abatir to knock down, overthrow, demolish No recordé y/o no sabó
abrasar to burn acabar to finish, to complete acercar to bring or place near acercarse to approach acertar to do something right, to succeed, to guess right aclarar to explain, to rinse acordar to agree acordarse to remember acostumbrar to be accustomed, to be in the habit of acudir to attend to, to respond to, to come to rescue acusar to accuse adelantar to advance adelantarse to go forward, to go ahead, to lead) adivinar to divine, to foretell, to guess, to solve adquirir to acquire, to get, to obtain afeitarse to shave oneself agarrar to grasp, to obtain, to seize, to catch agotar to exhaust, to use up agradar to please agradecer to thank agrandar to enlarge (grow large,exaggerate) agravar to aggravate agregar to add, to collect, to collate alcanzar to reach, to overtake alegrar to make happy, to cheer up alquilar to hire, to rent alumbrar to illuminate, to light, to enlighten alzar to heave, to lift, to pick up apagar to turn off, to put out apoderarse to take power (take possession) apresurarse to hurry aprovecharse to take advantage apurarse to worry (grieve) arrancar pull up, to boot up a computer, to tear off, to start a motor arrojar to throw asir to seize, to grasp asustarse to be frightened atenerse to rely on atraer to attract atravesar to cross, to go through atreverse to dare avergonzar to shame averiguar to find out, to check out balbucear to stammer barrer to sweep, to whisk bastar to be enough bautizar to baptize bendecir to bless borrar to erase bostezar to yawn botar to bounce, to kick, to cast away broncear to tan bullir to bustle, to hustle, to boil burlarse to make fun of caber to fit into calentar to heat up calzar to wear shoes cepillar to brush cerrar to close chistar to mumble, to mutter, to say a word chupar to suck cocer to boil colgar to hang up colocar to place contar to count convenir to convene, to agree convocar to call together corregir to correct cortar to cut criar to breed, to raise, to bring up cubrir to cover derribar to knock down ( throw down) desempeñar to play a part, perform a role despegar to take off, to detach, to peel off desperezarse to stretch oneself dirigir to direct discutir to discuss, to argue dudar to doubt echar to throw elegir to choose, to elect embeber to soak in (imbibe) encender to light, to incite, to inflame encerrar to enclose, to lock up, to confine enfadarse to become very angry enfermarse to get sick entregar to deliver equivocarse to be mistaken escoger to choose esparcir to scatter, to spread festejar to feast, to entertain, to celebrate fiar to confide, to trust fijarse to take notice, to pay attention, to settle fregar to scrub (wash dishes) gemir to grieve, to groan, to moan gozar to enjoy gruñir to grunt; to growl guiar to lead, to guide hallar to locate, to discover herir to harm, to hurt, to wound huir to flee, to escape jurar to swear, to take an oath juzgar to judge lanzar to throw, to hurl, to fling, to launch lastimarse to hurt oneself, to feel sorry for, to complain, to regret llenar to fill luchar to fight, to strive, to struggle, to wrestle medir to measure mentir to lie merecer to deserve, to merit mezclar to mix morder to bite mudarse to change one's clothes, to change one's place of residence, to move nacer to be born negar to deny, to refuse nevar to snow obedecer to obey oler to smell osar to dare parar to stop (someone or something) pararse to stand up, to stop pegar to beat, to hit, to slap, to stick, to glue, to paste peinarse to comb one's hair percibir to perceive placer to please, to gratify platicar to chat, to talk over, to discuss predicar to preach prestar to lend pulir to polish quedarse to remain, to stay quejarse to complain raer to scrape, to rub off, to erase, to wipe out recoger to pick up regar to water reñir to scold, to quarrel repartir to distribute, to deal cards retrasar to delay rogar to ask, to beg sacudir to shake secar to dry secarse to dry oneself señalar to point out, to indicate, to show, to signal sentarse to sit down separar to separate socorrer to subdue, to subject, to surrender, to submit sofocar to choke, to smother, to suffocate, to stifle soler to be in the habit of sollozar to sob soltar to release, to let go someter to subdue, to subject, to surrender, to submit sonreír to smile soplar to blow, to blow out subir to go up subrayar to underline, to underscore, to emphasize suspirar to sigh