AR Verbs Flashcards
To show
Mostrar
“O” to “UE” in present tense.
To Greet
Saludar
To Spend
To spend on yourself
Gastar
Gastarse
To cross over something or to go through something.
They crossed the mountains under cover of night.
Santa Fe avenue goes through the whole of Buenos Aires.
Atravesar ( “e” to “ie” in present tense only)
Atravesaron las montañas al amparo de la noche.
La avenida Santa Fe atraviesa toda la ciudad de Buenos Aires. (ah-trah-VYEA-sah)
To Send
Mandar and Enviar are practically interchangeable when they are used to send letters, packages, emails , texts or messages.
Mandar is used also when you force, order or mandate someone to do something.
He sent ( mandó )the soldiers into battle.
To step down / Or to go down / descend / to alight from a vehicle / to get off
Go down to reception and ask the concierge.
Could you come down to the basement?
Get off at the next station, and you are downtown.
Bajar
Baje a recepción y pregunte al conserje.
Podrías bajar al sótano? (SO-tanoh)
Baja en la siguiente estación y ya estás en el centro. (see-YEN-Tay)
To Tell / To Count
A short story
He told a short story.
I tell a short story.
Contar
“O” to “UE” in present tense.
Un cuento
Contó un cuento.
Cuento un cuento.
To Return from some place
To go back to or return to some place.
I’ve only been back a week and I already want to go back to Spain.
I want to go back to Disney World.
He came back to the place of his birth.
Regresar
Solo llevo una semana de vuelta, pero ya quiero regresar a España.
Regresarse
¡Me quiero regresar a Disney World!
Se regresó al lugar de su nacimiento.
Note, it seems that regresarse is rarely used, and both mean the same.
To demonstrate
To prove
Demostrar or Probar
“O” to “UE” in present
To Guess correctly or to get right
To hit the target
Of the 15 questions on the quiz, I only got four right.
Do I still win some money if I guessed five of the six lottery numbers correctly?
Acertar ( ah-ser-TAR)
De las 15 preguntas en la prueba, solo acerté cuatro.
Todavía gano algún dinero si acerté cinco de los seis números de la lotería?
To fly
Volar
O to UE in present tense only
Yo vuelo.
To love (a person not a thing)
Amar
To shake/ shudder / tremble
The Earth began to shake and an eerie noise arose from the ground.
The wind coming off the lake made her shiver.
Her parents shuddered to think of their daughter traveling alone around Europe.
Temblar
La Tierra comenzó a temblar y un ruido misterioso salió del suelo.
El viento que venía del lago la hizo temblar.
Sus padres temblaron al pensar en su hija viajando sola por Europa.
To Draw / Sketch
The artist drew the silhouette of the woman behind the curtain.
Dibujar
El artista dibujó la silueta de la mujer detrás de la cortina.
To use
Usar
To send / to mail
My friends sent me photos of the party.
My mom sent my brother to go shopping.
I mailed my boyfriend three letters a week.
The package they shipped me still hasn’t arrived.
Enviar
Mis amigos me enviaron fotos de la fiesta.
Mi mamá envió a mi hermano a que fuera de compras.
Yo le envié a mi novio tres cartas por semana.
El paquete que me enviaron aún no ha llegado.
To dream
To dream about
Soñar
Soñar con
( “o” to “ue”, but only in present)
To Leave Something
I left the key inside the car.
Leave the books on the table when you are finished reading them.
Dejar
Dejé la llave dentro del coche
Deja los libros en la mesa cuando acabes (subjunctive) de leerlos.
To Pass
Pass me the butter, please.
Be careful when crossing the road.
It’s cold outside, come in.
Pasar
Pásame la mantequilla, por favor.
Ten cuidado al pasar la carretera.
Imperative of Tener is “ten, tenga, tengan “
kah-rray -TER-ah
Al followed by an infinitive is usually the approximate equivalent of “upon,” “on” or “when” followed by the gerund (the “-ing” form of a verb) in English.
Hace frío afuera, pasa.
To Approve/ To Endorse / To Pass ( a test)
The neighborhood committee endorsed the city’s plan.
You have to study a lot to pass that math test.
Aprobar
“O” to “UE” in present tense.
El comité de vecindarios aprobó el plan de la ciudad.
Hay que estudiar mucho para aprobar ese examen de matemáticas.
x-AH-mehn
To wash
The children are responsible for washing the dishes.
Wash your hands before eating.
Lavar
To wash yourself— lavarse
Los niños son responsables de lavar los platos.
Responsible FOR = Responsables DE
Lávate las manos antes de comer.
To Answer/ To Reply
Why don’t you answer the question?
It would be nice if you’d reply to my letters sometime.
Contestar and Responder can be used interchangeably , except Responder has other meanings relating to “response”, whereas Contestar only relates to answering questions.
Porqué no contestas la pregunta? —
Sería bonito que me contestaras las cartas alguna vez.
To clean
Limpiar
To Desire
Desear
To freeze
I’ve frozen the meatballs to eat them on Monday.
