The 142 Most Essential Spanish Verbs You Need to Know L to Z

 

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In this lesson, I’ll help you with the 142 most essential verbs you need to know in Spanish. This is perfect if you are a beginner Spanish student or if you want to improve your pronunciation, understand the infinitive verbs under this section better and go further with your learning.

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Here you have the video for pronunciation wise:

L:

No.

Spanish

English

Syllables

1

Ladrar

to bark

La-drar

2

Lavar

to wash

La-var

3

Leer

to read

Le-er

4

Levantar

to lift

Le-van-tar

5

Limpiar

to clean

Lim-piar

LL:

1

Llamar

to call

Lla-mar

2

Llegar

to go to

Lle-gar

3

Llenar

to fill

Lle-nar

4

Llevar

to carry

Lle-var

5

Llorar

to cry

Llo-rar

6

Llover

to rain

Llo-ver

M:

1

Mandar

to send

Man-dar

2

Marcar

to bookmark

Mar-car

3

Marchar

to march

Mar-char

4

Medir

to measure

Me-dir

5

Marear

to dizziness

Ma-re-ar

6

Merendar

to have a snack

Me-ren-dar

7

Meter

to put

Me-ter

8

Mezclar

to mix

Mez-clar

9

Mirar

to look

Mi-rar

10

Mojar

to wet

Mo-jar

11

Molestar

to bother

Mo-les-tar

12

Montar

to mount

Mon-tar

13

Morder

to bite

Mor-der

14

Morir

to die

Mo-rir

15

Mover

to move

Mo-ver

16

Multiplicar

to multiply

Mul-ti-pli-car

N:

1

Nacer

to born

Na-cer

2

Nadar

to swim

Na-dar

3

Nevar

to snow

Ne-var

4

Nombrar

to name

Nom-brar

5

Notar

to note

No-tar

O:

1

Obedecer

to obey

O-be-de-cer

2

Obligar

to force

O-bli-gar

3

Oír

to hear

O-ír

4

Oler

to smell

O-ler

5

Olvidar

to forget

Ol-vi-dar

6

Ordenar

to order

Or-de-nar

P:

1

Pagar

to pay

Pa-gar

2

Parar

to stop

Pa-rar

3

Parecer

to appear

Pa-re-cer

4

Partir

to split

Par-tir

5

Pasar

to pass on

Pa-sar

6

Pasear

to sightseeing

Pa-se-ar

7

Patinar

to skate

Pa-ti-nar

8

Pedir

to ask for

Pe-dir

9

Pegar

to paste

Pe-gar

10

Peinar

to comb

Pei-nar

11

Pelar

to peel

Pe-lar

12

Pensar

to think

Pen-sar

13

Perder

to lose

Per-der

14

Perdonar

to forgive

Per-do-nar

15

Pesar

to weigh

Pe-sar

16

Pescar

to fish

Pes-car

17

Picar

to chop

Pi-car

18

Pillar

to catch

Pi-llar

19

Pinchar

to click

Pin-char

20

Pintar

to paint

Pin-tar

21

Pisar

to step on

Pi-sar

22

Pitar

to beep

Pi-tar

23

Poder

can

Po-der

24

Poner

to put

Po-ner

25

Preguntar

to ask

Pre-gun-tar

26

Probar

to try

Pro-bar

27

Prometer

to promise

Pro-me-ter

28

Protestar

to protest

Pro-tes-tar

Q:

1

Quedar

to stay at

Que-dar

2

Quejar

to complain

Que-jar

3

Quemar

to burn

Que-mar

4

Querer

to want

Que-rer

5

Quitar

to remove

Qui-tar

R:

1

Rascar

to scratch

Ras-car

2

Rallar

to grate

Ra-llar

3

Recoger

to collect

Re-co-ger

4

Recortar

to cut out

Re-cor-tar

5

Regalar

to give a gift to

Re-ga-lar

6

Regar

to water

Re-gar

7

Reír

to laugh

Re-ír

8

Reñir

to scold

Re-ñir

9

Repartir

to distribute

Re-par-tir

10

Reposar

to rest

Re-po-sar

11

Repetir

to repeat

Re-pe-tir

12

Resbalar

to slip

Res-ba-lar

13

Respirar

to breathe

Res-pi-rar

14

Restar

to subtract

Res-tar

15

Rezar

to pray

Re-zar

16

Rodar

to roll

Ro-dar

17

Romper

to break

Rom-per

S:

1

Saber

to learn more at

Sa-ber

2

Sacar

to remove

Sa-car

3

Salir

to exit

Sa-lir

4

Saltar

to skip

Sal-tar

5

Sangrar

to bleed

San-grar

6

Secar

to dry

Se-car

7

Seguir

to follow

Se-guir

8

Sentar

to sit

Sen-tar

9

Señalar

to point to

Se-ña-lar

10

Separar

to separate

Se-pa-rar

11

Ser

to be

Ser

12

Silbar

to whistle

Sil-bar

13

Sobrar

to surplus

So-brar

14

Soñar

to dream

So-ñar

15

Soplar

to blow

So-plar

16

Subir

to upload

Su-bir

17

Sudar

to sweat

Su-dar

18

Sumar

to add

Su-mar

19

Suponer

to assume

Su-po-ner

20

Suspender

to suspend

Sus-pen-der

T:

1

Tachar

to delete

Ta-char

2

Tapar

to cover

Ta-par

3

Tardar

to delay

Tar-dar

4

Telefonear

to telephone

Te-le-fo-ne-ar

5

Temblar

to tremble

Tem-blar

6

Tener

to have

Te-ner

7

Terminar

to finish

Ter-mi-nar

8

Tirar

to throw away

Ti-rar

9

Tocar

to touch

To-car

10

Torcer

to twist

Tor-cer

11

Toser

to cough

To-ser

12

Trabajar

to work

Tra-ba-jar

13

Traer

to bring

Tra-er

14

Tragar

to swallow

Tra-gar

15

Tropezar

to stumble

Tro-pe-zar

U:

1

Untar

to spread

Un-tar

2

Ubicar

to locate

U-bi-car

3

Usar

to use

U-sar

4

Utilizar

to use

U-ti-li-zar

5

Unir

to join

U-nir

V:

1

Vaciar

to empty

Va-ciar

2

Valer

to worth

Va-ler

3

Vender

to sell

Ven-der

4

Venir

to come

Ve-nir

5

Ver

to see

Ver

6

Vestir

to dress up

Ves-tir

7

Viajar

to travel

Via-jar

8

Vigilar

to keep an eye on

Vi-gi-lar

9

Visitar

to visit

Vi-si-tar

10

Vivir

to live

Vi-vir

11

Volar

to fly

Vo-lar

12

Volver

to back to

Vol-ver

13

Vomitar

to throw up

Vo-mi-tar

Z:

1

Zapatear

to tap

Za-pa-te-ar

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