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Spanish Verbs Made Simple(r) - Hillcrest Elementary

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eír “to laugh” freír “to fry”<br />

1s río frío<br />

2s ríes fríes<br />

3s ríe fríe<br />

1p reímos freímos<br />

2p reís freís<br />

3p ríen fríen<br />

IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 31<br />

Compound verbs generally follow the same patterns. For example:<br />

DIPHTHONG<br />

infinitive 1s<br />

conferir confiero “to confer”, “to bestow”<br />

inferir infiero “to infer”, “to cause”<br />

preferir prefiero “to prefer”<br />

transferir transfiero “to transfer”<br />

interferir interfiero “to interfere”<br />

asentir asiento “to assent”<br />

consentir consiento “to consent”, “to coddle”<br />

presentir presiento “to have a presentiment or premonition of ”<br />

advertir advierto “to notice”, “to warn”<br />

divertir divierto “to amuse”, “to divert oneself ”<br />

invertir invierto “to invest”, “to invert”<br />

pervertir pervierto “to pervert”, “to corrupt”<br />

subvertir subvierto “to subvert”<br />

UMLAUT<br />

infinitive 1s<br />

corregir corrijo “to correct”<br />

despedir despido “to bid farewell”, “to dismiss”<br />

investir invisto “to invest” (with a responsibility)<br />

conseguir consigo “to obtain”, “to attain”<br />

perseguir persigo “to pursue”, “to persecute”<br />

proseguir prosigo “to continue”, “to proceed”<br />

refreír refrío “to refry”<br />

sonreír sonrío “to smile”

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