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Verbs to Know which start with "P" Flashcards

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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)

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Parar

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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)

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Pararse

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To seem, look (to appear to be)

To look like (to have a physical similarity to)(to give the appearance of)

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Parecer

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The opinion (view)

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El parecer

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To look alike (to be alike)

To look like, be like (to be similar to)

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Parecerse

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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)

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Pedir

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To have dibs on, to bag (to choose)

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Pedirse

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To comb, style, do someone's hair (to arrange someone's hair)
To comb (to search very thoroughly)
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Peinar

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To comb one’s hair, style one’s hair, get one’s hair done

to arrange one’s hair

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Peinarse

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To allow, let, permit (to authorize)
To allow (to make possible)
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Permitir

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To allow oneself  (to grant)
To afford (to have enough money for)
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Permitirse

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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)
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Pintar

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To put one’s makeup on, put makeup on, do one’s makeup (to make oneself up)(Mexico)

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Pintarse

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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)
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Poner

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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)
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Ponerse

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To carry, bear (to hold)
To wear (to have on)
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Portar

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To behave (to act)

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Portarse

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To ask (to request information from)
To ask about, ask for (to inquire; used with "por")
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Preguntar

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To wonder (to inquire; used with “por”)

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Preguntarse

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To worry, be concerned (to cause concern)
To bother (to interest)
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Preocupar

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TO worry (to get anxious)

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Preocuparse

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To lend (to loan)
To provide (to give)
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Prestar

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To offer to (to volunteer)
To borrow (to take temporarily) (Caribbean)
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Prestarse

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To prohibit, ban, forbid (to disallow)

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Prohibir

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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)
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Pagar

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To paralyze (medicine)
To paralyze, bring to a standstill, bring to a halt (to halt)
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Paralizar

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To become paralyzed (to halt)(to immobolize)

To grind to a halt (to come to a halt)

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Paralizarse

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28
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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)

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Participar

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29
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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")
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Partir

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30
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To break (to fracture)
To split (to cut open)
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Partirse

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31
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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)

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Pasear

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32
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To go for a walk, walk (to go around)

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Pasearse

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33
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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)
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Pegar

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34
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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)

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Pegarse

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35
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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)

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Pelar

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36
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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)
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Pelarse

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To fight (to run away)
To argue, fight (to have an argument)
To struggle  (to strive)
To compete (to contend with)
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Pelear

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38
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To fight (to physically fight)

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Pelearse

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39
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To be in danger (to be at risk)

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Peligrar

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40
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To pinch (to squeeze)
To pick at, nibble at (to eat a small amount of)
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Pellizcar

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41
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To punish  (legal)
To haunt (to visit in the form of a ghost)
To suffer (to be in pain)
To pine (to agonize over)
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penar

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42
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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)

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pender

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43
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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”)

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Penetrar

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44
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To think (to probe; often used with "en") 
To think (to believe)
To plan, mean, intend (to have the intention
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Pensar

45
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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)

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Perdonar

46
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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)

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Perforar

47
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To stay  (to remain in a place)
To remain, stay to continue in a state)
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Permanecer

48
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To pursue, follow, chase (to run after)
To harass  (to pester)
To persecute  (to oppress)
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Perseguir

49
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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)

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Pertenecer

50
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To disrupt, disturb (to unsettle)
To disturb (psychology)
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Pertubar

51
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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)
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Pescar

52
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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)

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Picar

53
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To think of oneself (to consider oneself)

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Pensarse

54
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To forgive oneself (to grant oneself forgiveness)

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Perdonarse

55
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To become perforated (to make a hole in)
To get pierced (to have perforated)
To crack (to crack)

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Perforarse

56
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To go crazy. go mad, go insane, become unbalanced, become unstable (to be shaken)

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Pertubarse

57
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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)

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Picarse

58
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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)

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Pisar

59
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To go (to leave) 
(Colombia)
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Pisarse

