Verb Phrases

Front 1

Acabar con

El dictador acabó con todos sus oponentes

Back 1

To root out/kill/finish up/put an end to

Front 2

Acabar de (+ infinitive)

Me acabo de comer mi desayuno

Back 2

To have just done something

Front 3

Acabar de (+ job)

Acabó de profesor por los ricos

Back 3

To end up working as (job)

Front 4

Acabar por (+ infinitive)

Acabé por volver a casa

Back 4

To end up (after hardship/many attempts)

Front 5

Dar a

La ventana da a la mar

Back 5

To overlook/open into

Front 6

Dar con

Los tomamos mucho tiempo para dar con un piso

Back 6

To find

Front 7

Darse con/contra

Me di mi brazo con la mesa

Back 7

To hit/bump into

Front 8

Estar a

Las manzanas están a 3€

Back 8

To cost/be

Front 9

Estar con

Back 9

To suffer from/have an illness with/agree with/be romantically involved with

Front 10

Estar de

Back 10

To work as (temporarily)

Front 11

Estar por/para (+ infinitive)

Back 11

To be yet/about to do/to be in favour of/to indicate direction/to be considering

Front 12

(No) estar para (+ noun/infinitive)

Back 12

To (not) feel like doing something

Front 13

Hacer de

Back 13

To serve as/play the role as

Front 14

Hacerse a

Back 14

To get used to

Front 15

Hacerse con

Back 15

To get hold of/win

Front 16

Meterse a (+ noun/infinitive)

Back 16

To start/have a go at/become

Front 17

Meterse con

Back 17

To pick on/tease someone

Front 18

Meterse de

Back 18

To find a job as (finally/after searching for a while)

Front 19

Pasar a (+ infinitive)

Back 19

To start something new

Front 20

Pasar de

Back 20

To not care

Front 21

Pasar por

Back 21

To walk near/through/go through

Front 22

Quedar con (person)

Back 22

To arrange to meet with

Front 23

Quedar en (+ place/infinitive)

Back 23

To meet in/agree to

Front 24

Quedarse con (noun)

Back 24

To keep

Front 25

Quedarse en

Back 25

To remain in a place

Front 26

Quedarse por

Back 26

To remain to do something

Front 27

Tirar con

Back 27

To get by with

Front 28

Tirar de

Back 28

To pull

Front 29

Tirar hacia

Back 29

To go

Front 30

Andar (+ present participle)

Back 30

To be doing something

Front 31

Estar (+ present participle)

Back 31

To be doing something

Front 32

Ir (+ present participle)

Back 32

To be gradually doing something

Front 33

Llevar (+ present participle)

Back 33

To continue to do something from the past/to already have

Front 34

Seguir (+ present participle)

Back 34

To keep doing something

Front 35

Venir (+ present participle)

Back 35

To have been doing something

Front 36

Dejar hecho (+ past participle)

Back 36

To leave completed

Front 37

Haber (+ past participle)

Back 37

To have done something

Front 38

Llevar puesto (+ past participle)

Back 38

To have on

Front 39

Sentirse (+ past participle)

Back 39

To feel

Front 40

Verse (+ past participle)

Back 40

To see oneself as

Front 41

Volverse (+ adjective)

Back 41

To turn

Front 42

Nada más (+ infinitive)

Back 42

As soon as

Front 43

Echarse a

Back 43

To begin to

Front 44

Dejar de

Back 44

To fail/to stop/to neglect

Front 45

Volver a

Back 45

To start doing something again/return to something

Front 46

Pensar de

Back 46

To have an opinion on

Front 47

Pensar en

Back 47

To think of (more specific)

Front 48

Soñar con

Back 48

To dream about

Front 49

Contar con

Back 49

To rely on

Front 50

Reírse de

Back 50

To make fun of/to laugh at

Front 51

Alegrarse de

Back 51

To be happy about/glad about

Front 52

Enamorarse de

Back 52

To fall in love with

Front 53

Casarse con

Back 53

To marry

Front 54

Echar de menos a

Back 54

To miss