Verbs to Know which start with "P" Flashcards
To stop, halt, cease
To save, stop, intercept (to block)
To block, ward off, parry (to avoid)
To stand up, raise (to erect) (Latin America)
To end up with, happen, become, get to (to reach a final goal or circumstance)
To go on strike (to strike) (Latin America)
To stay (to lodge)
To hang out (to spend time with; used with “con”) (South America)
Parar
To stop, halt
To stand up, get up from bed (to rise) (Latin America)
To stand on end (to stick up)
To stand up (to quit working)
Pararse
To seem, look (to appear to be)
To look like (to have a physical similarity to)(to give the appearance of)
Parecer
The opinion (view)
El parecer
To look alike (to be alike)
To look like, be like (to be similar to)
Parecerse
To ask for, ask (to request)(legal)
To beg (to ask for charity)
To order, ask for (in a restaurant) (commerce)
To demand (to command)
To need, cry out for, call for (to require)
To ask (to propose to)
To ask (religious)
Pedir
To have dibs on, to bag (to choose)
Pedirse
To comb, style, do someone's hair (to arrange someone's hair) To comb (to search very thoroughly)
Peinar
To comb one’s hair, style one’s hair, get one’s hair done
to arrange one’s hair
Peinarse
To allow, let, permit (to authorize) To allow (to make possible)
Permitir
To allow oneself (to grant) To afford (to have enough money for)
Permitirse
To paint (with paint) To draw (to draw) To get (to smudge) To make something out (to describe) To write (to write) To look (to appear) To fit in (to relate)
Pintar
To put one’s makeup on, put makeup on, do one’s makeup (to make oneself up)(Mexico)
Pintarse
TO put, add (to place) To put (figurative) (to cause to be) To put on clothing (clothing) To put (to install) To send (to ship) To give (to grade) To lay i.e. egg (to produce) To put in (to contribute) To put on, turn on (to connect) To call, give (to name) To open (to establish)
Poner
To get, turn (to become) To put on (to dress oneself in) To wear (to be dressed in) To move (to place oneself) To set (to go down i.e. the sun)
Ponerse
To carry, bear (to hold) To wear (to have on)
Portar
To behave (to act)
Portarse
To ask (to request information from) To ask about, ask for (to inquire; used with "por")
Preguntar
To wonder (to inquire; used with “por”)
Preguntarse
To worry, be concerned (to cause concern) To bother (to interest)
Preocupar
TO worry (to get anxious)
Preocuparse
To lend (to loan) To provide (to give)
Prestar
To offer to (to volunteer) To borrow (to take temporarily) (Caribbean)
Prestarse
To prohibit, ban, forbid (to disallow)
Prohibir
To pay, pay off, repay (to exchange money for) To pay for (to buy)(to make a payment) To pay (to suffer the consequences of)
Pagar
To paralyze (medicine) To paralyze, bring to a standstill, bring to a halt (to halt)
Paralizar
To become paralyzed (to halt)(to immobolize)
To grind to a halt (to come to a halt)
Paralizarse
To participate in, take part in (to take part; used with “en”)
To share (to give to others; used with “de”)
To have a share in (finance; used with “en”)
To inform (to notify)
Participar
To cut (to slice) To split (to divide) To break (to fracture) To crack (to remove from a shell) To leave, set off (to depart) To start (to begin; used with "de")
Partir
To break (to fracture) To split (to cut open)
Partirse
To go for a walk, go for a drive, go for a ride (to go around)
To walk (to take for a walk)
To show off (to exhibit)
Pasear
To go for a walk, walk (to go around)
Pasearse
To hit (to make forceful contact with) To paste, glue, stick (to attach) To hit, beat (to mistreat) To paste (computing) To give (to transmit) To pull up (to bring closer) To match (to go with)
Pegar
To hit each other (to swing at each other)
To hit oneself, bump into (to strike oneself)
To cling (to cling)
To pick up (to catch)
Pegarse
To peel, shell (to remove the outer covering of)
To skin (to flay)
To pluck (to remove feathers from)
To clean out, fleece (colloquial) (to rob)
To cut someone’s hair sort, shave someone’s head (to crop)
To pay attention to (colloquial) (to take notice of) (Honduras) (Mexico) (Nicaragua)
To gossip (colloquial) (to gossip) (Chile)
Pelar
To get one's hair cut short, shave one's head (to get a haircut) To peel (to shed skin) To run off (to run away)
Pelarse
To fight (to run away) To argue, fight (to have an argument) To struggle (to strive) To compete (to contend with)
Pelear
To fight (to physically fight)
Pelearse
To be in danger (to be at risk)
Peligrar
To pinch (to squeeze) To pick at, nibble at (to eat a small amount of)
Pellizcar
