Visitar Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish

visitar means "to visit" in English, and this page shows you how it actually sounds in everyday Spanish — not just the conjugation table, but the verb in real sentences, in short dialogues, and in the mistakes learners make with it. Visitar means "to visit" — a place, a city, a museum, or a person. Spanish uses it more widely than English does: you visit a doctor, you visit a website, you visit your grandmother on Sundays. The present tense covers regular visits (visitamos a la abuela los domingos), planned trips (visitamos Madrid en junio) and general facts about tourism. It is a fully regular -ar verb, so its present tense is a clean model for the whole -ar family. Below you will find twelve example sentences grouped by meaning, two short dialogues, the most common mistakes with corrections, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. If you want the full tables first, start with the full conjugation of visitar; if you want to study one tense in depth, see the visitar present tense page.

visitar in everyday use: examples with translations

Visiting family and friends

  1. Nosotros visitamos a la abuela los domingos. — "We visit grandmother on Sundays."
  2. Yo visito a mis tíos en Navidad. — "I visit my uncles and aunts at Christmas."
  3. Ayer yo visité a mi amiga en el hospital. — "Yesterday I visited my friend in hospital."
  4. De niños, nosotros visitábamos a los abuelos cada verano. — "As children, we visited our grandparents every summer."

Tourism and places

  1. Yo visito Madrid en junio. — "I visit Madrid in June."
  2. Los turistas visitan la catedral por la mañana. — "The tourists visit the cathedral in the morning."
  3. El año que viene nosotros visitaremos Roma. — "Next year we will visit Rome."
  4. Yo he visitado el museo tres veces. — "I have visited the museum three times."

Visiting professionals and websites

  1. Mi padre visita al médico cada tres meses. — "My father visits the doctor every three months."
  2. Tú visitas la página del banco cada semana. — "You visit the bank's website every week."
  3. Yo visitaría más museos si tuviera tiempo. — "I would visit more museums if I had time."
  4. Vosotros visitáis a vuestros abuelos en verano. — "You visit your grandparents in summer."

visitar in conversation

Two short dialogues that use visitar the way people really speak it. Notice how the verb changes with the person, and how the same verb fits different situations.

Two friends plan a trip to Seville.

  • Carmen: Nosotros visitamos Sevilla en primavera. — "We visit Seville in spring."
  • Jorge: ¿Tú visitas la catedral también? — "Do you visit the cathedral too?"
  • Carmen: Yo visito la catedral y el Alcázar. — "I visit the cathedral and the Alcázar."
  • Jorge: Nosotros visitaremos también el barrio de Triana. — "We will also visit the Triana neighbourhood."

A grandson talks about visiting his grandmother.

  • Nieto: Nosotros visitamos a la abuela los domingos. — "We visit grandmother on Sundays."
  • Abuela: ¿Tú me visitas también los sábados? — "Do you visit me on Saturdays too?"
  • Nieto: Ayer yo te visité por la tarde. — "Yesterday I visited you in the afternoon."
  • Abuela: Tu primo me visita poco, casi nunca. — "Your cousin visits me little, almost never."

Common mistakes with visitar

The errors learners actually make with visitar, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why the right form is right.

✗ *Yo visito a Madrid en junio (using a before a place).

✓ Correct: Yo visito Madrid en junio.

The personal a is only for people: visitar a la abuela, but visitar Madrid with no a.

✗ *Nosotros visitamos a el médico (a + el not contracted).

✓ Correct: Nosotros visitamos al médico cada tres meses.

A + el always contracts to al: visitar al médico, never a el médico.

✗ *Vosotros visitáis a vuestros abuelos (written without the accent: visitais).

✓ Correct: Vosotros visitáis a vuestros abuelos en verano.

Visitáis carries a written accent on the í. The accent is part of the spelling, not optional decoration.

✗ *Ellos visitan a la catedral.

✓ Correct: Los turistas visitan la catedral por la mañana.

Places do not take the personal a. Visitar a is reserved for people: visitar a un amigo, visitar la catedral.

Quiz: visitar in use

Ten questions on visitar — its forms, its tenses and its everyday use. Choose the best answer for each one, then check the answer key below, where every answer is explained.

1. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ______ a la abuela los domingos. — "We visit grandmother on Sundays."

  • a) visitas
  • b) visito
  • c) visitamos
  • d) visitamos

2. Complete the sentence: Ayer yo ______ a mi amiga en el hospital. — "Yesterday I visited my friend in hospital."

  • a) visito
  • b) visité
  • c) visitó
  • d) visitaste

3. Complete the sentence: Los turistas ______ la catedral por la mañana. — "The tourists visit the cathedral in the morning."

  • a) visitan
  • b) visitas
  • c) visito
  • d) visitaron

4. Complete the sentence: Mi padre ______ al médico cada tres meses. — "My father visits the doctor every three months."

  • a) visito
  • b) visita
  • c) visitas
  • d) visitó

5. Which is the correct present tense form of visitar for yo?

  • a) visitas
  • b) visito
  • c) visita
  • d) visitamos

6. Which is the correct present tense form of visitar for tú?

  • a) visitas
  • b) visito
  • c) visitamos
  • d) visita

7. Which is the correct present tense form of visitar for ellos/ellas/Uds.?

  • a) visita
  • b) visito
  • c) visitas
  • d) visitan

8. Which sentence uses visitar correctly?

  • a) Nosotros visitábamos Sevilla en primavera.
  • b) Nosotros visitamos Sevilla en primavera.
  • c) Nosotros visita Sevilla en primavera.

9. What is the past participle of visitar?

  • a) visito
  • b) visitando
  • c) visitó
  • d) visitado

10. What does visitar mean in English?

  • a) to go
  • b) to have
  • c) to visit
  • d) to invite

Answer key

  1. c) visitamos — The sentence needs the nosotros/as form in the present: visitamos.

  2. b) visité — The sentence needs the yo form in the preterite: visité.

  3. a) visitan — The sentence needs the ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the present: visitan.

  4. b) visita — The sentence needs the él/ella/Ud. form in the present: visita.

  5. b) visito — The present tense form for yo is visito.

  6. a) visitas — The present tense form for tú is visitas.

  7. d) visitan — The present tense form for ellos/ellas/Uds. is visitan.

  8. b) Nosotros visitamos Sevilla en primavera. — Nosotros visitamos Sevilla en primavera. is correct. The other sentences use the wrong person, the wrong tense, or the wrong pattern for this verb.

  9. d) visitado — The past participle is visitado. You need it for every perfect tense with haber: he visitado, has visitado, ha visitado.

  10. c) to visit — visitar means "to visit".

Frequently asked questions

How do I use visitar in everyday conversation?

Start with the phrases in the examples above — especially the common combinations such as visitar a la familia and visitar un museo. Use the present tense for habits and general facts, and the preterite for things that happened once. Say the sentences aloud until the forms feel automatic, then swap in your own details: your own town, your own family, your own routine.

What is the difference between visitar and invitar?

visitar means "to visit", while invitar means "to invite". They are related words that learners often meet together, but they are not interchangeable — use visitar when you mean "to visit" and invitar when you mean "to invite".

Which tense do I need most with visitar?

The present tense, for habits, routines and general facts — that is where you will use visitar most. The preterite comes next, for things that happened once and ended. The examples on this page use both, plus the imperfect, the future and the present perfect, so you can see the verb across the tenses you actually need.

Is visitar formal or informal?

visitar is neutral — it is used in both formal and informal Spanish, at home, at work and at school. There is no special formal version of it; the same forms work in a conversation with a friend and in a letter to a company. What changes is the situation, not the verb.

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