Verbs Flashcards
Acabar
Finish
Acordar
Agree.
Reflective: Acordarse de: have have memory of
Abrir
To open
Almorzar
Have lunch; Almuerzan
Buscar
To look for
Cambiar
To change
Caminar
To walk
Cerrar
Close; Cierro, Cierra
Cover
Take
Comenzar
To start; Comienzo; Comienza
Conocer
Know, familiar with; don’t need “with” (con) afterward
Costar
Cost; Cuesta/Cuestan; vs. Estimar
Dar
To give; Often with indirect object pronoun; Doy
Descansar
Rest
Despertar
Reflexive: Despertarse (wake up)
Decir
To tell; Often with indirect object pronoun
Dibujar
To draw
Disculpar
Excuse; you’re commanding the other to excuse you
Disfrutar
To have fun, enjoy
Dormir
Sleep; Duermo
Elegir
Choose; Elijo, Elegimos
Empezar
Start.
Empiezo/empiezas/empieza/empezamos/empiezan
Encontrar
To find; + CON (meet up with)
Encuentras
Enseñar
To teach.
Escuchar
To listen to
Esperar
To wait for
Estimar
Approximate cost
Estornudar
Sneeze
Girar
Turn
Haber
There is/are; existence.
Hay.
Vague obligation: hay + que + infinitive
(Vs. tener that has a specified doer)
Hacer
To do.
Hago/hace
Jugar
To play. Jugar + a + sport.
Juego/juega.
Past: Jugué.
Lavar
To wash. Vs. llave is key.
Limpiar
To clean
Llegar
To arrive
Llevar
To wear/bring
Llover
To rain.
Llueve.
Mandar
To send
Manejar
To drive
Nadar
To swim
Nevar
To snow.
Nieva (“it’s snowing”)
Oír
To hear.
Parar
To stop/quit; + de
Pensar
To think; often + en or + que; PIENSAS QUE SI (you think so); PIENSAS QUE NO (you think not).
Pienso; piensa
Perder
To lose.
Pierdo/pierdes/pierde/perdemos/pierden
Perdonar
Excuse/forgive/command the other to forgive you.
Poder
Can.
Puedo/puedes/puede/podemos/pueden