tañer to pluck an instrument, to ring bell temer to fear tentar to tempt, feel, examine by touch tirar to pull, pitch a ball, to shoot a gun, throw, fling torcer to twist, to bend tratar to try, to treat a subject tropezar to stumble, to blunder vaciar to empty valer to be worth velar to guard (stay awake) vencer to conquer, to defeat, to overcome verter to pour, to spill vigilar to watch over, to keep guard, to look out for volar to fly yacer to lie down (lie in a grave) zumbar to buzz (hum, flutter around) abrazar to embrace abrir to open absolver to absolve, to acquit abstenerse to abstain, to fast, to refrain from aburrir to bore aburrirse to be bored acelerar to accelerate, to speed, to hurry aceptar to accept aclamar to acclaim, to applaud, to shout, to hail acompañar to accompany aconsejar to advise, to counsel acostarse to go to bed. to lie down admirar to admire admitir to admit, to grant, to permit adoptar to adopt adorar to adore, to worship advertir to advise, to give notice, to warn agitar to agitate (wave) agrupar to group aguardar to expect, to wait for ahorrar to save alegrarse to be happy almorzar to have lunch amar to love añadir to add andar to walk, to go anunciar to announce aparecer to appear aplaudir to applaud apreciar to appreciate aprender to learn aprobar to approve, to pass a test arreglar to repair, to fix, to adjust, to regulate, to settle articular to articulate asegurar to assure (insure) asistir to attend (to assist) atacar to attack avanzar to advance ayudar to help bailar to dance bajar to lower bañarse to bathe oneself beber to drink buscar to look for caer to fall callarse to be silent cambiar to change caminar to walk cansarse to become tired cantar to sing caracterizar to characterize cargar to load casarse to get married celebrar to celebrate cenar to have supper certificar to certify (register a letter) charlar to chat cocinar to cook coger to take (train etc), to grab, to catch colegir to deduce, to gather comenzar to start comer to eat competir to compete componer to compose comprar to buy, to shop comprender to understand conducir to drive, to conduct confesar to confess conocer to know (someone) conseguir to obtain, to get constituir to constitute (to make up of) construir to construct contener to contain contestar to answer continuar to continue contribuir to contribute convencer to convince convertir to convert correr to run costar to cost crecer to grow creer to believe cruzar to cross cuidarse to take care of oneself cumplir to fulfill dar to give deber to owe (must, ought) decidir to decide decir to say declarar to declare dedicarse to devote oneself defender to defend dejar to quit; to leave behind delinquir to break the law demostrar to demonstrate, show denunciar to denounce, to report to police depender to depend desayunarse to have breakfast descansar to rest describir to describe descubrir to discover desear to desire deshacer to undo, to unpack despedirse to say good-bye to despertarse to wake up destruir to destroy desvestirse to get undressed detener to detain (someone or something) devolver to return (an object) dibujar to draw disculparse to apologize, to excuse oneself dispensar to dispense (exempt,excuse) distinguir to distinguish divertirse to have a good time divorciarse to be divorced, to get divorced doler to hurt, to ache, to cause grief dormir to sleep ducharse to take a shower ejecutar to execute (carry out) ejercer to exercise, to practice a profession empezar to begin, to start emplear to employ, to use encontrar to encounter, to find, to make a discovery enojarse to become angry enseñar to teach, to show, to point out entender to understand entrar to enter enunciar to enunciate, to state enviar to send envolver to wrap up errar to err, to miss escribir to write escuchar to listen (to) esperar to hope, to wait for, to expect esquiar to ski establecer to establish estar to be estimar to estimate, to respect, to value estudiar to study exigir to demand, to urge, to require explicar to explain expresar to express fabricar to manufacture faltar to miss, to need felicitar to congratulate fingir to pretend, to fake firmar to sign formar to form, to shape freír to fry fumar to smoke funcionar to function (to run machine) ganar to earn, to gain, to win gastar to spend money gobernar to govern gritar to shout gustar to like, to be pleasing to haber to have (also helping verb forming compound tenses) habitar to live, to