Spanish Verbs Made Simple(r) - Hillcrest Elementary

IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 33
obedecer obedezco obedece “to obey”
ofrecer ofrezco ofrece “to offer”
pacer pazco pace “to pasture”, “to graze”
padecer padezco padece “to suffer”
parecer parezco parece “to appear”, “to seem”
perecer perezco perece “to perish”
permanecer permanezco permanece “to stay”, “to remain”
prevalecer prevalezco prevalece “to prevail”
DERIVED FROM ADJECTIVES OR NOUNS
adj./
noun infinitive 1s 3s
agrado agradecer agradezco agradece “to be grateful for”
mañana amanecer amanezco amanece “to dawn”
bello embellecer embellezco embellece “to embellish”
blanco emblanquecer emblanquezco emblanquece “to whiten”
pobre empobrecer empobrezco empobrece “to impoverish”
negro ennegrecer ennegrezco ennegrece “to blacken”
noble ennoblecer ennoblezco ennoblece “to ennoble”
rico enriquecer enriquezco enriquece “to enrich”
viejo envejecer envejezco envejece “to age”
claro esclarecer esclarezco esclarece “to illuminate”
favor favorecer favorezco favorece “to favor”
oscuro oscurecer oscurezco oscurece “to darken /obscure”
Due to the popularity of these verbs, several Spanish verbs ending in -cer but
which are not by origin “inceptive” have adopted the -zco ending for the first person
singular, notably:
infinitive 1s 3s
complacer complazco complace “to please”
Not all -cer verbs have -zco endings. The principal exceptions are:
infinitive 1s 3s
cocer cuezo cuece “to cook”
coercer coerzo coerce “to coerce”
ejercer ejerzo ejerce “to exercise”
mecer mezo mece “to rock”
torcer tuerzo tuerce “to twist”
vencer venzo vence “to vanquish”