No. 683 in Spanish
aprender
To learn.
In a sentence
Quiero aprender a tocar el piano.
I want to learn to play the piano.
In this sentence, 'aprender' is used to indicate the desire to acquire a new skill or knowledge, emphasizing the process of learning itself.
Ella aprendió mucho de su experiencia en el extranjero.
She learned a lot from her experience abroad.
Here, 'aprendió' (past tense of 'aprender') is employed to illustrate that knowledge or insight was gained from a past experience.
Estamos aprendiendo los conceptos básicos de programación.
We are learning the basics of programming.
In this example, 'aprendiendo' (present participle form of 'aprender') refers to the ongoing process of acquiring new knowledge or skills.
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