Common Irregular Verbs in the Preterite (past) tense - Lesson 17 Flashcards
espero
means both ‘to wait’ and ‘to hope’
to take out/to get out
sacar
to take
tomar or llevar (llevar can also mean to carry)
trash
la barusa
homework
tarea
to hand in/to hand over
entregar
angry
enojarse
to hug
abrazar
to substitute
substituir
1/2 cup
media taza
to fall
caer
to like
caerse - as in ‘to fall for’
to break
romper
to drop
caerse - note: Spanish has no verb ‘to drop’ but uses caer (to fall)
to fall down or to tumble
caerse
I like you (as a friend)
Tu me caes bien - liking someone in Spanish means that someone ‘falls well’ for another person
does not like (as friend)
caer le mal
no le cae bien or le cae mal mean the same thing
to drive
manejar or conducir
isn’t it so
a que no?
no es asi?
news story
la noticia
ridiculous
ridicula
I hope so
espero que si
season
estacion - when talking aout the 4 seasons and la temporada when talking about an event or crop
tomato
tomates
but/rather when contradicting
sino que - not A but B where B contradicts A
either/or
O….O
neither/nor
Ni…..Ni
classmate
el/la companero(a)
furniture
muelbes
truth
la verdad
from….to….
del espanol al ingles or
desde el coche hasta la casa
maybe
tal vez or quizas
abandon
abandonar
to ring
sonar
to check
verificar
to fill out
llenar
to sign
firmar
Yo queria viajar
Yo quise viajar
I wanted to travel
I tried to travel (but probably failed)
as well as
asi como
seldom
raras veces or raramente
apparently
por lo visto
often
a menudo
suddenly
de repente
usually
por lo general
