Extended Verbs
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Vocabulary Words (82)
ser
/seɾ/
to be (essential/permanent)
estar
/esˈtaɾ/
to be (location/state)
tener
/teˈneɾ/
to have
hacer
/aˈθeɾ/
to do / to make
poder
/poˈðeɾ/
to be able to, can
decir
/deˈθiɾ/
to say, to tell
ir
/iɾ/
to go
ver
/beɾ/
to see, to watch
dar
/daɾ/
to give
saber
/saˈβeɾ/
to know (info, how to)
querer
/keˈɾeɾ/
to want, to love
llegar
/llegar/
to arrive, to reach
pasar
/paˈsaɾ/
to pass, to spend (time), to happen
deber
/deˈβeɾ/
must, should, to owe
poner
/poˈneɾ/
to put, to place
parecer
/paɾeˈθeɾ/
to seem, to look like
quedar
/keˈðaɾ/
to stay, to remain, to meet
creer
/kɾeˈeɾ/
to believe, to think
hablar
/aˈβlaɾ/
to speak, to talk
llevar
/ʝeˈβaɾ/
to carry, to take, to wear
dejar
/deˈxaɾ/
to leave, to let, to allow
seguir
/seˈɣiɾ/
to follow, to continue
encontrar
/eŋkonˈtɾaɾ/
to find, to meet
llamar
/ʝaˈmaɾ/
to call, to name
venir
/beˈniɾ/
to come
pensar
/penˈsaɾ/
to think
tomar
/toˈmaɾ/
to take, to drink
conocer
/konoˈθeɾ/
to know (people, places)
vivir
/biˈβiɾ/
to live
sentir
/senˈtiɾ/
to feel, to regret
trabajar
/tɾa.βaˈxaɾ/
to work
empezar
/em.peˈθaɾ/
to start, to begin
volver
/bolˈβeɾ/
to return, to go back
servir
/seɾˈβiɾ/
to serve, to be useful
pedir
/peˈðiɾ/
to ask for, to order
entender
/en.tenˈdeɾ/
to understand
recordar
/re.koɾˈðaɾ/
to remember, to remind
abrir
/aˈβɾiɾ/
to open
terminar
/teɾ.miˈnaɾ/
to finish, to end
gustar
/ɡusˈtaɾ/
to like, to please
necesitar
/ne.θe.siˈtaɾ/
to need
significar
/siɣ.ni.fiˈkaɾ/
to mean, to signify
esperar
/es.peˈɾaɾ/
to wait, to hope
buscar
/busˈkaɾ/
to look for, to search
entrar
/enˈtɾaɾ/
to enter, to go in
salir
/saˈliɾ/
to leave, to go out
cambiar
/kamˈbjaɾ/
to change
decidir
/de.θiˈðiɾ/
to decide
crear
/kɾeˈaɾ/
to create
nacer
/naˈθeɾ/
to be born
crecer
/kɾeˈθeɾ/
to grow
comprender
/kom.pɾen.ˈdeɾ/
to understand
olvidar
/ol.βi.ˈðaɾ/
to forget
cantar
/kan.ˈtaɾ/
to sing
bailar
/bai.ˈlaɾ/
to dance
correr
/ko.ˈreɾ/
to run
falda
/fal.da/
skirt
zumo
/θumo/ /θuˈmo/ /θuˈmo/ /t͡ʃuˈmo/
juice
gripe
/ɣri.pe/
gripe
entrevista
/entreviˈsta/
interview
castigo
/kasˈtiɣo/
punishment
examen
/eɣaˈmen/
exam
derrota
/deˈrota/
defeat
mejorar
/me.xo.ɾaɾ/
to improve
mandar
/manˈdar/
to command, to order
avance
/aˈvans.e/
advance
intento
/inˈten.to/
attempt
fracaso
/fɾaˈkaso/
failure
efecto
/eˈfektjo/
effect
meta
/me.ta/
meta
fase
/fa.se/
phase
cifra
/ˈθi.fɾa/
figure
préstamo
/pɾesˈtamo/
loan
anuncio
/anunˈθjo/
announcement
plano
/ˈplano/
plan
descubrimiento
/des.ku.bri.ˈmi.en.to/
discovery
recuperación
/rekuperasjón/
recovery
terremoto
/te.re.mo.to/
earthquake
mito
/mi.to/
myth
discurso
/disˈkurso/
speech
condena
/kondeˈna/
to condemn
defensa
/dehˈfensə/
defense
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