60
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To fill, cover, infest, plague (to occupy)

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Plaguar

61
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To fill, cover, infest, plague (to occupy)

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Plagar

62
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To become infested, fill

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Plagarse

63
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To iron clothing, straighten hair (to remove wrinkles)

To look stupid (colloquial) (to appear idiotic) (Chile)

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Planchar

64
Q 
To plan (to arrange)
To glide (aviation)
To soar (to stay airborne)
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Planear

65
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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)

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Plantar

66
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To plant oneself (colloquial) (to place oneself)
To stop short, stop dead (to stop suddenly)
To stick (cards)
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Plantarse

67
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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)

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Podar

68
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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)

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Poder

69
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To practice (to train) (religious)
To play, do (sports)
To perform  (medicine)
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Practicar

70
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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)

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Preceder

71
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To predict, forecast, foretell (to say what will happen or be)

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Predecir

72
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To have a preference (to say what will happen or be)

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Preferir

73
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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)
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Prender

74
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To catch fire (to burn)

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Prenderse

75
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To organize (to organize)
To prepare (to get ready)
To make, throw (to manufacture)
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Preparar

76
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To study (to study)
To get ready (to groom)
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Preparse

77
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To prescribe  (medicine)  (to order)
To expire (to run out)
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Prescribir

78
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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)
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Presentar

79
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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)

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Presentarse

80
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To preserve, protect 
To maintain (to preserve) (Latin America)
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Preservar

81
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To protect oneself from (to shelter from)

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Preservarse

82
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To show off, boast, brag, be conceited (to gloat)
To presume (to suppose)
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Presumir

83
Q 
To intend, expect (to want)
To claim (to affirm) (Latin America)
To woo (to court)
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Pretender

84
Q

To give priority to, prioritize

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Priorizar

85
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To try, test (to trial)
To taste, try  (culinary)
To prove (to demonstrate)
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Probar

86
Q

To try on (clothing)

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Probarse

87
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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”)

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Prodecer

88
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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)
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Proclamar

89
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To try (to make an attempt)
To make sure (to endeavor)
To provide (to give)
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Procurar

90
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To obtain (to get)

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Procurarse

91
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To produce, make, generate (to manufacture)
To produce (agriculture)  (theater)
To cause (to make happen)
To yield, generate, produce (economics)
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Producir

92
Q

To take place, occur (to happen)

To inflict on oneself (to cause an injury)

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Producirse

93
Q

To progress, make progress, improve (to advance)

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Progresar

94
Q

To promise (to advance)
To promise, assure (to predict)
To be promising (to have potential)

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Prometer

95
Q

To get engaged (in marriage)

To promise oneself (to give one’s word to oneself)

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Prometerse

96
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To pronounce, accentuate (to articulate)
To deliver (to say)
To pronounce (legal)
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Pronuciar

97
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To declare oneself (to state an opinion)

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Pronunciarse

98
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To propose, put forward, suggest, propound (to set forth)

To propose, recommend, put forward, nominate (to endorse)

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Proponer

99
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To set out to, put one´s mind to, resolve, aim to, decide to (to intend)

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Proponerse

100
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To provide, supply  (to give)
To adapt (to adjust)
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Proporcionar

101
Q

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”)

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Proseguir

102
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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)

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Protaginizar

103
Q

To keep safe (to keep safe)

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Proteger

104
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To protect oneself, shelter oneself (to defend oneself)

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Protegerse

105
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To protest, complain (to express opposition)
To protest, complain, grumble, object at trial (to express dissatisfaction)
To protest one´s innocence (to proclaim)

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Protestar

106
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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)

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Provocar

107
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To publish, issue (to commercialize)
To publicize, make public, divulge, disclose (to make known)
To post (to put content online)

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Publicar

108
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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)
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Pulsar

109
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To purify, refine (to remove impurities from)

To purify, cleanse (figurative) (to purge)

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Purificar

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