Concienciar Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish
concienciar means "to raise awareness" in English, and this page shows it in everyday use: real example sentences in several tenses, two short dialogues, the mistakes learners actually make, and a quiz to test yourself. You will see concienciar with young people about the climate, the pupils about recycling, society about health and drivers about the danger — the situations where Spanish speakers really use it. A good first sentence to learn is: Cada día, yo conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima. — "Every day, I raise awareness young people about the climate." Read the examples aloud, notice which tense each one uses, and then try the dialogues and the quiz.
concienciar in everyday sentences
Twelve sentences with concienciar, grouped by situation. Each one shows the verb in a different tense or person, with its English translation and a note on when to use that form.
Everyday use
- Cada día, yo conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima. — "Every day, I raise awareness young people about the climate." The present tense fits a habit here.
- Ayer, yo conciencié a los alumnos sobre el reciclaje. — "Yesterday, I raised awareness the pupils about recycling." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, yo concienciaba a la sociedad sobre la salud. — "In the past, I used to raise awareness society about health." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, nosotros concienciaremos a los conductores sobre el peligro. — "Tomorrow, we will raise awareness drivers about the danger." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Si pudieras, tú concienciarías a los jóvenes sobre el clima. — "If you could, you would raise awareness young people about the climate." The conditional fits something that would happen.
- Yo he concienciado a los alumnos sobre el reciclaje. — "I have raised awareness the pupils about recycling." The present perfect fits an action with present relevance.
More situations
- Normalmente, él conciencia a la sociedad sobre la salud. — "Normally, he/she raises awareness society about health." The present tense fits a general truth here.
- Ayer, él concienció a los conductores sobre el peligro. — "Yesterday, he/she raised awareness drivers about the danger." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, nosotros concienciábamos a los jóvenes sobre el clima. — "In the past, we used to raise awareness young people about the climate." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, yo concienciaré a los alumnos sobre el reciclaje. — "Tomorrow, I will raise awareness the pupils about recycling." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Espero que él conciencie a la sociedad sobre la salud. — "I hope that he/she raises awareness society about health." The present subjunctive follows espero que.
- ¡Conciencia a los conductores sobre el peligro! — "Raise awareness drivers about the danger!" The imperative fits a direct order or request.
The verb in context
Two short dialogues using concienciar naturally. Notice how the verb changes person and tense as the conversation moves, and how the complements stay the same kind of situation: young people about the climate, the pupils about recycling, society about health and drivers about the danger.
Dialogue 1: talking about young people about the climate
María: ¿Tú conciencias a los jóvenes sobre el clima? — "Do you raise awareness young people about the climate?" Carlos: Sí, yo conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima. — "I raise awareness young people about the climate." María: ¿Y ayer? — "And yesterday?" Carlos: Ayer, yo conciencié a los alumnos sobre el reciclaje. — "Yesterday, I raised awareness the pupils about recycling." María: Mañana, nosotros concienciaremos a la sociedad sobre la salud. — "Tomorrow, we will raise awareness society about health." Carlos: Si pudiera, yo concienciaría a los conductores sobre el peligro. — "If I could, I would raise awareness drivers about the danger." María: Antes, yo concienciaba a los alumnos sobre el reciclaje. — "In the past, I used to raise awareness the pupils about recycling." Carlos: Yo he concienciado a los jóvenes sobre el clima. — "I have raised awareness young people about the climate." María: ¡Conciencia a la sociedad sobre la salud! — "Raise awareness society about health!"
In this dialogue concienciar appears in the present, the preterite, the imperfect, the future, the conditional and the present perfect. That is the point: one verb, many tenses, and the complement tells you which situation you are in. Try the same dialogue with your own complements.
Dialogue 2: talking about society about health
María: Él conciencia a la sociedad sobre la salud. — "he/she raises awareness society about health." Carlos: ¿De verdad? ¿Él conciencia a la sociedad sobre la salud todos los días? — "Really? Does he/she raises awareness society about health every day?" María: Sí, y ellos conciencian a los conductores sobre el peligro. — "they raise awareness drivers about the danger." Carlos: Ayer, ellos concienciaron a la sociedad sobre la salud. — "Yesterday, they raised awareness society about health." María: Espero que él conciencie a los conductores sobre el peligro. — "I hope that he/she raises awareness drivers about the danger." Carlos: Mañana, él concienciará a la sociedad sobre la salud. — "Tomorrow, he/she will raise awareness society about health." María: Antes, nosotros concienciábamos a los conductores sobre el peligro. — "In the past, we used to raise awareness drivers about the danger." Carlos: Nosotros concienciamos a los jóvenes sobre el clima también. — "we raise awareness young people about the climate too."
This dialogue shows concienciar in the third person and in the plural, which is where learners most often hesitate. Read it aloud with a partner, swapping the names and the complements for your own life, and the forms will start to feel automatic.
Common mistakes with concienciar
The errors learners actually make with concienciar in everyday use, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why it is wrong.
Mistake 1: Adding a reflexive pronoun that does not belong
- Wrong: Yo me conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima.
