Visitar means 'to visit', and it is a regular -ar verb that pairs naturally with the holidays, town and family topics. Visito a mis abuelos (I visit my grandparents — note the personal a before people), visitamos el museo (we visited the museum). Because describing places you have visited and plan to visit invites several tenses, visitar is well suited to developed exam answers. As a regular -ar verb the forms are predictable; the point to remember is the personal a when the thing visited is a person rather than a place.
Quick facts
Visitar (to visit) is a regular -ar verb.
Real sentences across different tenses — the kind of thing you'd actually say or write.
Visitamos el castillo (we visited the castle).
Personal a: visito a mi tía (I visit my aunt).
Visité Madrid; visitaré Roma.
Ideal for describing sightseeing on holiday.
Fixed expressions worth knowing — they come up in listening, reading and writing tasks.
Idiomatic expressions
Visitar is a regular verb. Make sure you know the endings for each tense — especially the preterite and subjunctive, which is where marks are most often lost.
visitar 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 visitar, 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 visitar now →Three questions. Press Enter to check each answer.
yo: visito, tú: visitas, él: visita, nosotros: visitamos, vosotros: visitáis, ellos: visitan
Visitar is a regular -ar verb following the standard -ar pattern.
Use visitar 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 visitar 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. Visitar 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.