To exercise /tu ˈɛk.sər.saɪz/ significa hacer ejercicio. Usamos este verbo cuando una persona hace actividad física para mejorar su salud, fuerza o condición física.
También puede significar ejercitar o practicar una habilidad, una parte del cuerpo o incluso un derecho:
- Exercise every day — “Hacer ejercicio todos los días”.
- Exercise your legs — “Ejercitar las piernas”.
- Exercise your right to vote — “Ejercer tu derecho al voto”.
En la conversación diaria, cuando hablamos de actividad física, normalmente decimos exercise o work out. Exercise es más general. Work out suele sonar más informal y muchas veces se refiere a una rutina de entrenamiento.
También existe el sustantivo exercise, que puede significar ejercicio físico o una actividad de práctica:
- This is a grammar exercise — “Este es un ejercicio de gramática”.
Exercise es un verbo regular: exercise → exercised → exercised. La forma de tercera persona exercises se pronuncia /ˈɛk.sər.saɪ.zɪz/. El pasado y el participio exercised se pronuncian /ˈɛk.sər.saɪzd/, con sonido final /d/. El gerundio exercising se escribe sin la e final y se pronuncia /ˈɛk.sər.saɪ.zɪŋ/.
Simple Tense
Simple Present Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I exercise | We exercise |
| 2ª | You exercise | You exercise |
| 3ª | He/She/It exercises | They exercise |
Exercise: /ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪz/, exercises: /ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪzɪz/
Simple Past Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I exercised | We exercised |
| 2ª | You exercised | You exercised |
| 3ª | He/She/It exercised | They exercised |
Exercised: /ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪzd/
Simple Future Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will exercise | We will exercise |
| 2ª | You will exercise | You will exercise |
| 3ª | He/She/It will exercise | They will exercise |
Will exercise: /wɪl ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪz/
Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I am exercising | We are exercising |
| 2ª | You are exercising | You are exercising |
| 3ª | He/She/It is exercising | They are exercising |
exercising: /ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪz.ɪŋ/
Past Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I was exercising | We were exercising |
| 2ª | You were exercising | You were exercising |
| 3ª | He/She/It was exercising | They were exercising |
Was exercising: /wəz ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪz.ɪŋ/, Were exercising: /wɜr ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪz.ɪŋ/
Future Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will be exercising | We will be exercising |
| 2ª | You will be exercising | You will be exercising |
| 3ª | He/She/It will be exercising | They will be exercising |
Will be exercising: /wɪl bi ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪz.ɪŋ/
Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I have exercised | We have exercised |
| 2ª | You have exercised | You have exercised |
| 3ª | He/She/It has exercised | They have exercised |
Have exercised: /hæv ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪzd/, Has exercised: /hæz ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪzd/
Past Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I had exercised | We had exercised |
| 2ª | You had exercised | You had exercised |
| 3ª | He/She/It had exercised | They had exercised |
Had exercised: /hæd ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪzd/
Future Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will have exercised | We will have exercised |
| 2ª | You will have exercised | You will have exercised |
| 3ª | He/She/It will have exercised | They will have exercised |
Will have exercised: /wɪl hæv ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪzd/
