Invitar means 'to invite', and it is a regular -ar verb useful for social plans and going-out topics. Te invito a mi fiesta (I invite you to my party) — note invitar a before both the person and the event. In Spanish, invitar can also mean to treat someone (to pay): te invito a un café (the coffee's on me). Because arranging and accepting invitations features in speaking role-plays, invitar is a handy verb to have ready. As a regular -ar verb the forms are predictable; the thing to remember is the preposition a.
Quick facts
Invitar (to invite) is a regular -ar verb.
Real sentences across different tenses — the kind of thing you'd actually say or write.
Te invito a la fiesta (I invite you to the party).
Te invito (it's on me).
Invitar a before person and event.
Useful in going-out role-plays.
Fixed expressions worth knowing — they come up in listening, reading and writing tasks.
Idiomatic expressions
invitar 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 invitar, 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 invitar now →Three questions, no account needed. Type the form, then press Enter or tap Check.
yo: invito, tú: invitas, él: invita, nosotros: invitamos, vosotros: invitáis, ellos: invitan
The past participle is invitado (he invitado) and the gerund is invitando (estoy invitando).
Verbs that are easy to confuse with invitar or that behave like it.
Invitar is on the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE Spanish vocabulary lists. Compare the exam boards.
Written by Daniel Holmes for GCSE & A-Level Spanish students.