- Right: Yo conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima.
- Why: concienciar is not reflexive, so there is no pronoun to add: Yo conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima. is the correct sentence.
Mistake 2: Using the infinitive as a conjugated form
- Wrong: Yo concienciar a los jóvenes sobre el clima.
- Right: Yo conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima.
- Why: The infinitive concienciar is the dictionary form, not a conjugated form. In a sentence with yo you need the present-tense form conciencio.
Mistake 3: Using the present tense for yesterday
- Wrong: Ayer, yo conciencio a los alumnos sobre el reciclaje.
- Right: Ayer, yo conciencié a los alumnos sobre el reciclaje.
- Why: Ayer means yesterday, so the action is finished and needs the preterite: Ayer, yo conciencié a los alumnos sobre el reciclaje. — "Yesterday, I raised awareness the pupils about recycling."
Mistake 4: Mixing up the gerund and the participle
- Wrong: Estoy concienciado a la sociedad sobre la salud.
- Right: Estoy concienciando a la sociedad sobre la salud.
- Why: After estar you need the gerund concienciando for the progressive. The participle concienciado goes with haber in the perfect tenses (he concienciado), never after estar.
Mistake 5: Using the él form for nosotros
- Wrong: Nosotros conciencia a los jóvenes sobre el clima.
- Right: Nosotros concienciamos a los jóvenes sobre el clima.
- Why: The person and the ending must match: nosotros takes concienciamos, while conciencia belongs to él and ella.
Quiz: concienciar in use
Test yourself with ten questions on concienciar. The answers are explained, so read them even when you get a question right.
1. What is the yo form of concienciar in the present tense?
- (a) conciencia
- (b) concienciamos
- (c) conciencio
- (d) conciencias
Answer: (c) conciencio. The yo form is conciencio.
2. What is the tú form of concienciar in the present tense?
- (a) concienciamos
- (b) conciencias
- (c) conciencio
- (d) conciencia
Answer: (b) conciencias. The tú form is conciencias.
3. What is the él/ella form of concienciar in the present tense?
- (a) conciencia
- (b) conciencio
- (c) conciencias
- (d) concienciamos
Answer: (a) conciencia. The él/ella form is conciencia.
4. Complete the sentence: Cada día, yo ___ a los jóvenes sobre el clima.
- (a) conciencias
- (b) conciencia
- (c) concienciamos
- (d) conciencio
Answer: (d) conciencio. The sentence needs the yo form conciencio.
5. Complete the sentence: Ayer, yo ___ a los alumnos sobre el reciclaje.
- (a) concienció
- (b) concienciamos
- (c) conciencié
- (d) concienciaste
Answer: (c) conciencié. Ayer needs the preterite, and the yo form is conciencié.
6. Complete the sentence: Antes, yo ___ a la sociedad sobre la salud.
- (a) concienciabais
- (b) concienciaba
- (c) concienciabas
- (d) concienciábamos
Answer: (b) concienciaba. Antes needs the imperfect, and the yo form is concienciaba.
7. Complete the sentence: Mañana, yo ___ a los conductores sobre el peligro.
- (a) concienciaré
- (b) concienciarás
- (c) concienciará
- (d) concienciaremos
Answer: (a) concienciaré. Mañana needs the future, and the yo form is concienciaré.
8. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a los jóvenes sobre el clima.
- (a) he concienciado
- (b) has concienciado
- (c) ha concienciado
- (d) hemos concienciado
Answer: (a) he concienciado. The present perfect uses haber plus the participle: he concienciado.
9. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ a la sociedad sobre la salud.
- (a) concienciemos
- (b) concienciéis
- (c) conciencie
- (d) conciencies
Answer: (c) conciencie. After espero que Spanish needs the subjunctive, and the él form is conciencie.
10. What does concienciar mean in English?
- (a) to float
- (b) to promote, to foster
- (c) to raise awareness
- (d) to die, to pass away
Answer: (c) to raise awareness. concienciar means "to raise awareness" in English.
Frequently asked questions about concienciar
What does concienciar mean?
concienciar means "to raise awareness" in English. Use it when you talk about young people about the climate, the pupils about recycling, society about health and drivers about the danger — for example: Cada día, yo conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima. — "Every day, I raise awareness young people about the climate."
Is there a reflexive form of concienciar?
No. concienciar is not reflexive, so it is used without a pronoun: Cada día, yo conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima. — "Every day, I raise awareness young people about the climate."
What is the most common mistake with concienciar?
The tense, not the form. Learners use the present tense for yesterday, or the preterite for a habit. Remember: Cada día, yo conciencio a los jóvenes sobre el clima. — "Every day, I raise awareness young people about the climate." is a habit, while Ayer, yo conciencié a los jóvenes sobre el clima is one finished action.
How can I practise concienciar?
Take the quiz above, then make your own sentences: change the person in each example, change the complement to something from your own life, and say the sentence aloud. The verb quiz and the verb translator on this site give you more practice with the same forms.