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Old April 30, 2009, 08:24 AM
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¿Qué verbos utilizan más?

I'm making flashcards in an effort to help me increase my vocab. Right now, I'm concentrating on verbs. I've written as many verbs as I could think of that I use the most in English (although that's a lot harder than it would appear since the usage is so second nature!). I will translate them into Spanish and conjugate them in the indicative as I go.

Can I pick your brains? What verbs do you find you get the most use out of in your everyday experiences?

ETA: Nevermind, fixed the title of the thread, I think .
ETA again lol : I just realized my above ETA is probably confusing . I had originally asked if utiliza should be utilizan (for 'you all use') then I remembered that indeed that would be the proper usage. Sorry about that!
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Old April 30, 2009, 08:41 AM
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I'm making flashcards in an effort to help me increase my vocab. Right now, I'm concentrating on verbs. I've written as many verbs as I could think of that I use the most in English (although that's a lot harder than it would appear since the usage is so second nature!). I will translate them into Spanish and conjugate them in the indicative as I go.

Can I pick your brains? What verbs do you find you get the most use out of in your everyday experiences?

ETA: Nevermind, fixed the title of the thread, I think .
¿Qué verbos se utilizan más?

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Yo creo que los verbos más utilizados son ser, estar y haber. Quizá puedes añadir tener, pensar, decir. Los más utilizados son, por lo general, los irregulares, porque son los más usados y los que más variaciones han tenido. En cualquier gramática encontrarás verbos irregulares que ponen como ejemplo, suelen ser verbos muy utilizados. Los verbos más usados también dependerán del contexto: un cocinero dirá mucho freír, asar, cocinar, etc.. No sé, depende un poco del mundo en que te muevas.
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¿Qué verbos se utilizan más?

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¿Qué verbos utilizan (ustedes) más?
Ah, see, I'm working on all the ways that 'se' is used and it's driving me up a tree!

Not sure why I put 'la' in front of 'mas' though . Can't remember my reasoning, if indeed there was a reason .
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Yo creo que los verbos más utilizados son ser, estar y haber. Quizá puedes añadir tener, pensar, decir. Los más utilizados son, por lo general, los irregulares, porque son los más usados y los que más variaciones han tenido. En cualquier gramática encontrarás verbos irregulares que ponen como ejemplo, suelen ser verbos muy utilizados. Los verbos más usados también dependerán del contexto: un cocinero dirá mucho freír, asar, cocinar, etc.. No sé, depende un poco del mundo en que te muevas.
¡Gracias! I appreciate your input . I absolutely agree that it depends on what you do, the people you are around, etc. for what words one uses the most. I guess I wanted to see what usages were unique to the individuals here which might be useful to me .

ETA: So, would '¿Qué verbos tú utilizas/usted utiliza/ustedes utilizan más? be a more appropriate way of asking what verbs do you as an individual use since subject pronouns are mostly used for emphasis? Hope this makes sense as I'm about to head out the door and I've got a ton of stuff to do today so my brain's all .
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I just started typing in common verbs randomly as they came to me. After removing the duplicates and alphabetizing it, I have this. No guarantees that these are the most commonly used verbs, but you need to learn them all anyway.

115 common verbs in Spanish:

abrir — open
aceptar — accept
admitir — admit
agotar — run out
agradecer — thank, be thankful
amar — love
animar — encourage
asustarse — be scared, be terrified
bajar — go down
buscar — look for
caer — fall
caminar — walk
cenar — eat dinner (supper)
cerrar — close
cobrar — charge
comenzar — start
comer — eat
componer — compose, fix, put together
comprar — buy
conducir — drive
congelar — freeze
conseguir — get, obtain
construir — construct, build
convencer — convince
corregir — correct
correr — run
costar — cost
creer — believe
cubrir — cover
dar — give
deber — owe, (should)
decir — say, tell
dejar — leave
derretir — melt
desayunar — eat breakfast
descubrir — discover, uncover
desear — desire
deshacer — undo
despedirse — say goodbye
despegar — unstick, take off
destuir — destroy
detener — stop, detain
detenerse — stop
devolver — return, give back
divertirse — have fun
doler — hurt
dormir — sleep
empezar — start
enojarse — get angry, mad
entrar — enter, go in
equivocarse — be wrong
escribir — write
estar — be
estudiar — study
gustar — like (be pleasing to)
hablar — speak, talk
hacer — do, make
herir — harm
imponer — impose
imprimir — print
ir — go
leer — read
levantar — lift
levantarse — get up
llenar — fill
llevar — take, carry
manejar — drive
mentir — lie
meter — put in, go in
morir — die
notar — note
ocupar — occupy, use, need
olvidar — forget
oír — hear
pedir — ask for
pegar — stick, adhere, hit, strike
pensar — think
pintar — paint
poder — can, be able to
poner — put, place
preferir — prefer
preguntar — ask
probar — try, test, taste
prometer — promise
querer — love, want
recordar — remember, remind
rehacer — redo, do again
reparar — repair, fix
repetir — repeat, burp
resolver — resolve, fix
reír — laugh
romper — break, tear, break up
sacar — take out
salir — go out
saltar — jump
seguir — follow, continue
sentarse — sit down
sentir — feel
sentirse — feel
ser — be
servir — serve
soñar — dream
subir — go up, rise
sugerir — suggest
temblar — tremble, shake
tomar — take, drink
trabajar — work
traer — bring
usar — use
vaciar — empty
venir — come
ver — see
vestire — dress
vestirse — get dressed
volver — return, go back
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¡Fantástico! Thanks so much for the list David!
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I would like to add some that are not on David's list that I find indispensible: Quedar and Quedarse and Alcanzar.
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I would like to add some that are not on David's list that I find indispensible: Quedar and Quedarse and Alcanzar.
As you have said before it's not on David's list.

But I wan to add other words.

Organize- Organizar.

This word sometimes is very odd for me because, it sound more as Organización.
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