To punish (legal) To haunt (to visit in the form of a ghost) To suffer (to be in pain) To pine (to agonize over)
penar
To hang (to be suspended)
To hang over (to loom; used with “sobre”)
To depend on (to be dependent on; used with “de”)
To be pending (legal)
pender
To penetrate, pierce (to enter)
To pierce (to affect intensely)
To fathom (to understand)
To penetrate (sexual)
To enter, get into (to gain access; often used with “en”)
To penetrate, permeate (to become established; often used with “en”)
To seep liquid, filter light, smoke or gas (to percolate; often used with “en”)
To delve into (to probe; often used with “en”)
Penetrar
To think (to probe; often used with "en") To think (to believe) To plan, mean, intend (to have the intention
Pensar
To forgive (to accept apology)
To pardon (to absolve)
To waive, write off (to excuse from an obligation)
To miss, go without (to let go by)
Perdonar
To perforate, pierce, puncture, punch a hole into, bore into, sink (to create a hole)
To drill, drill a hole in (to create a hole with a drill)
Perforar
To stay (to remain in a place) To remain, stay to continue in a state)
Permanecer
To pursue, follow, chase (to run after) To harass (to pester) To persecute (to oppress)
Perseguir
To belong to (to be owned by) (to be part of) (to be included in)
To be the responsibility of (to be the duty of)
Pertenecer
To disrupt, disturb (to unsettle) To disturb (psychology)
Pertubar
To fish, catch (to try to catch fish) To catch (colloquial) (to get sick) To catch (colloquial) (to be surprised) To get oneself something (colloquial) (to get) To fish, go fishing (to try to catch fish)
Pescar
To sting, bite, peck at (to be hurt by an animal)
To eat, nibble on (to snack on)
To chop, mince, cut, grind, crush ice (to divide into pieces)
To break up in big pieces, to chip in small pieces (mining)
To punch (to perforate)
To needle (to antagonize)
To spur on (horse racing)
To goad, prod (bullfighting)
To play staccato (music)
To rot, corrode, rust (to deteriorate)
To itch (to irritate)
To be hot, be spicy, burn (to be peppery)
To take the bait, bite, fall for it (to hook)
To burn (to scorch)
To bounce (sports)
To knock, ping (automobile)
To split (to leave)
Picar
To think of oneself (to consider oneself)
Pensarse
To forgive oneself (to grant oneself forgiveness)
Perdonarse
To become perforated (to make a hole in)
To get pierced (to have perforated)
To crack (to crack)
Perforarse
To go crazy. go mad, go insane, become unbalanced, become unstable (to be shaken)
Pertubarse
To decay, rot, perish, go bad, turn sour, go sour (to deteriorate)
To get annoyed, get cross, get upset (colloquial) (to get angry)
To rust (to corrode)
To get moth-eaten (clothing or material)
To get choppy (to become turbulent)
To shoot up (colloquial) (drug)
Picarse
To step in, step on, tread on (to put your foot on)
To walk on (to go on)
To step on (to press one’s foot down on)
To tread down, tread (to trample)
To set foot in, set foot on (to come into)
To steal, beat (to anticipate)
To trample on, walk all over on (to be inconsiderate with)
To strike a key, hold down a string (music)
To mount, fuck, screw (to copulate with)
Pisar
To go (to leave) (Colombia)
Pisarse
To fill, cover, infest, plague (to occupy)
Plaguar
To fill, cover, infest, plague (to occupy)
Plagar
To become infested, fill
Plagarse
To iron clothing, straighten hair (to remove wrinkles)
To look stupid (colloquial) (to appear idiotic) (Chile)
Planchar
To plan (to arrange) To glide (aviation) To soar (to stay airborne)
Planear
To plant, sow seeds (botany)
To stick, put in, pitch a tent (to put down)
To plant (colloquial) (to give a kiss)
To hit, strike (to hit)
To plonk (colloquial) (to place)
To ditch, stand up a date, dump, chuck in (colloquial) (to abandon)
Plantar
To plant oneself (colloquial) (to place oneself) To stop short, stop dead (to stop suddenly) To stick (cards)
Plantarse
To prune, trim (to cut back)
To trim a branch (to cut away)
To prune a text (to shorten)
To cut out a paragraph or sentence (to delete)
Podar
As an Auxiliary Verb
Can, be able to (used to indicate capability)
Can, may, be allowed to (used to ask for something or permission)
May, can (to be possible)
Can (used to indicate moral obligation)
Can, may (in reproaches) (in suggestions)
As an Intransitive Verb
To stand, put up with (to tolerate; used with “con”)
To manage (to be capable of; used with “con”)
To upset (to hurt) (Mexico)
As an Impersonal Verb
May (used to indicate possibility)
As a Transitive Verb
To beat, be stronger than (colloquial) (to defeat)
