regular and high-frequency, escuchar is easy to use across tenses to describe what you listen to now, listened to recently, and used to listen to.
Quick facts
Escuchar (to listen) is a regular -ar verb.
Real sentences across different tenses — the kind of thing you'd actually say or write.
Escucho música (I listen to music). No 'to' needed.
Escuchar (listen) vs oír (hear).
¡Escucha! (listen!).
Ideal for free-time answers about music and podcasts.
Fixed expressions worth knowing — they come up in listening, reading and writing tasks.
Idiomatic expressions
Escuchar means 'to listen (to)', and in Spanish you listen to a thing without any preposition — escucho la música, never 'escucho a la música' — but you do listen to a person: escucho a mi madre. Learners who translate 'to listen to' word-for-word add a stray a, which examiners mark down. The verb itself is fully regular.
escuchar is a regular -ar verb — it follows the standard -ar pattern in every tense. That makes it a good one to drill: if you know escuchar, you know the template for all regular -ar verbs.
Type conjugations from memory and get instant feedback. That's how you actually build the automatic recall the exam needs — not from reading tables.
Practice escuchar now →Three questions. Press Enter to check each answer.
yo: escucho, tú: escuchas, él: escucha, nosotros: escuchamos, vosotros: escucháis, ellos: escuchan
Escuchar is a regular -ar verb following the standard -ar pattern.
Use escuchar in multiple tenses to show range — present, preterite and future at minimum. This is a key criterion for higher GCSE marks.
Verbs that are easy to confuse with escuchar or that behave like it.
This reference is written for UK GCSE and A-Level Spanish learners and their teachers. It is designed for exam revision: every form is checked against standard conjugation rules, and the examples reflect the registers and topics that come up in the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas specifications. Escuchar is a high-frequency verb and appears often in exam papers. For active recall, use the free practice tool rather than only reading the tables.
Last updated 2 August 2026. Written by Daniel Holmes for GCSE & A-Level Spanish students.