Anunciar Examples, Sentences and Quiz in Spanish

anunciar means to announce, and it is a verb you will meet in everyday Spanish again and again. Anunciar means to announce, and it is used for announcing a wedding, a new product, news on television and exam results. It suggests a public announcement rather than a private message, and it is a fully regular -ar verb. This page puts anunciar 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 anunciar, and the full tables are on the anunciar conjugation page if you need to check a form.

Example sentences

Everyday uses

  1. Yo anuncio la boda en el periódico. — I announce the wedding in the newspaper.
  2. Él anuncia el nuevo producto en la feria. — He/she announces the new product at the fair.
  3. Ayer, yo anuncié la noticia por televisión. — Yesterday, I announced the news on television.
  4. Antes, nosotros anunciábamos los resultados del examen. — Before, we used to announce the exam results.

In other tenses

  1. Mañana, tú anunciarás la boda en el periódico. — Tomorrow, you will announce the wedding in the newspaper.
  2. Yo anunciaría el nuevo producto en la feria. — I would announce the new product at the fair.
  3. Él ha anunciado la noticia por televisión. — He/she has announced the news on television.
  4. Espero que él anuncie los resultados del examen. — I hope he/she announces the exam results.

With other people

  1. Nosotros anunciamos la boda en el periódico. — We announce the wedding in the newspaper.
  2. Vosotros anunciáis el nuevo producto en la feria. — You all announce the new product at the fair.
  3. Antes, ellos anunciaban la noticia por televisión. — Before, they used to announce the news on television.
  4. Mañana, él anunciará los resultados del examen. — Tomorrow, he/she will announce the exam results.

Anunciar in context

Two short dialogues that use anunciar 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 anuncio la boda en el periódico." — "Today I announce the wedding in the newspaper."
  • Ana: "¿Y ayer?" — "And yesterday?"
  • Luis: "Ayer, anuncié la noticia por televisión." — "Yesterday I announced the news on television."
  • Ana: "¿Y mañana, tú anunciarás el nuevo producto en la feria?" — "And tomorrow, will you will announce the new product at the fair?"
  • Luis: "Sí, claro. Y tú también." — "Yes, of course. And you too."

Dialogue 2: making plans

  • Marta: "Mañana, nosotros anunciamos los resultados del examen." — "Tomorrow we announce the exam results."
  • Carlos: "Perfecto. Yo anunciaría el nuevo producto en la feria si tuviera más tiempo." — "Perfect. I would would announce the new product at the fair if I had more time."
  • Marta: "Espero que él anuncie la boda en el periódico." — "I hope he announces the wedding in the newspaper."
  • Carlos: "Seguro que sí. Él ya ha anunciado la noticia por televisión." — "Surely. He has already has announced the news on television."
  • 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 anuncia la boda en el periódico. — Right: Yo anuncio la boda en el periódico. — The person matters: anuncia is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is anuncio. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Vosotros anunciais el nuevo producto en la feria. — Right: Vosotros anunciáis el nuevo producto en la feria. — The vosotros present form carries a written accent: anunciáis, not anunciais. The accent marks the stressed vowel.
  3. Wrong: Treating anunciar and informar as identical in every context. — Right: Anunciar means to announce, while informar means to inform, the formal partner. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: anunciar fits sentences such as Anuncio la boda en el periódico, while informar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy anunciado el nuevo producto en la feria. — Right: Yo he anunciado el nuevo producto en la feria. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he anunciado, has anunciado, ha anunciado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo anuncié la noticia por televisión todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo anunciaba la noticia por televisión todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (anunciaba), not the preterite. The preterite (anuncié) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on anunciar: 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 ___ la boda en el periódico. (present tense) A. anuncio B. anuncias C. anuncia D. anunciamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ___ el nuevo producto en la feria. (preterite tense) A. anuncié B. anunciaste C. anunciamos D. anunció

  3. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ la noticia por televisión. (future tense) A. anunciará B. anunciaremos C. anunciarás D. anunciaré

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ los resultados del examen. (imperfect tense) A. anunciabais B. anunciábamos C. anunciaba D. anunciabas

  5. What does "Yo anuncio la boda en el periódico." mean in English? A. I announce the wedding in the newspaper. B. I announce the new product at the fair. C. I announce the news on television. D. I announce the exam results.

  6. What does "Él anunció el nuevo producto en la feria." mean in English? A. He/she announced the wedding in the newspaper. B. He/she announced the news on television. C. He/she announced the exam results. D. He/she announced the new product at the fair.

  7. What does "Nosotros anunciaremos la noticia por televisión." mean in English? A. We will announce the new product at the fair. B. We will announce the exam results. C. We will announce the news on television. D. We will announce the wedding in the newspaper.

  8. Which sentence is correct? A. Yo anuncian el nuevo producto en la feria. B. Yo anuncia el nuevo producto en la feria. C. Yo anuncio el nuevo producto en la feria.

  9. Which sentence is correct? A. Él anuncié la noticia por televisión. B. Él anunció la noticia por televisión. C. Él anunciaron la noticia por televisión.

  10. Which sentence is correct? A. Espero que yo anuncie los resultados del examen. B. Yo anuncien los resultados del examen. C. Yo anuncie los resultados del examen.

Answer key

  1. anuncio — The yo present form of anunciar is anuncio.
  2. anunció — The el preterite form of anunciar is anunció.
  3. anunciarás — The tu future form of anunciar is anunciarás.
  4. anunciábamos — The nosotros imperfect form of anunciar is anunciábamos.
  5. I announce the wedding in the newspaper. — The Spanish sentence uses the present form anuncio, so the English is "I announce the wedding in the newspaper." The other options use a different object or situation.
  6. He/she announced the new product at the fair. — The Spanish sentence uses the preterite form anunció, so the English is "He/she announced the new product at the fair." The other options use a different object or situation.
  7. We will announce the news on television. — The Spanish sentence uses the future form anunciaremos, so the English is "We will announce the news on television." The other options use a different object or situation.
  8. Yo anuncio el nuevo producto en la feria. — The correct sentence is "Yo anuncio el nuevo producto en la feria." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  9. Él anunció la noticia por televisión. — The correct sentence is "Él anunció la noticia por televisión." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  10. Espero que yo anuncie los resultados del examen. — The correct sentence is "Espero que yo anuncie los resultados del examen." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.

Frequently asked questions

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

Anunciar means to announce. Anunciar means to announce, and it is used for announcing a wedding, a new product, news on television and exam results. It suggests a public announcement rather than a private message, and it is a fully regular -ar verb. A good first sentence to remember is Yo anuncio la boda en el periódico. — "I announce the wedding in the newspaper."

What is the difference between anunciar and informar?

Anunciar means to announce, while informar means to inform, the formal partner. They appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use anunciar when you mean to announce, as in Yo anuncio el nuevo producto en la feria., and use informar for to inform, the formal partner.

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

For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo anuncié el nuevo producto en la feria.. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo anunciaba la noticia por televisión.. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he anunciado el nuevo producto en la feria..

How do I practise anunciar?

Start with the anunciar conjugation page for the full tables, then the anunciar in the present tense page for the tense in focus, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure. Anunciar is fully regular: anuncié, anunciaba, anunciaré. Anunciar algo is to make it public, not just to tell one person.

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