Breaking Out Of Beginner Spanish Ch.7 Verbs

Front 1

acabar

Back 1

to end
to finish

Front 2

acabo de comer

Back 2

I've just eaten

Front 3

acababa de comer cuando (llegaste)

Back 3

I had just eaten when...
you arrived

Front 4

se acabó

Back 4

it's finished

Front 5

amanecer

Back 5

to dawn

Front 6

Cómo amaneciste?

Back 6

How did you sleep?

Front 7

andar

Back 7

to walk

Front 8

ándale

Back 8

slang:
in vigor:
let's get a move on! way to go!
in passing:
that's fine OK

Front 9

antojar

Back 9

to long for


Se me antoja una pizza

Front 10

bajar

Back 10

to go down

to put down

to get off

Front 11

Me baja la maleta, por favor?

Back 11

get my suitcase down?

Front 12

caber

Back 12

to fit into

Quepo yo? Will I fit in? (elevator)

Front 13

caer

Back 13

to fall
to drop

to drop in (on someone)

Front 14

coger

Back 14

to get to take to grab
(sexual overtones)


use tomar or agarrar

Front 15

conocer

to be familiar

Back 15

to be familiar

conocer for proper nouns
saber for everything else

Front 16

conocer vs. encontrar

to meet

Back 16

conocer a person only once
(lo conocí on Paris)

encontrar = chance meeting
(La encontré en el cine)

Front 17

creer

Back 17

to believe (or stating an opinion)


pensar = thinking process

Front 18

Creo que tienes la razón

Back 18

I think you're right

Front 19

Qué crees?

Back 19

Guess what?

Front 20

Creéme

Back 20

trust me!

Front 21

dar

Back 21

to give

to hit

Front 22

dar en el blanco

Back 22

to hit the bull's eye

Front 23

dále

Back 23

hit it!

Front 24

dále duro!

Back 24

GIVE 'EM HELL!

Front 25

darse


darse cuenta de

Back 25

to realize


no me di cuenta de que estaba...

Front 26

dejar

Back 26

to leave to let



déjenos entrar let us in

Front 27

déjalo

Back 27

drop it

Front 28

dormir

Back 28

to sleep

Front 29

dormirse

Back 29

to fall asleep

Front 30

durar

Back 30

to last


la fiesta duró toda la noche

Front 31

decir

Back 31

to tell to say

Front 32

díme

Back 32

tell me

Front 33

no me digas

Back 33

you don't say

Front 34

dejar

Back 34

to leave to let

Front 35

Dejé de fumar = I stopped smoking

Back 35

I stopped smoking


Dejar is also used with the presposition de plus an infinitive to mean to stop doing something

Front 36

disfrutar

use divertirse instead

Back 36

to enjoy (oneself)

Front 37

me divierto

me divertía

me divertí

Back 37

I have fun, am having fun

I was having fun, used to have fun

I had fun

Front 38

dormir


dormirse

Back 38

to sleep

to fall asleep

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sueño

Back 39

sleep (noun)

Front 40

durar

Back 40

to last

use it to ask how long something will last
(tardar & hacer)

Front 41

echar

Back 41

forcible casting out

kick out

or "to pour"

Front 42

meter

Back 42

put it

Front 43

sacar

Back 43

take out

Front 44

echar ganas

Back 44

to show enthusiasm

Front 45

tener ganas

Back 45

to feel like

Front 46

encargar

Back 46

to entrust

Front 47

me encargo de la ensalada


el encargado

Back 47

in charge of the salad


guy in charge

Front 48

equivocar (de)

Back 48

to get something wrong

Front 49

me equivoqué de numero

Back 49

when you dial the wrong number

Front 50

estar equivocado

Back 50

someone is mistaken

Front 51

esperar


esperar a

Back 51

to hope


to wait (for someone)

Front 52

estar

Back 52

transitive to be

cool use is for date:
A qué estamos hoy? what day is it?

Front 53

estrenar

Back 53

to debut something

Front 54

un estreno

Back 54

premiere - opening


movie/ art show

Front 55

guardar

Back 55

to guard to save

hold on to something

Front 56

guárdalo

Back 56

put it away