Select Verb: 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 abalanzar: to balance abalanzarse: to hurl oneself abalar: to move, shake abalear: to shoot at, to wound or kill by gunshot abalizar: to mark with buoys abanar: to cool with a fan abandonar: to abandon abanicar: to fan abaratar: to make cheaper, to reduce prices abdicar: to abdicate abducir: to abduct aberrar: to err, to be mistaken abjurar: to abjure, to renounce ablandecer: to soften abnegar: to abnegate, to forego abnegarse: to go without, to deny oneself abofetear: to slap in the face abominar: to abominate abonar: to buy a subscription abonarse: to subscribe oneself abordar: to board aborrecer: to abhor, to detest abrigar: to shelter, to protect abrochar: to button up, to fasten abrogar: to abrogate, to revoke, to annul abrumar: to crush, to aoppress, to overwhelm brumar: to crush, to aoppress, to overwhelm absorber: to absorb abstraer: to abstract abstenerse: to abstain aburrir: to annoy, to bore, to vex aburrirse: to be bored, to grow tired, to grow weary abusar: to abuse acabar: to finish, to end, to complete acachetear: to slap in the face acamar: to flatten acaparar: to buy up,to hoard acceder: to accede, to agree acechar: to watch, to spy on acelerar: to accelerate, to speed, to hasten, to hurry acentuar: to accentuate, to mark with an accent 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 acoger: to receive hospitably, to welcome acomodar: to accommodate, to arrange, to hire acompañar: to accompany, to escort, to go with, to keep company acompasar: to measure aconsejar: to advise, to counsel acopiar: to classify, to collect, to gather acordar: to agree (upon) acordarse: to remember, to agree acorrer: to run to someone's aid, to help, to assist acostar: to put to bed acostarse: to go to bed, to lie down acostumbrar: to be accustomed, to be in the habit of acrecentar: to increase acrecer: to augment, to increse activar: to activate actuar: to act, to behave acuchillar: to knife, to cut, to slash, to cut open acudir: to attend, to be present frequently, to respond (to a call), to come to the rescue acumular: to accumulate acusar: to accuse adaptar: to adapt 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 adestrar: to train, to instruct, to direct adjustar: to adjust adicionar: to add adivinar: to divine, to foretell, to guess, to solve administrar: to administrate admirar: to admire admitir: to admin, to grant, to permit adoptar: to adopt adorar: to adore, to worship adornar: to adorn adquirir: to acquire, to get, to obtain adscribir: to ascribe, to assign, to attribute adular: to adulate, to flatter advenir: to arrive, to come advertir: to advise, to give notice, to take notice of, to warn afamar: to make famous afamarse: to become famous afanar: to hurry, to rob, to steal afear: to deform, to make ugly afectar: to affect afeitar: to shave afeitarse: to shave oneself afianzar: to fasten aficionar: to induce a liking for aficionarse a: to become fond of afirmar: to affirm, to assert afligir: to afflict, to distress afluir: to flow afrontar: to confront, to face, to defy agarrar: to grasp, to obtain, to seize, to catch, to clutch, to come open 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, to exaggerate agravar: to aggravate, to make worse agraviar: to wrong, to injure, to offend agregar: to add, to collect, to gather, to aggregate, to collate agriar: to make sour agrietar: to crack, to split agrupar: to group aguachar: to flood, to fill with water aguantar: to bear, to endure aguar: to dilute aguardar: to expect, to wait for ahogarse: to drown ahorrar: to economize, to save ahumar: to cure in smoke, to fill with smoke alambrar: to fence with wire alanzar: to lance alardear: to boast, to brag, to show off alargar: to lengthen alarmar: to alarm alentar: to breathe, to encourage, to inspire alienar: to alienate aligar: to bind, to tie alimentar: to feed, to nourish almacenar: to store alocar: to make someone crazy alojar: to lodge, to give accommodation to amplificar: to amplify, to enlarge analizar: to analyze animar: to animate anotar: to annotate, to write notes about antepagar: to pay in advance anteponer: to place before, to prefer anular: to annul, to cancel apaciguar: to pacify, to calm, to sooth aparar: to prepare apetecer: to crave for, to long for aplicar: to apply apocar: to lessen, to reduce apoderar: to empower apostar: to bet, to wager aprehender: to apprehend aprestar: to make ready, to prepare apresurar: to accelerate, to hurry apretar: to grip, to press apropiar: to appropriate money, to adapt aprovechar: to make use of apurar: to purify, to exhaust, to consume arar: to plow argüir: to argue, to reason armar: to arm arrendar: to lease, to let, to rent, to hire arrepentirse de: to repent for, to regret arrestar: to a rrest, to detain asaltar: to assult, to attack asentar: to seat, to set down asentir: to assent, to agree asignar: to assign, to apportion, to give asomar: to appear slowly (as