Verbs Flashcards
To set sail
Zarpar
To be willing to do something
Estar dispuesto a hacer algo
To postpone / put back
Aplazar
Han aplazado el examen hasta martes
To approach
Acercarse
To advise
Aconsejar
To hurt
Herir
To challenge
Desafiar
Un desafío
Atreverse
To challenge (oneself)
To go through (suffer)
To cross (bridge, border)
Atravesar
Atravesaron España en tren
No puedo imaginar lo que las familias están atravesando
To join
Inscribirse
Me habría inscrito las fuerzas
To assure/ Secure/ maintain/ guarantee
To make sure
Asegurar
Asegurarse
Debate
Debatir
To threaten
Amenazar
Una amenaza
To be involved
Estar involucrado / envuelto
To belong To
Pertenecer a
To hide
Esconder
Take away/withdraw/ remove
Retirar
To defeat
Derrotar
La derrota
To surrender
To give self up to policía
Rendirse
Entregarse
To supply
Abastecer
To force
To reinforce
Forzar
Reforzar
To guess correctly
Acertar
To be mistaken / wrong
Desacertar
To pretend
Fingir
To come from / originate
Proceder de
To intend/ aim
Pretender
To run out of something
Acabarse
To bear / endure
Aguantar
No aguanto ver sufrir un animal
Allocate / award
Asignar / adjudicar
To include
Abarcar
To give up (seat) or hand over
Ceder
Me cedió el asiento
De-mine
Desminar
To get on well with (sb)
Llevarse bien con
To find out
Enterarse
Averiguar
To cause
Causar / ocasionar / provocar
To book in advance
Reservar con antelación
To be about to
Estar a punto de
To fear (sthg)
Temer que
Los expertos temen que genere
To generate
Generar
To provide
Suministrar / proporcionar
No matter what you say / do / think
Digas lo que digas
Hagas lo que hagas
Pienses lo que pienses
To put (inside sthg)
Meter
To achieve the objective / manage to do sthg
Lograr el objetivo
Lograr hacerlo
To prevent
Impedir
To clarify
Aclarar
To spill
Derramar
To go on strike
Declararse en huelga
To skive
Escaquearse
To spill (intentionally)
Verter
To poison
Envenenar
To escape
Fugarse
Huir (animals)
Escaparse (prison)
To whip / flor / beat
Azotar
Remain standing
Seguir de pie
To clear
Despejar
To reject / rule out
Descartar
Sin descartar ninguna posibilidad
To focus
Enfocarse
Entrar en vigor
To bring into force
To take for granted
Dar por sentado
No dar nada por sentado
To make a difference
Marcar una diferencia
To be a witness
Ser testiga
To Step
Pisar
To link
To be linked
Vincular
Vincularse
To dissasociate
Desvincular
To believe (sb)
Dar crédito a…
To warn / to notice
To be warned
Advertir
Estar advertido - estás advertido
To pay atencion / notice
Fijarse
To call in / make a stop
Hacer escala
State / maintain / support
Sostener
To emphasise
Destacar
To promote / boost / encourage
Fomentar
To blow up
Volar (hacer volar)
To be alert
Estar alerta
To be on guard
Estar en guardia
To distribute
Repartir
To comprise of
Comprender
To be proud
Estar orgulloso de
Pero esto no es motivo de orgullo
To remain
Permanecer
To wrap
Envolver (desenvolver)
To spoil / ruin / destroy
Desbaratar
To remove
Quitar / sacar
To be capable of
Ser capaz de
To combine
Compaginar
To have a fright
To give sb a fright
Darse un susto
Dar un susto a algn
To stress
Reclarar
To grab sthg (with force)
Despojar
To tell
Relatar
To admit
Reconocer
To attribute to
Inputar a
To defraud
A fraud
Estafar
Un estafa
To collect
Recaudar / recoger
To average
Promediar
To confiscate / seize
Incautar
Decomisar
Intervenir (intervene- no intervino en el debate)
To break up / break to pieces
Desarticular
To hold up (bank)
Atracar
To be aware of sthg
Ser consciente de algo
To be corrupt
Ser currupto
To take a bribe from
Dejarse sobornar (por)
Management / steps
La gestión
To suggest / propose
Proponer
Accountable to
Depender de
To spread / disseminate / transmit
Difundir
To perform / occupy
To get out of debt
Desempeñar
Desempeñarse
To appoint to / assign to
Adscribir a
To pass / approve
Aprobar
To lead to (sthg)
Dar lugar a (algo)
To expel / discharge
Dar de baja
To fulfill
Dar cumplimiento
To lack
Carecer de …
Una carencia…a lack/shortage
To get into a car
To get out of a car
Subir al coche (subir al asiento del pasajero)
To undertake
Acometer
To reject
Rechazar
To relapse/re-offend
Reincidar
To stalk/lie in wait/spy on
Acechar
Raise a flag
Izar una bandera
To make safe (weapon)
Poner el seguro
To undermine
Socavar
To transfer
Transferir
If necessary
De ser necesario
De + inf = if…..
To resign
Stand down from gov
Renunciar
Dimitir
To highlight, indicate, emphasise
Destacar/subrayar/señelar/indicar
Play down importance
Misiminar la importancia
To happen / follow
Suceder
To be right / hit target
Acertar
(La Bala le acertó de lleno en el corazón
Or…no acertó - he missed)
Better to be safe than sorry
Es mejor asegurarse que lamentarse
To undertake / embark on
Emprender
To practice (profession)
To exercise (one’s right to vote)
Ejercer (es médico pero ya no ejerce)
Ejercer el derecho al vota
To watch / keep watch over (Mil)
To conceal / veil
Velar
A report
Dictamen / informe
To rape
Violar
Violación
To overthrow (a gov)
Derrocar (un gobierno)
To defeat
Derrotar
To expire/run out (offer, season ticket , law, season)
Caducar
It could be disastrous
Podría ser desastrosa
To be at risk of….
Estar a riesgo de (inf)
To go hungry
Pasar hambre
To claim that
Claim to have discovered
Afirmar que….
Afirman haber descubierto
To be optimistic
Ser optimista
To interrupt
Interrumpir
To find
Hallar
To be part of…
Ser parte de…
To swear
Jurar
To pledge to do sthg
Prometer hacer algo
To enjoy sthg / to have
Gozar de algo
To offer the opportunity/ afford
Brindar la oportunidad
To remove / distract
Apartar / alejar
To update / bring upto date
Actualizar
To encourage sb to do sthg
Alentar a algn a hacer algo
To have to do with / concern
Atañer a
To undermine
Socavar / minar
To join sthg / add to number of
Agregarse
To charge
Cobrar
Me han cobrado demasiado
He was talking as if nothing had happened
Hablaba como si no hubiera pasado nada
Presuming everything goes to plan
Suponiendo que todo salga según lo previsto
