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Parte de la oración que expresa acción, estado o movimiento. // The part of speech that expresses action, state or occurrence.

Parte de la oración que expresa la acción, estado o movimiento. Se conjuga para expresar concordancia con el sujeto de la acción (ej, tercera persona del plural), tiempo de la acción (pasado, presente, futuro), etc.

Part of speech used for actions, states or occurrences. Can be conjugated to indicate person, number (e.g. third person plural), tense (past, present, future), mood, etc.

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¿Cuál es el verbo para "party" en español?

¿Cómo se dice "I want to party tonight"? Yo sé que se puede decir "Quiero ir a una fiesta esta noche", pero estoy buscando un verbo que tenga el mismo efecto.
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Concordancia entre sujeto y verbo en una frase subordinada

De estas dos frases, ¿cuál es la correcta? Una de las más grandes profecías contenida en la Biblia. Una de las más grandes profecías contenidas en la Biblia. Personalmente, ambas me parecen correctas dependiendo de a qué se refiera cada una,…
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"Rento departamento": does it mean "Pago" or "cobro por vivir ahí" ? or both?

In my oppinion, both forms are correct, but if there is only correct meaning, which is which? How is called this phenomenon of having a verb, that is the inverse of itself? That is, Rento un departamento a mi tío. and Mi tío me renta un…
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Grammar of "¡A comer!"

I was recently staying with a Mexican family, and during lunch, the children (ages 8 and 5) were being rather unruly. The grandmother would command them: ¡A comer! I have never heard a command in this grammatical form. What is the use of this…
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Do Spanish verbs have principal parts?

When I was studying Latin, I would learn the conjugation of each verb by memorizing its principal parts (for example, "amo, amare, amavi, amatus"). In Spanish, are there any principal parts of a verb that can be memorized in order to conjugate every…
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How can I recognize the conjugation of a verb from its infinitive?

According to this Wikipedia article, it is possible to recognize the conjugation of a Spanish verb from its infinitive. Is it possible to determine the conjugation of a verb (such as pedir, or tener, or dormir), given its infinitive? If so, how does…
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Puede el verbo "cocinar" ser conjugado de forma pronominal?

Hoy yo vi la siguiente frase: Cocinar-te es un acto de amor propio. Claramente, el cocinar-te en la frase quiere decir cocinar para uno mismo. Como no soy hispanoablante nativo, me pareció rara esta conjugación. En portugués, el verbo cozinhar es…
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How common are each of the three categories of verbs?

How common are -ar verbs, versus -er verbs, and -ir verbs, as defined by their usage? By this, I mean something like "An average spoken conversation has approximately 80% of its verbs use -ar verbs, 15% -er, and 5% -ir". I'd like to know because…
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When should one not use the verb *Poder*?

I have been using poder in exactly the same way I would use the English meanings can and to be able to. However, as the following equivalent sentences show,poder is sometimes omitted. Whereas in English this omission cannot be done. No te escucho…
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"Me" before a first-person conjugation of intransitive verb?

I'm confused about this sentence: Me muero por mirarte. (I'm dying to see you.) IMHO, I would write "muero por mirarte" because "muero" already has the meaning of "I'm dying" and is an intransitive verb, so it makes no sense to me to prepend a…
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using 'yo' instead of 'estoy'

I have just started learning Spanish and in my reference book I saw a conversation that went like this: Yo un poco cansado ¿y ustedes? Yo muy bien. I would think that you had to say: "Estoy poco cansado", and "estoy muy bien". Is there…
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Using “cómo” with verbs after “saber”

I already anticipate that part of my problem is that I'm trying to literally translate, which I know I shouldn't (but...). I'm confused: Juan sabe nadar. I read that this means "Juan knows how to swim." My confusion is this: how does the spanish…
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Is "haber" always a helping verb?

In this sentence: Lamento que no haya más galletas. there is only a "helping" verb, but none other. I thought there should be another verb, also. Help me understand this, please.
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Meaning of "en + infinitive" in "en explorar"

What is this phrase en explorar in the following sentence? Los primeros europeos en explorar la región del actual Illinois fueron misioneros franceses. I would have thought you would say que exploraron, if the intended meaning is "The first…
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cierra vs cerrado?

I'm learning Spanish and I'm puzzled by this exam question which I'm supposed to render in Spanish: This store never closes in the afternoon. I would think the translation would be: Esta tienda nunca es cerrada en la tarde But apparently the exam…
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