through an opening) asomarse: to lean out, to look out (as out of a window) asombrar: to amaze, to astonish aspirar: to breathe in, to inhale asurarse: to get burned atar: to bind, to tie atender: to look after, to attend to, to pay attention aterrizar: to land atravesar: to cross, to go through, to run through travesar: to cross, to cross over, to go through atribuir: to attribute aumentar: to augment, to increase autorizar: to authorize avenir: to reconcile aventurarse: to venture, to risk avisar: to advise, to inform, to warn, to notify ayunar: to fast, to go without food alcanzar: to reach, to overtake alegrarse: to be glad, to rejoice, to be happy 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 (a flame), 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, to start (a motor), to boot up (a computer) 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 upon, to depend upon atraer: to attract, to allure, to charm 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 abajar: to go down balbucear: to stammer, to hesitate (in speech), to stutter 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 show, to wear (shoes), to put on (shoes) cambiar: to change, to exchange 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, to charge (a battery) casarse: to get married, to marry celebrar: to celebrate, to praise cenar: to have supper, to eat supper, to dine, to have dinner cepillar: to brush cerrar: to close certificar: to cetify, 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 grab, to catch, to get (understand), to have sex colegir: to collect colgar: to hang (up) colocar: to put, to place comenzar: to begin, to start, to commence comer: to eat, to take (a chess piece) 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, to restrain contestar: to answer, to reply (to) continuar: to continue contribuir: to contribute, to pay taxes convencer: to convince convenir: to agree, to convene, to be fitting convertir: to convert convocar: to call together, to convene, to convoke, to summon coquetear: to flirt corregir: to correct correr: to run, to race, to flow cortar: to cut, to cut off, to cut out costar: to cost cotorrear: to gossip, to hang out 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) dar: to give deber: to owe, must, ought decidir: to decide decir: to say, to tell declarar: to declare dedicarse: to devote oneself defender: to defend dejar: to let, to permit, to allow, to leave delinquir: to be delinquent, to violate the law demostrar: to demonstrate, to prove denunciar: to denounce depender: to depend derribar: to known down, to overthrow, to tear down, to throw down desayunarse: to breakfast, to have breakfast descansar: to rest describir: to describe, to delineate descubrir: to discover, to reveal, to uncover, to unveil desear: to desire, to wish, to want desempeñar: to play (a part), to act (a part), to discharge, to perform (a duty), to take out of pawn deshacer: to undo, to destroy, to take apart despedirse: to take leave of, to say good-bye to despegar: to detach, to unglue, to unstick, to take off (airplane) desperezarse: to stretch oneself, to stretch one's arms and legs despertarse: to wake up oneself destruir: to destroy desvestirse: to undress onself, to get undressed detener: to stop (someone or something), to detain detenerse: to stop (oneself) devolver: to return (an object), to refund, to give back dibujar: to design, to draw, to sketch dirigir: to direct disculparse: to apologize, to excuse (oneself) discutir: to discuss, to debate dispensar: to excuse, to dispense, to distribute, to exempt distinguir: to distinguish divertirse: to have a good time, to enjoy oneself, to amuse onself divorciarse: to be (get) divorced doler: to ache, to pain, to hurt, to cause grief, to cause regret dormir: to sleep ducharse: to take a shower, to shower oneself dudar: to doubt echar: to cast, to fling, to hurl, to pitch, to throw ejecutar: to execute, to carry out, to perform ejercer: to exercise, to practice (a profession) elegir: to elect, to select, to choose embeber: to soak in, to soak up, to suck in, to imbibe empezar: to begin, to start emplear: to employ, to use encender: to incite, to inflame, to kindle, to light encerrar: to enclose, to lock up, to confine encontrar: to meet, to encounter, to find enfadarse: to become angry, annoyed, irritated enfermarse: to get sick, to fall sick, to become sick, to fall ill, to become ill enojarse: to become angry, to get angry, to get cross enseñar: to teach, to show, to point out entender: to understand entrar: to enter, to go (in), to come (in) entregar: to deliver, to hand over, to give enunciar: to enunciate, to state enviar: to send envolver: to wrap up equivocarse: to be mistaken, to make a mistake erguir: to raise, to stand up straight errar: to err, to wander, to roam, to miss escoger: to choose, to select, to pick escribir: to write escuchar: to listen (to) escupir: to spit esparcir: to scatter, to spread esperar: