PREPOSITIONS AFTER VERBS BEFORE AN INFINITIVE The following is a list of the more commonly used verbs taking a direct

infinitive:Aconsejar Afirmar Confesar Conseguir Creer e!er eci"ir ejar esear E#egir Es$erar E&itar Fingir 'ustar )acer Im$e"ir Intentar Note* If there is a change of subject, the subjunctive Examples: +ue may be re!uired:To advise to To affirm To confess to To manage to To believe Should, must To decide to To let, allow To desire to To choose to To hope, expect to To avoid To pretend to To be pleasing to To do, make To prevent, hinder To try to, attempt to Jurar Logar Merecer Necesitar Parecer Pensar Permitir Po"er Preferir Procurar Pro%i!ir Prometer Pro$oner (uerer Sa!er Sentir So#er To swear To succeed To deserve to To need to To appear, seem to To intend to To permit to To be able To prefer To try to To forbid to To promise to To propose to To want to To know how to To be sorry to To be used to

Necesito +ue #o %agas cuanto antes, I need you to do it "S"#$ Prefiero +ue no &engas, I prefer you not to come$

%erbs of perception & such as o,r, to hear' &er, to see & are followed by an infinitive coming immediately after them:Examples: Vio entrar a# %om!re, (e saw the man going in$ Oigo cantar a #as c%icas, I hear the girls singing$

The following verbs take the preposition a before a verb, although $ara )in order to* may sometimes be substituted:Ver!s of motion ir, to go' &enir, to come' correr, to run' su!ir, to go up' !ajar, to go down' entrar, to enter' acercarse, to approach' etc+ Vino a &erme, he came to see me$

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The following is a list of the more commonly used verbs taking ,a- with an infinitive:A!an"onarse a Acostum!rarse a Animar a A$#icarse a As$irar a Atre&erse a e"icarse a etenerse a is$onerse a En&iar a E/$onerse a For-ar a To give oneself up to To get used to To encourage to To apply oneself to To aspire to To dare to To do )career* To stop to To get ready to To send to To expose oneself to To force to Autori-ar a A&enturarse a A.u"ar a Com$rometerse a Con"enar a eci"irse a O!#igar a O$onerse a Pararse a Persua"ir a Pre$ararse a (ue"arse a To authorise to To venture to To help to To undertake to To condemn to to decide to To oblige to To object to To stop to To persuade to To prepare to To remain to

Incitar a In"ucir a In&itar a Limitarse a L#egar a Negarse a

To incite to To induce to To invite to To limit oneself to To succeed in To refuse to

Re"ucir a Renunciar a Resignarse a Resistirse a Reso#&erse a Vo#&er a

To reduce to To renounce To resign oneself to To resist To resolve to To do again

The following is a list of the more commonly used verbs taking ,de- with an infinitive:Aca!ar "e Acor"arse "e Acusar "e A#egrarse "e Arre$entirse "e A&ergon-arse "e Cansarse "e Cesar "e Cui"ar "e ejar "e No "ejar "e escui"ar "e eses$erarse "e esistir "e is$ensar "e isua"ir "e Encargar "e To have just To remember To accuse of To be glad to To repent of To be ashamed of To be tired of To cease to To take care of To stop To not fail to To neglect To despair of To desist from To excuse from To dissuade from To entrust with Encargarse "e E/cusar "e 'uar"arse "e )a!er "e )artarse "e Incomo"arse "e In"ignarse "e Jactarse "e O#&i"ar0se1 "e No $o"er menos "e Pri&arse "e (uejarse "e Sos$ec%ar "e Terminar "e Tratar "e Tratarse "e To undertake to To excuse from To take care not to To have to To grow tired of To be annoyed at To be indignant at To boast of To forget to To not help but To be deprived of To complain of To suspect of To finish To try to To be a !uestion of

The following is a list of the more commonly used verbs taking ,en- with an infinitive:Com$#acerse en Consentir en Consistir en Con&enir en e#eitarse en i&ertirse en u"ar en Em$e3arse en Entretenerse en Esfor-arse en To take pleasure in To consent to To consist of To agree to To take a delight in To amuse oneself in To hesitate to To insist on To amuse oneself in To strive to Tener 2/ito en No tener 2/ito en )acer !ien 0ma#1 en Insistir en Ocu$arse en Pensar en Persistir en (ue"ar0se1 en Tar"ar en Vaci#ar en To succeed in To fail to To do well )badly* in To insist on To be busy with To think of To persist in To agree to/on To take time to To hesitate to

The following is a list of the more commonly used verbs taking ,por/para/con- with an infinitive:Aca!ar $or Comen-ar $or Em$e-ar $or Estar $or Luc%ar $or Fe#icitar $or To finish by To begin by To begin by To still to be done To fight for To congratulate on Interesarse $or Ser&ir $ara Estar $ara So3ar con Amena-ar con Contar con To be interested in To be used for To be about to To dream of To threaten with To count on

PREPOSITIONS AFTER VERBS BEFORE A NO4N The following is a list of commonly used verbs taking ,de- with a noun or pronoun:A!usar "e Acor"arse "e A#imentarse "e Asustarse "e Bur#arse "e Cam!iar "e Carecer "e Com$a"ecerse "e arse cuenta "e e$en"er "e esconfiar "e isfrutar "e To abuse To remember To feed on To be frightened To make fun of To change To lack To be sorry for To realise To depend on To mistrust To enjoy u"ar "e Enterarse "e 'o-ar "e Informarse "e Mara&i##arse "e O#&i"ar0se1 "e Pasar "e Re,rse "e Ser&irse "e Triunfar "e Vengarse "e To doubt To en!uire about To enjoy To be informed about To wonder at To forget To exceed To laugh at To use To triumph over To take revenge for

The following is a list of commonly used verbs taking ,a- with a noun or pronoun:Acercarse a A$ro/imarse a Arrimarse a Asemejarse a Asomarse a Asistir a ar a Fa#tar a To approach To approach To lean against To resemble To lean out of To attend To overlook To break promise Fiarse a L#egar a O#er a O$onerse a Parecerse a Renunciar a Resistir a Sa!er a To trust To reach )place* To smell of To oppose To resemble To renounce To resist To taste of, smack of

The following is a list of commonly used verbs which take a preposition in 1nglish but in Spanish take a direct object:Agra"ecer Aguantar A$ro&ec%ar Buscar Cui"ar Escuc%ar Es$erar To be grateful for To put up with To take advantage of To look for To look after To listen to To wait for Mirar Pe"ir Recor"ar Re$roc%ar Se3a#ar Sentir So$ortar To look at To ask for To remind of To reproach with to point to To be sorry about To put up with

Some Spanish verbs change meaning when followed by a specific preposition:Acor"arse con Contar Con&enir a Enten"er Preguntar Sa!er To agree with To count, relate To suit To understand To ask a !uestion To know Acor"arse "e Contar con Con&enir con Enten"er "e Preguntar $or Sa!er "e To remember To count, rely on To agree with To know all about To ask for To know about

The following verbs take the preposition a with persons to translate ,from- or ,of-:Arrancar Com$rar Escon"er Ocu#tar Examples: To snatch To buy To hide To conceal Pe"ir (uitar Ro!ar Tomar To ask for To take away from To steal To take

Me ro!5 e# "inero a m,, he stole the money from me. Com$r5 e# coc%e a# $rofesor, he bought the car from the teacher$

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