Preposiciones Verbos Flashcards
To die
Of/from
To die in an accident
A description
Of
To differ
From
The difference
Between/of
To be different
From
También puede ser To pero es más habitual from
To have difficulty
In/with
To disagree
With
To be disappointed
With/about
To disapprove
Of
-disapprove of sth:desaprobar algo
• to disapprove of sb mirar mal a algn: I think he disapproves of me
To discourage
From
A discussion
About/on
A discussion about a topic — this implies that the discussion was just a conversation, really, and it might not have stayed strictly on-topic.
A discussion of a topic — this brings to mind a true discussion, going into all sorts of details of the topic (and only the topic).
A discussion on a topic — here I picture the discussion to be somewhat one-sided, almost a lecture.
Dismiss
From
To be dissatisfied
With
To distinguish
Between
To dream
About/of
To be dressed
In
Drink
In
The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage
To be eager
For sth
To do sth
To put effort
Into something
The emphasis
On
To be engaged (sth)
In something
To be engaged (sb)
To somebody
To be enthusiastic
About
To be equal
To
To escape
From
An example
Of
To be excellent
At
The exception
To
Make an exception
Of somebody/something
Take exception
To something
(Ofenderse)
I must take exception to your remark.
Sue took exception to Fred’s characterization of Bill as a cheapskate.
To exchange something
For something
Disadvantage
Of
There is a disadvantage
In doing something
To be excited
About
Exclaim
At
An excuse
For
To excuse somebody
For
To expel
From
To be experienced
In
To experiment
On/with
The expert (skilled person)
In/at doing something
He is an expert at skiing
If you are skilled/good at doing something you are an expert in/at doing that
If you have studied a particular subject and you know a lot about it you are an expert on/in it
To be expert (done with skill)
At/in/on doing something
An expert (good at using something)
With something
An expert (on a subject)
On
A failure
In
To be faithful
To
To be familiar (to know somebody)
To somebody
To be familiar (have knowledge of)
With
A Genius
At
Glance
At
Glare
At
To be good
Ser bueno en algo
At
she’s good at maths
He was very good
To me
To be famous
For
To be fed up
With
To fill something
With something
To be fond
Of
To forget
About
To forgive somebody
For
To be friendly (sb)
With somebody
To me
To be friendly (cause)
To a cause
To be frightened
Of
To be full
Of
To be furious (sb)
With somebody
To be furious (sth)
About/at something
To be good
For something
To be grateful
To somebody for something
To grow
In (number)
To be guilty
Of
He felt guilty
About (his crime)
To focus
On
It happens
To
To be happy
About/with
To hear (to be told)
About
To hear (receive a call/letter)
From
To hear (to know that somebody exists)
Of
Hope
For
No hope
Of
he hasn’t much hope of winning
To be hopeless
At
I’m hopeless at maths
The idea
Of
To be Identical
To
To be ill
With
To impact
On
To be impressed
By/with
To make an impression
On somebody
To include
In
To be incompatible
With
An increase
In
To be indifferent
To
The information
About/on
To insist
On
To be intent
On sth
to be intent on doing sth estar resuelto o decidido a hacer algo
2(=absorbed) to be intent on sth
ⓑN propósito m, intención f
• with intent to (+ INFINITIVE) con el propósito de + infin
Have no intention
Of
To have interest
In
To be interested
In
To interfere
With/in
Something/an investigation
To inundate
With
To invest
In
An invitation
To
To invite somebody
To
To involve
In
To be jealous
Of
To join up
With
To knock
On/at
To know
About/of
To be Keen
On something
To be keen
To do something
To be kind
To
The key
To
The knowledge
Of
To be lacking
In
• he is lacking in confidence
I lack
Of
To laugh
At
To lean
On/against
To lecture (sth)
On sth
To lecture (sb)
To somebody
To lend something
To somebody
To lie
In
To listen
To
To look
At
To lose touch
With
To be married
To
To be mean
To
To mention
To
To mistake somebody
For
he is often mistaken for Peter
To be mistaken about:estar confundido sobre algo
To mix
With
To name
After
To be necessary
For
A need
For
To be nervous
About
To be new
To
To be nice
To
Take (no) notice
Of
A number
Of
To be obedient
To
To object
To
To be obliged
To sth for sb
To be obvious
To
To occur
To
To operate
On
An opinion
Of/on
opinion of is more common than either opinion on or opinion about
To part
With/ from
To give up or let go of; relinquish.
She did not want to part with her friend. I could never part with my books.
From separate
I hated to part the mother from her child.
To be patient
With
To persist
In
Take a photograph
Of
A Picture
Of
Pity
For
Take pity
Compadecerse
On sb
To plead
Suplicar
With
-to plead with sb (to do sth)
suplicar a algn (que haga algo)
• to plead with sb for sth
rogar a algn que conceda algo
To be pleasant
To
To be pleased
With
At/about
To take pleasure
In
To point
At/to
At:with the finger
To:call attention to sth
To be (im)polite
To
To be popular
With
she’s very popular with her colleagues
The popularity
Of
To praise somebody
For
To prefer something
To sth
To prepare
For
To present somebody
With
They presented me with a watch
To prevent somebody
From
To take pride
In
