Common Regular Verbs
AR
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admirar - to admire
acampar - to camp aumentar - to add bailar - to dance bajar - to go down, to lower, to get out of (auto) *buscar - to look for caminar- to walk (intransitive) cantar - to sing cocinar - to cook comprar- to buy cuidar - to take care of dejar - to leave (something / someone behind) dibujar - to draw descansar- to rest desear - to want, to wish encantar - to like a lot enseñar - to teach entrar (en) - to enter escuchar - to listen to esperar - to wait for, to hope estudiar- to study esquiar - to ski evitar - to avoid ganar - to earn, to win |
gastar - to spend
hablar - to speak, to talk interesar - to interest invitar - to invitelavar - to wash levantar - to lift, to raise *llegar - to arrive llevar - to carry, to take (along someone / something) mirar - to watch, to look at nadar - to swim necesitar - to need observar - to observe olvidar - to forget pasar - to pass, to spend time *practicar - to practice preguntar - to ask (a question) preparar - to prepare regresar- to return (person/intransitive) *sacar - to take out, (to take pictures) *tocar - to touch, to play (instrument) tomar - to take, to have (eat, drink) trabajar - to work usar - to use viajar - to travel visitar - to visit |
ER
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aprender (a) - to learn (to)
*coger - to catch comer - to eat comprender - to understand correr - to run creer - to believe deber - ought to, should, to owe *escoger - to choose |
leer - to read
nacer - to be born prometer - to promise responder - to respond romper - to break vender - to sell |
IR
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abrir - to open
asistir a - to attend cubrir - to cover decider - to decide descubrir - to discover escribir - to write insistir en - to insist on |
permitir - to permit
recibir - to receive subir - to climb, to go up, to get into (auto) sufrir - to suffer vivir - to live |
*verbs that have an astericks before them have orthographic changes
Stem-Changing Verbs
E > IE
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cerrar - to close
comenzar - to begin confesar - to confess defender - to defend despertar(se) - to wake (up) divertirse - to have fun empezar - to begin encender - to light, to turn on (electrical object) entender - to understand gobernar - to govern |
mentir - to lie
nevar - to snow pensar - to think perder - to lose preferir - to prefer querer - to want sentar(se) - to set (to sit down) sentir - to regret, to be sorry sentirse - to feel temblar - to tremble, to shake |
O > UE
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acordarse (de) - to remember
acostar - to put to bed acostarse - to go to bed almorzar - to eat lunch contar - to count, to tell costar - to cost devolver - to return (object) doler - to ache, hurt dormer - to sleep dormirse - to fall asleep encontrar - to meet, to find encontrarse - to meet (come together) |
llover - to rain
morder - to bite mostrar - to show mover - to move poder - to be able probar - to try, to test recorder - to remember sonar - to sound sonar - to dream volar - to fly volver - to return |
E > I
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pedir - to ask for
perseguir - to pursue, to persecute reír - to laugh repetir - to repeat seguir - to follow, to continue |
server - to serve
servir para - to be good for, useful for sonreír - to smile vestir - to dress vestirse - to get dressed |
