Estudiarlas

Estudiarlas is a Spanish verb form that results from combining the verb estudiar (to study) with the feminine plural direct object pronoun las. It translates to “to study them,” with las referring to feminine plural nouns such as las preguntas or las reglas. This construction illustrates how Spanish attaches clitic pronouns to an infinitive.

Usage and grammar: The pronoun can be attached to the infinitive when another verb governs the action, for example voy a estudiarlas (I am going to study them) or debo estudiarlas (I must study them). The same idea can be expressed by separating the pronoun before the conjugated verb: las voy a estudiar or voy a estudiarlas. The attached form also appears with the gerund—estudiándolas (studying them)—and can function in a sentence as the subject, as in Estudiarlas es importante.

Gender and number: Las refers specifically to feminine plural objects. If the objects are masculine plural, the corresponding form is los; for a mixed or unspecified gender, estudiar-los is used in similar constructions (estudiarlos).

Notes: Estudiarlas is a common example of Spanish infinitives with attached clitic pronouns, illustrating how object pronouns interact with non-finite verb forms. Related topics include clitic pronouns, infinitive constructions, and the variation between attaching pronouns to infinitives versus placing them before the conjugated verb.