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 -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, no account needed. Type the form, then press Enter or tap Check.
yo: visito, tú: visitas, él: visita, nosotros: visitamos, vosotros: visitáis, ellos: visitan
The past participle is visitado (he visitado) and the gerund is visitando (estoy visitando).
Verbs that are easy to confuse with visitar or that behave like it.
Visitar 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.