Verbs with prepositions in English

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Verbs with prepositions in English

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List of verbs with prepositions in English

Verb + Prep	Spanish
add up to	sumar, ascender a
agree about	estar de acuerdo respecto a
agree with	estar de acuerdo con
allow to	permitir (hacer algo), admitir
apologise for	pedir perdón por
apply for, -ed for	solicitar, pedir
arrive in	llegar a
ask about	preguntar por
ask for	pedir, reclamar
base on	basar en, fundamentar en
be against	estar en contra
be away	estar fuera, estar ausente
be back	estar de vuelta, regresar
be composed of	estar compuesto de
be in	estar, estar en casa
be off	irse, estar fuera
be on	poner, dar, estar
be out	estar fuera, acabarse
be over	haberse terminado
be to	tener que, deber
believe in	creer en
belong to	pertenecer a, ser miembro de, corresponder a
blame for	culpar de
borrow from	pedir prestado a, tomar de
care about	tener interés en
care for	cuidar de, apetecer
chat about, -ed	charlar de, charlar sobre
climb up	subir, trepar
come from	venir de, proceder de
come to	llegar a, ocurrírsele a uno
commit to	comprometerse a
compare to	comparar con
compete against	competir contra
complain about	quejarse de, reclamar contra
concentrate on	concentrarse en
connect to	conectar a
continue with	continuar con
cope with	enfrentarse con
correspond to	corresponder a
decide to	decidir (hacer algo)
dedicate to	dedicar(se) a
depend on	depender de, contar con
die of	morir (se) de
disconnect from	desconectar de
drive back	hacer retroceder
explain to	explicar a (alguien)
feel like	apetecer, parecer
fly back	regresar (en avión)
fly over	volar sobre, sobrevolar
focus on	fijar(se) en, concentrar(se) en, centrarse en
force to	obligar a
forget about	olvidarse de
frighten at	asustar a (alguien)
get to	llegar a
go to	ir a
happen to	ocurrir, suceder
have on	llevar, tener puesto
have to	tener que
hear about	oír hablar de, enterarse de
hear from	tener noticias de, saber de
inherit from	heredar de
insist on	insistir en, exigir
intend to	tener la intención de
interfere with	dificultar, impedir, interferir
introduce into	introducir en, meter en
introduce to	presentar a
keep away	mantener(se) a distancia
keep off	mantenerse a distancia
keep out	quedarse fuera, excluir
know about	saber de, tener conocimiento de, estar enterado de
laugh about	reírse de
laugh at	reírse de
learn about	informarse sobre
learn from	aprender de
look at	mirar
look for	buscar, esperar
look like	parecerse a, parecer (que)
manage to	arreglárselas para, lograr
meet with	encontrarse con
offer to	ofrecerse a (hacer algo)
pay for	pagar, costear
phone back	volver a llamar
prefer to	preferir (hacer algo)
prepare for	preparar(se) para
propose to	proponerse, pensar
reach down	bajar
recommend to	aconsejar, recomendar
recover from	reponerse de
refer to	referirse a, remitirse a
refuse to	rehusar, negarse a
regret about	lamentarse de, arrepentirse de
relate to	relacionarse con, referirse a
rely on	depender de, confiar en
save on	ahorrar
send back	devolver, hacer volver
smell of	oler a
smile at	sonreír a
speak about	hablar sobre, hablar de
speak to	hablar con, hablar a
speak with	hablar con
spend on	gastar en, dedicar a
start with	empezar con
succeed in	tener éxito con, conseguir
suffer from	padecer de, padecer
suppose to	suponerse, creer
surround by	rodear de
talk about	hablar de, hablar sobre
talk to	hablar con
taste of	saber a
tell about	hablar de, hablar sobre
thank for	agradecer
think about	pensar en
think of	pensar (en), acordarse de
threaten to	amenazar con
treat to	invitar a algo
try for	intentar conseguir
try to	intentar (hacer algo)
turn into	transformar(se) en
use to	acostumbrar, soler
wait for	esperar algo, esperar alguien
walk down	bajar andando, bajar
walk up	subir
want to	querer (hacer algo)
warn to	advertir, avisar
waste on	gastar en
win at	ganar en, ganar a
wonder about	pensar en
work on	trabajar en, basarse en
worry about	preocuparse (por)

Verbs with prepositions in English

Verbs with prepositions in English

List of verbs with prepositions in English

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