reside hablar to talk hacer to do, to make helar to freeze heredar to inherit ignorar to be ignorant of impedir to impede, to prevent importar to import, to matter imprimir to impress, to imprint, to fix in the mind incluir to include indicar to indicate inducir to induce, to influence, to persuade, to lead influir to influence informarse to inform oneself, to find out inscribir to inscribe, to record, to register insistir to insist interesarse to be interested in introducir to introduce invitar to invite ir to go irse to go away jugar to play (a game, sport) juntar to join, to unite, to connect lavar to wash lavarse to wash oneself leer to read levantar to raise levantarse to get up limpiar to clean limpiarse to clean oneself llamar to call (to name) llamarse to call oneself llegar to arrive llevar to wear, to carry, to take llorar to cry llover to rain maldecir to curse manejar to operate equipment, to drive mantener to maintain, to keep marcar to mark, to note, to observe marchar to go, march, leave, to run marcharse to go away, to leave matar to kill mejorar to improve, to get better mencionar to mention mirar to look mirarse to look at oneself mojarse to get wet montar to mount, to go up, to climb, to get on, to wind a watch morir to die mostrar to show, to point out mover to move nadar to swim navegar to navigate, to sail necesitar to need observar to observe obtener to obtain ocultarse to hide oneself ocupar to occupy ocurrir to occur ofrecer to offer oír to hear olvidar to forget oponer to oppose ordenar to arrange, put in order organizar to organize pagar to pay parecer to seem, to appear parecerse to resemble, to look like partir to leave, to depart, to divide, to split pasar to pass, to happen, to spend time pasearse to take a walk pedir to ask for, to order pensar to think perder to lose perdonar to pardon, to forgive, to excuse permitir to permit, to allow pertenecer to pertain, to appertain, to belong pintar to paint pintarse to put on make up pisar to stand on, step on poder to be able, can poner to put, to place ponerse to put on, to become poseer to possess, to own practicar to practice predecir to predict preferir to prefer preguntar to ask a question preocuparse to be worried preparar to prepare prepararse to prepare oneself presentar to present, to introduce probar to test, to prove, to try, to try on probarse to try on clothes proclamar to proclaim producir to produce, to cause prohibir to prohibit pronunciar to pronounce proteger to protect quemar to burn querer to want, to love quitar to take away, to remove realizar to realize, to perform, to accomplish recibir to receive recomendar to recommend reconocer to recognize recordar to remember referir to refer regalar to give a present regresar to return reír to laugh rellenar to refill, to fill again, to stuff reparar to repair repetir to repeat requerir to require resolver to resolve responder to answer, to reply, to respond retirar to retire, to withdraw reunirse to get together, to meet revocar to revoke revolver to revolve, to turn around, to turn upside down robar to rob, to steal romper to break saber to know information sacar to take out, to get salir to leave, to go out saltar to jump, to leap, to hop, to spring saludar to greet, to salute satisfacer to satisfy seguir to follow, to continue sentir to feel, to regret sentirse to feel (well, ill) ser to be servir to serve soñar to dream sonar to ring, to echo, to resound, to sound sorprender to surprise sospechar to suspect sostener to hold, to sustain, to support, to maintain, to uphold subscribir to subscribe, to agree with, to sign suceder to happen, to occur sufrir to suffer, to endure, to bear up, to undergo sugerir to suggest sumergir to submerge, to plunge, to immerse, to sink suponer to suppose, to assume suprimir to suppress, omit, eliminate surgir to surge, to appear, to spout telefonear to telephone telegrafiar to telegraph temblar to tremble, to shiver tender to tend, to offer, to spread out, to hang tener to have terminar to end, to terminate tocar to play an instrument, to touch tomar to take, to eat or to drink tostar to toast, to tan, to roast (coffee) trabajar to work traducir to translate traer to bring unir to unite, to join, to bind, to attach usar to use utilizar to utilize vender to sell venir to come ver to see vestirse to get dressed viajar to travel visitar to visit vivir to live volver to return, do again, go back votar to vote