Verbs to Know which start with "D" Flashcards
To give, have (to hand over) To give, yield, produce bear fruit (to generate) To hold, have, throw (to celebrate) To teach (to educate) To award (to grant) To give a pleasant taste (to lend) To say thanks or greetings, give (to express) To take (to perform an action) To deal (card games) To show (film, theater, television) To strike (clock) (to sound) To consider (to regard; used with "por") To feel, have (to happen suddenly) To overlook, face, open onto (to be oriented towards) To activate (to activate) To hit, kick a ball (to strike) To find, come up with, hit upon (to discover) To be enough (to be sufficient; used with "para") To give (to motivate) To hit (to shine)
Dar
To grow (to thrive) To hit, crash, bump (to bash; used with "con") To happen, present itself (to occur) To take to (to start) To hit oneself (to hurt oneself) To give up (to surrender) (Mexico)
Darse
To realize, notice (often used with “de”)
Darse cuenta
To say, tell (to speak) To say, think, believe (to give an opinion) To tell, say (to transmit orders) To say (to be rumored) To recite (to narrate) To tell (to signify) To say (to be indicated in text) To say mass (religious) To go ahead (to invite to speak)
Decir
To tell oneself, say to oneself, think to oneself (to promise oneself) To call (to label)
Decirse
To dedicate (to offer in honor of)
To devote, use (to allocate)
To consecrate, dedicate (to declare sacred)
Dedicar
To do for a living, work as, be
To devote oneself to, spend time with (to pass time; used with “a”)
Dedicarse
To defend, protect (to provide protection) To defend, stand up for (to vindicate) To defend, champion (to uphold) To defend (law)
Defender
To safeguard, protect oneself (to safeguard oneself)
To get by (to manage)
Defenderse
To leave (to put) (to forget) (to bequeath)(to leave in a certain way) To drop (to leave in a certain way) To let (to allow) To lend (to loan)
Dejar
To let oneself (to allow oneself to)
To let oneself go (to neglect oneself)
To leave (to forget)
To grow (to allow to grow)
Dejarse
To delay, hold up (to set back)
To take (to spend a certain time on) (Latin America)
To take long, be long (to spend too long)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
Demorar
To be delayed (to be held up) To take (to spend a certain amount of time) (Latin America) To take long, be long, take a long time (to spend too long) (Latin America) To be late (to arrive late) (Latin America)
Demorarse
To eat breakfast, have for breakfast (to eat breakfast)
Desayunar
To have breakfast (to eat breakfast) (Latin America)
To find out, hear, hear about (colloquial) (to become aware of)
Desayunarse
To want, wish, desire (to long for) To wish (to express a desire for) To want (to desire sexually)
Desear
To say goodbye (to see off)
To fire, dismiss, lay off, sack, give the sack, let go (to discharge from employment)
To give off (to emit)
Despedir
To say goodbye (to see off)
Despedirse
To wake up (to stimulate) To arouse (to stimulate) To awaken (to conjure)
Despertar
To wake up (to awake from sleep)
Despertarse
To amuse, entertain (to delight)
Divertir
To have fun, have a good time, enjoy oneself
Divertirse
To hurt, ache (to feel pain) To hurt (to feel offended)
Doler
To regret (to feel remorse; often used with “de”)
Dolerse
To sleep (to rest)
To spend the night, stay the night (to pass the night)
To sleep together (to have sex; used with “juntos”)
To lie idle (to be forgotten)
To put to sleep, get off to sleep, bore to sleep (to anesthetize)
To put to sleep, put under (to anesthetize)
To put to sleep (to euthanize; used with “a”)
Dormir
To fall asleep, go to sleep (to get to sleep)
To oversleep (to wake up late)
To go to sleep (to go numb)
Dormirse
To give someone a shower (to bathe) To drench (to wet thoroughly)
Duchar
To take a shower, have a shower (to shower oneself)
Ducharse
To doubt (to shower oneself)(to disbelieve) To hesitate (to waver)
Dudar
To argue, quarrel (to fight verbally) To discuss (to talk about) To talk back (to answer back) To discuss (to debate) To challenge, dispute (to question)
Discutir
To resign (to step down; often used with “de”) (to abandon)
Dimitar
To knock out of place, knock out of position, take apart on purpose (to displace) To dislocate (medicine)
Desencajar
To come out of place, come out of position, take apart (to become displaced)
To dislocate (medicine)
To become distorted (to alter)
Desencajarse
To unleash, unchain (to set free)
To unleash, trigger, set off (to provoke)
Desencadenar
To burst (a storm), blow up (wind), strike (earthquake) (to start) To break out (to happen suddenly) To erupt (to emerge) To break loose (to free oneself)
Desencadenarse
To digest (to assimilate food)
To assimilate, absorb, take in (to comprehend)
To digest, take in (to cope with)
Degerir
To allocate, set aside, ear mark, use for (to put aside)
To assign, send, post (to appoint)
Destinar
To be allocated (to be put aside)
Destinarse
To discourage, dishearten (to demotivate)
Desalentar
To get discouraged, lose heart, dishearten (to become demoralized)
Desalentarse
To knock out of plumb (to move out of place)
Desplomar
To collapse, fall in, plummet (to crumble) To collapse (figurative) (to fail) To fall flat to the ground (figurative) (to faint)
Desplomarse
