Analizar Examples, Sentences and Quiz in Spanish

analizar means to analyse, and it is a verb you will meet in everyday Spanish again and again. Analizar means to analyse, and it is used for analysing figures from an experiment, a text in class, a situation before deciding and the market before investing. It is a spelling-change verb: the z becomes c before e, so the preterite is analicé. This page puts analizar to work: twelve example sentences in different tenses and persons, grouped by use, then two short dialogues where the verb appears naturally, then the common mistakes to avoid, and finally a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Every Spanish form on this page comes from the verified conjugation tables for analizar, and the full tables are on the analizar conjugation page if you need to check a form.

Example sentences

Everyday uses

  1. Yo analizo los datos del experimento. — I analyse the figures from the experiment.
  2. Él analiza el texto en clase. — He/she analyses the text in class.
  3. Ayer, yo analicé la situación antes de decidir. — Yesterday, I analysed the situation before deciding.
  4. Antes, nosotros analizábamos el mercado para invertir. — Before, we used to analyse the market before investing.

In other tenses

  1. Mañana, tú analizarás los datos del experimento. — Tomorrow, you will analyse the figures from the experiment.
  2. Yo analizaría el texto en clase. — I would analyse the text in class.
  3. Él ha analizado la situación antes de decidir. — He/she has analysed the situation before deciding.
  4. Espero que él analice el mercado para invertir. — I hope he/she analyses the market before investing.

With other people

  1. Nosotros analizamos los datos del experimento. — We analyse the figures from the experiment.
  2. Vosotros analizáis el texto en clase. — You all analyse the text in class.
  3. Antes, ellos analizaban la situación antes de decidir. — Before, they used to analyse the situation before deciding.
  4. Mañana, él analizará el mercado para invertir. — Tomorrow, he/she will analyse the market before investing.

Analizar in context

Two short dialogues that use analizar the way people really use it. Read them aloud — the verb forms will stick much faster in a conversation than in a table.

Dialogue 1: today and yesterday

  • Ana: "Hola, ¿qué tal?" — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Luis: "Hoy analizo los datos del experimento." — "Today I analyse the figures from the experiment."
  • Ana: "¿Y ayer?" — "And yesterday?"
  • Luis: "Ayer, analicé la situación antes de decidir." — "Yesterday I analysed the situation before deciding."
  • Ana: "¿Y mañana, tú analizarás el texto en clase?" — "And tomorrow, will you will analyse the text in class?"
  • Luis: "Sí, claro. Y tú también." — "Yes, of course. And you too."

Dialogue 2: making plans

  • Marta: "Mañana, nosotros analizamos el mercado para invertir." — "Tomorrow we analyse the market before investing."
  • Carlos: "Perfecto. Yo analizaría el texto en clase si tuviera más tiempo." — "Perfect. I would would analyse the text in class if I had more time."
  • Marta: "Espero que él analice los datos del experimento." — "I hope he analyses the figures from the experiment."
  • Carlos: "Seguro que sí. Él ya ha analizado la situación antes de decidir." — "Surely. He has already has analysed the situation before deciding."
  • Marta: "Vale, nos vemos mañana." — "OK, see you tomorrow."

Notice how the same verb changes with the tense: the present for the plan, the conditional for the wish, the subjunctive after espero que, and the present perfect for what has already happened. That is the whole point of learning a verb across its tenses, not just in one form.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo analiza los datos del experimento. — Right: Yo analizo los datos del experimento. — The person matters: analiza is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is analizo. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Yo analizé el texto en clase. — Right: Yo analicé el texto en clase. — In the preterite, the correct first-person form is analicé, not analizé. analizar is a spelling-change verb: z becomes c before e, so the written form changes to keep the same sound. The regular-looking form is wrong.
  3. Wrong: Treating analizar and estudiar as identical in every context. — Right: Analizar means to analyse, while estudiar means to study, the close verb. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: analizar fits sentences such as Analizo los datos del experimento, while estudiar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy analizado el texto en clase. — Right: Yo he analizado el texto en clase. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he analizado, has analizado, ha analizado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo analicé la situación antes de decidir todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo analizaba la situación antes de decidir todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (analizaba), not the preterite. The preterite (analicé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on analizar: four on the forms, three on the meaning, and three on spotting the correct sentence. Check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ los datos del experimento. (present tense) A. analizo B. analizas C. analiza D. analizamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ___ el texto en clase. (preterite tense) A. analicé B. analizaste C. analizamos D. analizó

