Informar Examples, Sentences and Quiz in Spanish

informar means to inform, and it is a verb you will meet in everyday Spanish again and again. Informar means to inform, and it is used for informing a boss about changes, telling students about an exam, reporting a robbery and informing customers of an offer. It takes de for the subject, and it is a fully regular -ar verb. This page puts informar 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 informar, and the full tables are on the informar conjugation page if you need to check a form.

Example sentences

Everyday uses

  1. Yo informo al jefe de los cambios. — I inform the boss about the changes.
  2. Él informa a los alumnos del examen. — He/she informs the students about the exam.
  3. Ayer, yo informé a la policía del robo. — Yesterday, I informed the police about the robbery.
  4. Antes, nosotros informábamos a los clientes de la oferta. — Before, we used to inform the customers about the offer.

In other tenses

  1. Mañana, tú informarás al jefe de los cambios. — Tomorrow, you will inform the boss about the changes.
  2. Yo informaría a los alumnos del examen. — I would inform the students about the exam.
  3. Él ha informado a la policía del robo. — He/she has informed the police about the robbery.
  4. Espero que él informe a los clientes de la oferta. — I hope he/she informs the customers about the offer.

With other people

  1. Nosotros informamos al jefe de los cambios. — We inform the boss about the changes.
  2. Vosotros informáis a los alumnos del examen. — You all inform the students about the exam.
  3. Antes, ellos informaban a la policía del robo. — Before, they used to inform the police about the robbery.
  4. Mañana, él informará a los clientes de la oferta. — Tomorrow, he/she will inform the customers about the offer.

Informar in context

Two short dialogues that use informar 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 informo al jefe de los cambios." — "Today I inform the boss about the changes."
  • Ana: "¿Y ayer?" — "And yesterday?"
  • Luis: "Ayer, informé a la policía del robo." — "Yesterday I informed the police about the robbery."
  • Ana: "¿Y mañana, tú informarás a los alumnos del examen?" — "And tomorrow, will you will inform the students about the exam?"
  • Luis: "Sí, claro. Y tú también." — "Yes, of course. And you too."

Dialogue 2: making plans

  • Marta: "Mañana, nosotros informamos a los clientes de la oferta." — "Tomorrow we inform the customers about the offer."
  • Carlos: "Perfecto. Yo informaría a los alumnos del examen si tuviera más tiempo." — "Perfect. I would would inform the students about the exam if I had more time."
  • Marta: "Espero que él informe al jefe de los cambios." — "I hope he informs the boss about the changes."
  • Carlos: "Seguro que sí. Él ya ha informado a la policía del robo." — "Surely. He has already has informed the police about the robbery."
  • 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 informa al jefe de los cambios. — Right: Yo informo al jefe de los cambios. — The person matters: informa is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is informo. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Vosotros informais a los alumnos del examen. — Right: Vosotros informáis a los alumnos del examen. — The vosotros present form carries a written accent: informáis, not informais. The accent marks the stressed vowel.
  3. Wrong: Treating informar and avisar as identical in every context. — Right: Informar means to inform, while avisar means to warn or notify in advance. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: informar fits sentences such as Informo al jefe de los cambios, while avisar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy informado a los alumnos del examen. — Right: Yo he informado a los alumnos del examen. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he informado, has informado, ha informado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo informé a la policía del robo todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo informaba a la policía del robo todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (informaba), not the preterite. The preterite (informé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on informar: 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 ___ al jefe de los cambios. (present tense) A. informo B. informas C. informa D. informamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ___ a los alumnos del examen. (preterite tense) A. informé B. informaste C. informamos D. informó

  3. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ a la policía del robo. (future tense) A. informará B. informaremos C. informarás D. informaré

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ a los clientes de la oferta. (imperfect tense) A. informabais B. informábamos C. informaba D. informabas

  5. What does "Yo informo al jefe de los cambios." mean in English? A. I inform the boss about the changes. B. I inform the students about the exam. C. I inform the police about the robbery. D. I inform the customers about the offer.

  6. What does "Él informó a los alumnos del examen." mean in English? A. He/she informed the boss about the changes. B. He/she informed the police about the robbery. C. He/she informed the customers about the offer. D. He/she informed the students about the exam.

  7. What does "Nosotros informaremos a la policía del robo." mean in English? A. We will inform the students about the exam. B. We will inform the customers about the offer. C. We will inform the police about the robbery. D. We will inform the boss about the changes.

  8. Which sentence is correct? A. Yo informan a los alumnos del examen. B. Yo informa a los alumnos del examen. C. Yo informo a los alumnos del examen.

  9. Which sentence is correct? A. Él informé a la policía del robo. B. Él informó a la policía del robo. C. Él informaron a la policía del robo.

  10. Which sentence is correct? A. Espero que yo informe a los clientes de la oferta. B. Yo informen a los clientes de la oferta. C. Yo informe a los clientes de la oferta.

Answer key

  1. informo — The yo present form of informar is informo.
  2. informó — The el preterite form of informar is informó.
  3. informarás — The tu future form of informar is informarás.
  4. informábamos — The nosotros imperfect form of informar is informábamos.
  5. I inform the boss about the changes. — The Spanish sentence uses the present form informo, so the English is "I inform the boss about the changes." The other options use a different object or situation.
  6. He/she informed the students about the exam. — The Spanish sentence uses the preterite form informó, so the English is "He/she informed the students about the exam." The other options use a different object or situation.
  7. We will inform the police about the robbery. — The Spanish sentence uses the future form informaremos, so the English is "We will inform the police about the robbery." The other options use a different object or situation.
  8. Yo informo a los alumnos del examen. — The correct sentence is "Yo informo a los alumnos del examen." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  9. Él informó a la policía del robo. — The correct sentence is "Él informó a la policía del robo." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  10. Espero que yo informe a los clientes de la oferta. — The correct sentence is "Espero que yo informe a los clientes de la oferta." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.

Frequently asked questions

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

Informar means to inform. Informar means to inform, and it is used for informing a boss about changes, telling students about an exam, reporting a robbery and informing customers of an offer. It takes de for the subject, and it is a fully regular -ar verb. A good first sentence to remember is Yo informo al jefe de los cambios. — "I inform the boss about the changes."

What is the difference between informar and avisar?

Informar means to inform, while avisar means to warn or notify in advance. They appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use informar when you mean to inform, as in Yo informo a los alumnos del examen., and use avisar for to warn or notify in advance.

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

For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo informé a los alumnos del examen.. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo informaba a la policía del robo.. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he informado a los alumnos del examen..

How do I practise informar?

Start with the informar conjugation page for the full tables, then the informar in the present tense page for the tense in focus, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure. Informar takes de for the topic: informar a alguien de algo. Informar de un robo is to report a robbery.

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