Helar
Or
Congelar
He congelado ( helado ) las albóndigas para comerlas el lunes.
To Eat Lunch
Almorzar
“O” to “UE” in present tense.
To Rent
Alquilar
To Look For
To Search For
Buscar
“For” is always implied, so never add “por” after buscar.
To Sing
Cantar
To Confess
Confesar
To Cost
Costar
“O” to “UE” in present tense.
To Play
Jugar
“U”to “UE” in present tense.
First person preterite is Jugué
To Arrive
Llegar
To Think
To Think About
I was thinking about the time we went to the Eiffel Tower.
Pensar
Pensar En
Pensaba en la vez que fuimos a la Torre Eiffel.
In this case “time” means “occasion” and not “time” as in having to do with “telling time”, so we use “vez” and not “tiempo”.
To practice
Practicar
To Touch
To Play an Instrument
I touched.
Tocar
1st person past is “Toqué”, otherwise regular.
Like “Pagar”.
To Work
Trabajar
To Use
Usar
To Accept
My husband’s not here, but I can accept the package if you want.
Aceptar
Mi esposo no se encuentra, pero yo puedo aceptar el paquete si quiere.
ah-SEPT-ar
pah-KAY-teh
To Teach
To Show ( demonstrate)
My mother taught me to swim when I was five.
She showed us how to bake a perfect loaf of bread.
Enseñar ( completely regular)
Mi madre me enseñó a nadar cuando tenía cinco años.
Nos enseñó cómo hornear un pan perfecto.
To Spread
Catalina, can you spread the toast with butter?
Untar
Catalina, ¿puedes untar las tostadas con mantequilla?
River Plate Butter = Manteca
To Happen
And, what’s happening.
Everything happened too fast.
What’s Up / what’s wrong
Pasar
Y, qué está pasando?
Suceder
Todo sucedió demasiado rápido.
Qué pasa.
To Miss
I miss my country and its people.
I miss spring
Echar de Menos
Echar is congregated like a regular “ar” verb
Echo de menos a mi país y a su gente.
Echo de menos la primavera.
EH-cho
Echar = To Throw (out)
To Finish
I finish my classes in June.
Acabar
Yo acabo mis clases en junio.
To Cool
After taking the lasagna out of the oven, let it cool for 10 minutes.
Turn on the air conditioner to cool the room.
Enfriar
Después de sacar la lasaña del horno, déjela enfriar por 10 minutos.
Prende el aire acondicionado para enfriar el cuarto.
To Hate
I hate getting up early on the weekend!
I hate horror movies.
Odiar Completely regular
Odio levantarme temprano los fines de semana!
Odio las películas de terror.
Note always use the definite article before a noun following Odiar ( the thing you hate ).
To Carry Out
To Perform
They carried out all the tests without touching a single animal.
Juan is an excellent employee who performs his duties without complaint.
Realizar
Realizaron los experimentos sin tocar ningún animal.
Juan es un empleado excelente que realiza sus funciones sin quejarse.
To Drive (LA)
My dad lets me drive his car on weekends.
To Handle (in both Spain and LA)
A casino cashier handles a lot of money.
To Manage (in both Spain and LA)
They hired me to manage the warehouse.
Manejar
Mi padre me deja manejar su carro los fines de semana.(LA), in Spain “Conducir” used for to drive a car, boat etc.
Un cajero de casino maneja mucho dinero.
Me contrataron para manejar la bodega.
To Turn off or to switch off
Turn off the light before you go.
Apagar
Apaga la luz antes de irte.
Completely regular, except for 1st person past
—apague
To Improve or To Make Better
Your English has improved a lot since you traveled to the States.
Mejorar
Tu inglés ha mejorado mucho desde que viajaste a Estados Unidos.
Use “ha” because subject is “Ingles”.
To Pour or to Throw (propel)
Please be so good as to pour me some more wine.
Throw it (feminine) in the garbage.
Echar
Serías tan amable de echarme más vino?
Échala en la basura.
To Start Over
Three days later we started the trip over.
Volver a Empezar
Empezar de Nuevo
Tres días después volvimos a empezar el viaje.
To Drive a car. (L.A.)
My dad lets me drive his car on weekends.
Manejar
Mi padre me deja manejar su carro los fines de semana.
To Pull
Thanks for pulling me out the first time.
Tirar de (Spain)
Note: without “de”, tirar alone, means “to throw”.
Gracias por tirar de mi la primera vez.
Jalar (L.A.)
To Lend or To Provide or to Pay attention (never money)
I will lend you some of my brother’s books.
He received the money for the service he provided.
Kikuna, maybe you should pay more attention to your piano.
Prestar
Te prestaré algunos de los libros de mi hermano.
Recibió el dinero por el servicio que prestó.
Kikuna, tal vez deberías prestar más atención a tu piano.
To Heat or To Warm Up
I’m going to warm up my dinner in the microwave.
Calentar
Voy a calentar mi cena en el microondas.