  3. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ la situación antes de decidir. (future tense) A. analizará B. analizaremos C. analizarás D. analizaré

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el mercado para invertir. (imperfect tense) A. analizabais B. analizábamos C. analizaba D. analizabas

  5. What does "Yo analizo los datos del experimento." mean in English? A. I analyse the figures from the experiment. B. I analyse the text in class. C. I analyse the situation before deciding. D. I analyse the market before investing.

  6. What does "Él analizó el texto en clase." mean in English? A. He/she analysed the figures from the experiment. B. He/she analysed the situation before deciding. C. He/she analysed the market before investing. D. He/she analysed the text in class.

  7. What does "Nosotros analizaremos la situación antes de decidir." mean in English? A. We will analyse the text in class. B. We will analyse the market before investing. C. We will analyse the situation before deciding. D. We will analyse the figures from the experiment.

  8. Which sentence is correct? A. Yo analizan el texto en clase. B. Yo analiza el texto en clase. C. Yo analizo el texto en clase.

  9. Which sentence is correct? A. Él analicé la situación antes de decidir. B. Él analizó la situación antes de decidir. C. Él analizaron la situación antes de decidir.

  10. Which sentence is correct? A. Espero que yo analice el mercado para invertir. B. Yo analize el mercado para invertir. C. Yo analice el mercado para invertir.

Answer key

  1. analizo — The yo present form of analizar is analizo.
  2. analizó — The el preterite form of analizar is analizó.
  3. analizarás — The tu future form of analizar is analizarás.
  4. analizábamos — The nosotros imperfect form of analizar is analizábamos.
  5. I analyse the figures from the experiment. — The Spanish sentence uses the present form analizo, so the English is "I analyse the figures from the experiment." The other options use a different object or situation.
  6. He/she analysed the text in class. — The Spanish sentence uses the preterite form analizó, so the English is "He/she analysed the text in class." The other options use a different object or situation.
  7. We will analyse the situation before deciding. — The Spanish sentence uses the future form analizaremos, so the English is "We will analyse the situation before deciding." The other options use a different object or situation.
  8. Yo analizo el texto en clase. — The correct sentence is "Yo analizo el texto en clase." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  9. Él analizó la situación antes de decidir. — The correct sentence is "Él analizó la situación antes de decidir." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  10. Espero que yo analice el mercado para invertir. — The correct sentence is "Espero que yo analice el mercado para invertir." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.

Frequently asked questions

What does analizar mean, and when do I use it?

Analizar means to analyse. Analizar means to analyse, and it is used for analysing figures from an experiment, a text in class, a situation before deciding and the market before investing. It is a spelling-change verb: the z becomes c before e, so the preterite is analicé. A good first sentence to remember is Yo analizo los datos del experimento. — "I analyse the figures from the experiment."

What is the difference between analizar and estudiar?

Analizar means to analyse, while estudiar means to study, the close verb. They appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use analizar when you mean to analyse, as in Yo analizo el texto en clase., and use estudiar for to study, the close verb.

How do I say "I analyse" in the past?

For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo analicé el texto en clase.. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo analizaba la situación antes de decidir.. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he analizado el texto en clase..

How do I practise analizar?

Start with the analizar conjugation page for the full tables, then the analizar in the present tense page for the tense in focus, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure. Spelling change: z becomes c before e, so the preterite is analicé and the subjunctive is analice.

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