Poder
To practice (to train) (religious) To play, do (sports) To perform (medicine)
Practicar
To precede, lead up to (to come before in time)
To go before (to come before in position)
To have priority over, take precedence over (to have more importance)
Preceder
To predict, forecast, foretell (to say what will happen or be)
Predecir
To have a preference (to say what will happen or be)
Preferir
To light (to ignite) To turn on, switch on (to activate) (Latin America) To catch, arrest, capture (to apprehend) To attach, pin, fasten (to put on) To tale root (to put on) To catch on (to put on) To take (to receive)
Prender
To catch fire (to burn)
Prenderse
To organize (to organize) To prepare (to get ready) To make, throw (to manufacture)
Preparar
To study (to study) To get ready (to groom)
Preparse
To prescribe (medicine) (to order) To expire (to run out)
Prescribir
To introduce (to run out) To show (to display) To make, pay (to offer) To propose, present (to put forward) To launch, present (to make public) To hand in, submit (to turn in) To perform (to execute) To host, present (to be the presenter of) To have, present (to possess)
Presentar
To turn up, show up (to appear unexpectedly)
To introduce oneself (to present oneself)
To arise, come up (to present itself)
To apply for (to offer oneself as a candidate; used with “a”)
To run for (to enter)
To turn oneself in, report (to go before the authorities)
To take (to be present for an exam)
Presentarse
To preserve, protect To maintain (to preserve) (Latin America)
Preservar
To protect oneself from (to shelter from)
Preservarse
To show off, boast, brag, be conceited (to gloat) To presume (to suppose)
Presumir
To intend, expect (to want) To claim (to affirm) (Latin America) To woo (to court)
Pretender
To give priority to, prioritize
Priorizar
To try, test (to trial) To taste, try (culinary) To prove (to demonstrate)
Probar
To try on (clothing)
Probarse
To come from, originate in, have one´s origins in, date back to (to start out; used with “de”)
To proceed, behave, act (formal) (to conduct oneself)
To proceed to (to go ahead; used with “a”)
To be appropriate. be wise (formal) (to be fitting)
To initiate proceedings against (to start legal action; used with “contra”)
Prodecer
To proclaim, declare (to announce publicly) To proclaim (to declare the beginning of a government or reign) To name (to name) To acclaim (to praise)
Proclamar
To try (to make an attempt) To make sure (to endeavor) To provide (to give)
Procurar
To obtain (to get)
Procurarse
To produce, make, generate (to manufacture) To produce (agriculture) (theater) To cause (to make happen) To yield, generate, produce (economics)
Producir
To take place, occur (to happen)
To inflict on oneself (to cause an injury)
Producirse
To progress, make progress, improve (to advance)
Progresar
To promise (to advance)
To promise, assure (to predict)
To be promising (to have potential)
Prometer
To get engaged (in marriage)
To promise oneself (to give one’s word to oneself)
Prometerse
To pronounce, accentuate (to articulate) To deliver (to say) To pronounce (legal)
Pronuciar
To declare oneself (to state an opinion)
Pronunciarse
To propose, put forward, suggest, propound (to set forth)
To propose, recommend, put forward, nominate (to endorse)
Proponer
To set out to, put one´s mind to, resolve, aim to, decide to (to intend)
Proponerse
To provide, supply (to give) To adapt (to adjust)
Proporcionar
To continue, proceed, go on, to persist as in weather (to carry on)
To continue, proceed with, go on with, pursue (to carry on with; often used with “con”)
Proseguir
To play the lead in, star in, have the leading role in (film and theater)
To be involved in, be responsible for (to be part of)
Protaginizar
To keep safe (to keep safe)
Proteger
To protect oneself, shelter oneself (to defend oneself)
Protegerse
To protest, complain (to express opposition)
To protest, complain, grumble, object at trial (to express dissatisfaction)
To protest one´s innocence (to proclaim)
Protestar
To cause, start, bring about, spark off (to originate)
To provoke, tempt, incite (to incite)
To induce, bring on (medicine)
To rouse, lead on (to arouse)
Provocar
To publish, issue (to commercialize)
To publicize, make public, divulge, disclose (to make known)
To post (to put content online)
Publicar
To press, push (to press down) To click (computing) To gauge. sound out (to assess) To take the pulse (to measure the pulse) To pulsate (to beat)
Pulsar
To purify, refine (to remove impurities from)
To purify, cleanse (figurative) (to purge)
Purificar
