7. Sixty-Four Verbs, Up Close and Personal

Question 1

“to end” “to finish”

Answer 1

acabar, terminar

Question 2

“to finish off”

Answer 2

acabar con, terminar con

Question 3

“I finished off the milk”

Answer 3

“Acabé con la leche”

Question 4

“to run out of” (reflexive)

Answer 4

acabarse

Question 5

“We’ve run out of money” (reflexive)

Answer 5

Se nos acabó el dinero

Question 6

“it’s over” “I’m out of it” (like when the newstand runs out of papers) (reflexive verbs)

Answer 6

Se acabó; Se terminó

Question 6

“We’re out of it” (using estar)

Answer 6

Está agotado; está acabado isnt usually used in this sense. Está acabado is used for ‘he’s washed up.

Question 7

“to have just”

Answer 7

acabar de

Question 8

“It’s finished”

Answer 8

Está acabado

Question 9

“He’s washed up” colloquially

Answer 9

Está acabado

Question 10

“I’ve just eaten”

Answer 10

Acabo de comer

Question 11

“I had just eaten when you arrived.”

Answer 11

Acababa de comer cuando llegaste.

Question 12

“to dawn”

Answer 12

amanecer

Question 13

“How did you sleep?”

Answer 13

¿Cómo amaneciste?

Question 14

“he woke up all dead”

Answer 14

Amaneció muerto

Question 15

“to go around”

Answer 15

andar

Question 16

“Pedro’s going around shouting your name.”

Answer 16

Pedro anda gritando tu nombre.

Question 17

“I don’t hang around with them anymore.”

Answer 17

Ya no ando con ellos.

Question 18

“Where are you at?”

Answer 18

¿Por dónde andas?

Question 19

“Let’s get a move on!” “Way to go!”

Answer 19

¡Ándale! or ¡Anda! (said in passing, they mean the same as ok or all right)

Question 20

“How’s your car running?”

Answer 20

¿Qué tal anda tu carro?

Question 21

“to long for” “to desire earnestly”

Answer 21

antojarse

Question 22

“to get a hankering for” “to feel like”

Answer 22

antojarse

Question 23

“craving” “urge”

Answer 23

antojo

Question 24

“I’m dying for a pizza.”

Answer 24

Se me antoja una pizza.

Question 25

“Why aren’t you going to the movies? “Because I don’t feel like it.”

Answer 25

¿Por qué no vas a ir al cine? Porque no se me antoja.

Question 26

“Leave me a doughnut; I’m going to feel like having one later.”

Answer 26

Déjame una dona; luego se me va a antojar.

Question 27

“to go down” “to put down” “to get off”

Answer 27

bajar

Question 28

“she ran down the stairs as fast as she could”

Answer 28

bajó las escaleras a toda velocidad

Question 29

“to lose weight”

Answer 29

bajar de peso

Question 30

“Can you get my suitcase down?” (like from the rack)

Answer 30

¿Me baja la maleta?

Question 31

“Turn it down”

Answer 31

Bájale

Question 32

“to get out of” (like a car, train, or plane)

Answer 32

bajar de

Question 33

“turn the radio down, I can’t hear a thing”

Answer 33

baja la radio que no oigo nada

Question 34

“to fit” (like to “fit into” or “fit onto”)

Answer 34

caber (it is not used for clothing)

Question 35

“Will I fit?” (like into an escalator)

Answer 35

¿Quepo yo?

Question 36

“it’s worth mentioning”

Answer 36

cabe decir

Question 37

“there’s no doubt”

Answer 37

no cabe duda

Question 38

“to fall”

Answer 38

caer

Question 39

“to drop”

Answer 39

caerse

Question 40

“I dropped the glass”

Answer 40

Se me cayó el vaso

Question 41

“I’ll drop in on you in the afternoon” (informal)

Answer 41

Te caigo en la tarde

Question 42

What are your in-laws doing here? “They just kind of showed up”

Answer 42

Es que me cayeron

Question 43

“to change” “to make change”

Answer 43

cambiar

Question 44

“Can you change a twenty?”

Answer 44

¿Me puede cambiar un billete de a veinte?

Question 45

“to change one’s mind”

Answer 45

cambiar de idea; cambiar de opinión

Question 46

“to change one’s clothes”

Answer 46

cambiar de ropa

Question 47

“to move” like moving from one house to another (with cambiar)

Answer 47

cambiar de casa