to be . . . when dealing with an essential characteristic
ser
to have . . . when used as a helping verb
haber
to have to do something . . . when dealing with the impersonal
haber de infinitivo, haber que infinitivo
to be . . . when dealing with locations or conditions
estar
to be on the verge of doing something
estar por infinitivo
to be about to do something
estar a punto de infinitivo
to have; to have property, to have years, to have a state of being
tener (e-ie)
to have the desire to
I don’t feel like going out today.
tener ganas de (e-ie)
No tengo ganas de salir hoy
to have to
tener que (e-ie)
to make; to do
hacer (-go)
to be able to
poder (o-ue)
to tell, say
decir (e-i)
to go
ir
to be going to do something
ir a infinitivo
to leave
irse
to see; to understand; to investigate or look into something; to visit or see someone
ver (37)
to find oneself; to appear; to meet up
verse
to give; to hand, hand over; to yield
dar
to find something or someone
dar con algo o alguien
to decide to infinitive
dar por infinitivo, dar en infinitivo
to look over a place
dar a luguar, dar sobre lugar
to give birth
dar luz, dar a luz
to turn
darse vuelta
to make no difference
dar lo mismo
to give or devote oneself to something
darse a algo
to assume or consider someone or something (to be adjective or participle)
dar por adjectivo, dar por participio
to realize
darse cuenta de
make known
darse a conocer
to escape, to run, to flee, to get away
darse a la fuga
meet, make a date, make an appointment
darse cita
join, register, sign up, enroll
darse de alta
cancel, unsubscribe, unregister, terminate, fire
darse de baja
to know . . . when dealing with information; to learn
saber
to want, love
querer (e-ie)
to arrive
llegar (-gue)
to pass; to pass time
pasar
to should, must; to owe
deber
to put, put on
poner (-go)
to put on oneself
ponerse (-go)
to start to do something
ponerse a infinitivo (-go)
to seem, look like
parecer (-zco)
to stay, remain
quedar
to remain to do something
quedar por infinitivo
to believe
creer (-y-)
to talk
hablar
to take; to carry
llevar
to leave someone or something behind; to let, allow
dejar
to follow
seguir (e-i)
to find
encontrar (o-ue)
to call
llamar
to come
venir (e-ie) (
to think
pensar (e-ie)
to go out, come out, get out; to leave, depart; to come out or appear
salir (-go)
to return, come or go back; to turn, turn over or inside out; to return, repay, restore
volver (o-ue)
to do something again; to return to
volver a infinitivo (o-ue)
to regain consciousness
volver en sí (o-ue)
to take, drink
tomar
to know . . . when dealing with people or places; to meet someone
conocer (-zco)
to live
vivir
to feel, regret
sentir (e-ie)
to treat, handle
tratar
to attempt or try; to concern or be about
tratar de
to deal with or have contact with
tratar con
to concern or be about
tratar sobre
to deal in
tratar en
to look, watch
mirar
to tell, count
contar (o-ue)
to start
empezar (e-ie)
to wait; to hope for, expect
esperar (
to search for
buscar (
to exist
existir
to enter
entrar
to work
trabajar
to write
escribir
to lose, miss
perder (e-ie)
to produce, cause
producir (-zco)
to occur, happen
ocurrir
to understand
entender (e-ie)
to request, ask for
pedir (e-i)
to receive
recibir
to recall, remember; to remind; to wake up
recordar (o-ue)
to finish, end, terminate
terminar
to permit, allow
permitir
to appear
aparecer (
to get, acquire, obtain
conseguir (e-i)
to start, commence
comenzar (e-ie)
to be begin to do something
comenzar a infinitivo (e-ie)
to serve
servir (e-i)
to remove; to take out
sacar
to need
necesitar
to support, keep, maintain
mantener (e-ie)
to result in, turn out
resultar
to read
leer
to fall, collapse
caer
to fall down
caerse
to change
cambiar
to introduce
presentar
to create
crear
to open
abrir
to consider
considerar