to expect, to hope, to wait (for) esquiar: to ski establecer: to establish, to set up estar: to be estimar: to estimate, to esteem, to respect, to value estudiar: to study exigir: to demand, to urge, to require explicar: to explain expresar: to express fabricar: to fabricate, to manufacture faltar: to be lacking, to be wanting, to lack, to miss, to need felicitar: to congratulate, to felicitate festejar: to feat, to entertain, to celebrate fiar: to confide, to trust fijarse: to take notice, to pay attention, to settle fingir: to feign, to pretend firmar: to sign formar: to form, to shape fregar: to wash dishes, to scrub freír: to fry fumar: to smoke funcionar: to function, to run (machine) ganar: to earn, to gain, to win gastar: to spend (money), to wear out, to waste gemir: to grieve, to groan, to moan, to howl gobernar: to govern, to rule gozar: to enjoy gritar: to shout, to scream, to shriek, to cry out gruñir: to grumble, to grunt, to growl, to creak guiar: to lead, to guide gustar: to be pleasing (to), to like haber: to have (as an auxiliary, helping verb to form the compound tenses) habilitar: to inhabit, to swell, to live, to reside hablar: to talk, to speak hacer: to do, to make hallar: to find, to discover, to locate helar: to freeze heredar: to inherit herir: to harm, to hurt, to wound huir: to escape, to flee, to run away, to slip away ignorar: to be ignorant of, not to know impedir: to hinder, to impede, to prevent importar: to matter, to be important imprimir: to imprint, to impress, to print, to fix in the mind incluir: to include, to enclose indicar: to indicate, to point out inducir: to induce, to influence, to persuade, to lead influir: to influence, have influence on informarse: to inform oneself, to find out inscribir: to inscribe, to record, to register inscribirse: to enroll, to register, to sign up insistir: to insist, to persist, to stress interesarse: to be interested in introducir: to introduce invitar: to invite ir: to go irse: to go away jugar: to play (a game, a sport) juntar: to join, to unite, to connect 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 lavar: to wash lavarse: to wash oneself leer: to read levantar: to lift, to raise levantarse: to get up, to rise limpiar: to clean limpiarse: to clean oneself llamar: to call, to name llamarse: to be called, to be named llegar: to arrive llenar: to fill llevar: to carry (away), to take (away), to wear llorar: to weep, to cry, to whine llover: to rain luchar: to fight, to strive, to struggle, to wrestle maldecir: to curse manejar: to manage, to handle, to drive, to operate (a vehicle) mantener: to maintain, to keep up, to support, to provide for marcar: to mark, to note, to observe marchar: to walk, to march, to function (machine), to run (machine) marcharse: to go away, to leave matar: to kill medir: to measure, to weigh, to scan (verses) mejorar: to improve mencionar: to mention mentir: to lie, to tell a lie merecer: to merit, to deserve mirar: to look, to look at, to watch mirarse: to look at oneself, to look at each other mojarse: to get wet, to wet oneself montar: to mount, to go up, to climb, to get on, to wind (a watch) morder: to bite morir: to die mostrar: to show, to point out, to display mover: to move, to persuade, to excite mudarse: to change one's clothes, to change one's place of residence, to move nacer: to be born nadar: to swim navegar: to navigate, to sail necesitar: to need negar: to deny nevar: to snow obedecer: to obey observar: to observe, to notice obtener: to obtain, to get ocultarse: to hide oneself ocupar: to occupy ocurrir: to occur, to happen ofrecer: to offer oír: to hear oler: to smell, to scent olvidar: to forget oponer: to oppose ordenar: to order, to command, to put in order, to arrange organizar: to organize, to arrange, to set up osar: to dare, to venture pagar: to pay (for) parar: to stop (someone or something) pararse: to stop (oneself) parecer: to seem, to appear parecerse: to resemble each other, to look alike partir: to leave, to depart, to divide, to split pasar: to pass (by), to happen, to spend (time) pasearse: to talk a walk, to parade pedir: to ask for, to request pegar: to beat, to hit, to slap, to stick, to glue, to paste peinarse: to comb one's hair pensar: to think percibir: to perceive perder: to lose perdonar: to pardon, to forgive, to excuse permitir: to permit, to admin, to allow, to grant pertenecer: to pertain, to appertain, to belong pintar: to paint pintarse: to make up (one's face), to tint, to color (one's hair, lipe, etc.) pisar: to tread (on), to step on, to trample placer: to gratify, to humor, to please platicar: to char, to talk over, to discuss poder: to be able, can poner: to put, to place, to turn on (TV, radio) ponerse: to put on (clothing), to become, to set (of sun) poseer: to possess, to own practicar: to practice predecir: to predict, to forecast, to foretell predicar: to preach preferir: to prefer preguntar: to ask, to inquire, to question