Spanish Verbs

abatir to knock down, to overthrow, to throw down abrasar to burn, to set on fire abrazar to embrace, to hug; to clamp abrir to open absolver to absolve, to acquit abstenerse to abstain aburrir to annoy, to bore, to vex aburrirse to be bored, to grow tired, to grow weary acabar to finish, to end, to complete acelerar to accelerate, to speed, to hasten, to hurry aceptar to accept acercar to bring near, to place near acercarse to approach, to draw near acertar to hit the mark, to hit upon, to do (something) right, to succeed in, to guess right aclamar to acclaim, to applaud, to shout, to hail aclarar to explain, to clarify, to make clear, to rinse, to clear acompañar to accompany, to escort, to go with, to keep company aconsejar to advise, to counsel acordar to agree (upon) acordarse to remember acostarse to go to bed, to lie down acostumbrar to be accustomed acuchillar to knife, to cut, to flash, to cut open acudir to attend, to be present frequently, to respond (to a call), to come to the rescue acusar to accuse adelantar to advance, to keep on, to progress, to go ahead adelantarse to go forward, to go ahead, to move ahead, to take the lead adivinar to divine, to foretell, to guess admirar to admire admitir to admit, to grant, to permit adoptar to adopt adorar to adore, to worship adquirir to acquire, to get, to obtain advertir to advise, to give notice, to give warning, to take notice of, to warn afeitarse to shave oneself agarrar to grasp, to obtain, to seize, to catch, to clutch, to come upon agitar to agitate, to wave, to shake up, to stir agotar to exhaust, to use up agradar to please, to be pleasing agradecer to thank, to be thankful for agrandar to enlarge, to grow larger, to increase agravar to aggravate, to make worse agregar to add, to collect, to gather, to aggregate, to collate agrupar to group aguardar to expect, to wait for ahorrar to economize, to save alcanzar to reach, to overtake alegrarse to be glad, to rejoice almorzar to lunch, to have lunch alquilar to hire, to rent alumbrar to illuminate, to light, to enlighten alumbrarse to be (get) high, to get tipsy, to become lively (from liquor) alzar to heave, to lift, to pick up, to raise (prices) amar to love añadir to add andar to walk anunciar to announce, to foretell, to proclaim apagar to put out (flame, fire), to extinguish, to turn off (flame, fire, light) aparecer to appear, to show up aplaudir to applaud apoderarse to take power, to take possession apreciar to appreciate, to appraise, to esteem aprender to learn apresurarse to hasten, to hurry, to rush aprobar to approve, to pass a test aprovecharse to take advantage, to avail oneself apurarse to fret, to grieve, to worry arrancar to root up (out), to pull up (out), to tear off (away), to snatch arreglar to fix, to arrange, to adjust, to regulate, to settle, to repair arrojar to fling, to hurl, to throw articular to articulate, to pronounce distinctly asegurar to assure, to affirm, to assert, to insure asir to seize, to grasp asistir to attend, to assist, to be present asustarse to be frightened, to be scared atacar to attack atenerse to rely on, to depend on atraer to attract, to allure, to charm atravesar to cross, to go through, to run through atreverse to dare, to venture avanzar to advance averiguar to find out, to inquire, to investigate ayudar to help, to aid, to assist bailar to dance bajar to lower, to let down, to come down, to go down, to descend balbucear to stammer, to hesitate in speech bañarse to bathe oneself, to take a bath barrer to sweep, to whisk bastar to be enough, to be sufficient, to suffice bautizar to baptize, to christen beber to drink bendecir to bless, to consecrate borrar to erase, to cross out bostezar to yawn, to gape botar to fling, to cast (away), to throw (away), to launch broncear to bronze, to tan bullir to boil, to bustle, to hustle, to stir burlarse to make fun of, to poke fun at, to ridicule buscar to look for, to seek caber to be contained, to fit into caer to fall caerse to fall, to fall down, to tumble calentar to heat (up), to warm (up) callarse to be silent, to keep quiet calzar to shoe, to wear (shoes), to put on (shoes) cambiar to change caminar to walk, to move along cansarse to become tired, to become weary, to get tired cantar to sing caracterizar to characterize cargar to load, to burden casarse to get married, to marry celebrar to celebrate cenar to have supper, to eat supper cepillar to brush cerrar to close certificar to certify, to register (a letter), to attest charlar to chat, to prattle chistar to mumble, to mutter chupar to suck cocinar to cook coger to seize, to take, to grasp, to grab, to catch colegir to collect colgar to hang (up) colocar to put, to place comenzar to begin, to commence, to start comer to eat componer to compose comprar to buy, to purchase comprender to understand conducir to lead, to conduct, to drive confesar to confess conocer to know, to be acquainted with conseguir to attain, to get, to obtain constituir to constitute, to make up construir to construct, to build contar to count, to relate, to tell contener to contain, to hold contestar to answer, to reply continuar to continue contribuir to contribute convencer to convince convenir to agree, to convene convertir to convert convocar to call together, to convene, to convoke, to summon corregir to correct correr to run, to race, to flow cortar to cut, to cut off, to cut out costar to cost crecer to grow creer to believe criar to breed, to raise, to bring up (rear) cruzar to cross cubrir to cover cuidarse to take care of oneself cumplir to fulfill, to keep (a promise), to reach one's birthday (use with años)