aprovechar in Spanish: to take advantage of, to make the most of (verb)

Translation

to take advantage of, to make the most of

Word origin

From a- plus provecho ('benefit, advantage'), from Latin profectus ('progress, profit'), the participle of proficere ('to make progress').

Verb type-ar regular

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	aprovecho	aproveché	aprovechaba	aprovecharé	aprovecharía
tú	aprovechas	aprovechaste	aprovechabas	aprovecharás	aprovecharías
él/ella/ud.	aprovecha	aprovechó	aprovechaba	aprovechará	aprovecharía
nos.	aprovechamos	aprovechamos	aprovechábamos	aprovecharemos	aprovecharíamos
vos.	aprovecháis	aprovechasteis	aprovechabais	aprovecharéis	aprovecharíais
ellos/uds.	aprovechan	aprovecharon	aprovechaban	aprovecharán	aprovecharían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	aproveche	aprovechara	aprovechase
tú	aproveches	aprovecharas	aprovechases
él/ella/ud.	aproveche	aprovechara	aprovechase
nos.	aprovechemos	aprovecháramos	aprovechásemos
vos.	aprovechéis	aprovecharais	aprovechaseis
ellos/uds.	aprovechen	aprovecharan	aprovechasen

.

I am going to make the most of the day to rest.

, .

Take advantage of the sun while you can, it is nice today.

.

We took advantage of the trip to see the family.

.

I did not make good use of my study time.

.

We must take advantage of every opportunity in life.

usar

to use

tomar

to take, to drink, to have

tiempo

time, weather

ganar

to win; to earn

oportunidad

opportunity, chance

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.