preocuparse: to be concerned, to worry, to be worried preparar: to prepare prepararse: to be prepared, to get ready, to prepare oneself presentar: to present, to display, to show, to introduce prestar: to lend principiar: to begin probar: to test, to prove, to try, to try on probarse: to try on (clothes) proclamar: to proclaim, to promulgate producir: to produce, to cause prohibir: to prohibit, to forbid pronunciar: to pronounce proteger: to protect pulir: to polish quedarse: to remain, stay quejarse: to complain, to grumble quemar: to burn, to fire querer: to want, to wish quitarse: to take off (clothing), to remove oneself, to withdraw raer: to scrape, to rub off, to erase, to wipe out, to fray realizar: to realize, to carry out, to fulfill recibir: to receive, to get recoger: to pick (up), to gather, to harvest, to collect recomendar: to recommend, to commend, to advise reconocer: to recognize, to acknowledge, to be grateful for recordar: to remember, to recall, to remind referir: to refer, to relate regalar: to give as a present, to make a present of, to give as a gift regar: to water, to irrigate, to sprinkle regresar: to return, to go back, to regress reir: to laugh reírse: to laugh rellenar: to refill, to fill again, to stuff remitir: to remit, to forward, to transmit reñir: to scold, to quarrel reparar: to mend, to repair, to notice, to observe repartir: to distribute, to deal cards repetir: to repeat resolver: to resolve, to solve (a problem) responder: to answer, to reply, to respond retirar: to retire, to withdraw retrasar: to delay, to retard reunirse: to assemble, to get together, to meet, to gather revocar: to revoke, to repeal revolver: to resolve, to turn around, to turn over, to turn upside down robar: to rob, to steal rogar: to supplicate, to ask, to ask for, to request, to beg, to pray romper: to break, to shatter, to tear saber: to know, to know how sacar: to take out, to get sacudir: to shake, to jerk, to jolt salir: to go out, to leave saltar: to jump, to leap, to hop, to spring saludar: to greet, to salute satisfacer: to satisfy secar: to dry, to wipe dry secarse: to dry oneself seguir: to follow, to pursue, to continue señalar: to signal, to indicate, to point out, to show sentarse: to sit down sentir: to feel sorry, to regret, to feel sentirse: to feel (well, ill) separar: to separate, to detach, to sort, to set apart ser: to be servir: to serve socorrer: to help, to aid, to assist, to succor sofocar: to choke, to smother, to suffocate, to stifle soler: to be accustomer to, to be in the habit of, to have the custom of sollozar: to sob, to whimper someter: to subdue, to subject, to surrender, to submit sonar: to ring, to echo, to resound, to sound soñar: to dream sonreir: to smile soplar: to bloe, to blow out sorprender: to surprise, to astonish sospechar: to suspect sostener: to sustain, to support, to maintain, to uphold subir: to go up, to come up, to climb, to rise, to mount, to get on (a train, bus, etc.) subrayar: to underline, to underscore, to emphasize subscribir: to subscribe, to agree to, to sign suceder: to happen sudar: to perspire, to sweat sufrir: to suffer, to endure, to bear up, to undergo sugerir: to hint, to insinuate, to suggest sumergir: to submerge, to plunge, to immerse, to sink suponer: to suppose, to assume suprimir: to suppress, to abolish, to cancel (in mathematics), to eliminate, to delete (for a computer) surgir: to surge, to spout up, to spurt up, to spring up, to arise, to appear, to emerge, to loom up suspirar: to sigh tañer: to pluck, to play (a stringed musical instrument) teclar: to type (on a keyboard) telefonear: to telephone telegrafiar: to telegraph, to cable temblar: to tremble, to quake, to quiver, to shake, to shiver temer: to fear, to dread tender: to extend, to offer, to stretch, to spread out, to hang out (washing) tener: to have, to hold tentar: to examine by touch, to feel with the fingers, to attempt, to try terminar: to end, to terminate, to finish tirar: to pull, to draw, to pitch (a ball), to shoot (a gun), to throw, to fling tocar: to play (music or a musical instrument), to touch tomar: to take, to have (something to eat or drink) tostar: to toast, to tan, to roast (coffee) trabajar: to work, to labor traducir: to translate traer: to bring tratar: to try, to treat a subject tropezar: to stumble, to blunder unir: to connect, to unite, to join, to bind, to attach usar: to use, to employ, to wear utilizar: to utilize vaciar: to empty valer: to be worth, to cost velar: to stay awake, to guard, to watch over vencer: to conquer, to overcome, to defeat vender: to sell venir: to come ver: to see vestirse: to dress oneself, to get dressed viajar: to travel vigilar: to watch (over), to keep guard, to look out for visitar: to visit vivir: to live volar: to fly volver: to return, to go back votar: to vote, to vow yacer: to lie down, to be lying down, to lie in a grave zumbar: to buzz, to hum, to flutter around zurcir: to darn, to mend