Appendix F Prepositions and Verbs With or Without Prepositions A preposition is a word that is used with nouns and pronouns (and sometimes verbs) to show their relationship to some other part of a sentence.
Simple prepositions a
at, to
ante
before
bajo con contra
under with against
de desde
of,
durante en
acerca de adem6s de al cabo de al lado de
from
Jiom, since during in, on, into, at ctmong, between
hasta
until,
toward
mediante menos
except
para
for in order to, considering for by, through, for the sake of,
as
in exchange fo4 per segrin
except, save according to
sin
without
sobre tras
on, about, overi concerning
afte4 behind
Compound prepositions a cargo de a causa de a a a a
diferencia de eso de
excepci6n de favor de
afinde a fines de a fuerza de a lo largo de a mediados de a partir de a pesar de (que)
a principios de a travds de
in charge
of
because of, on account
unlike about, around
(*
with the exception in
near, close to
con motivo de con respecto a conforme a contrario a
with the purpose regarding according to contrary to under beneath
debajo de debido a delante de dentro de
except
far as, up to by means of
salvo
cerca de
alrededor de
entre excepto hacia
por
antes de
about, concerning besides, in addition to at the end of next to, alongside of around (place) before (time, order)
of
despuds de detr6s de en busca de en contra de
oJ'
favor of
in order to toward (at) the end
of by dint of, by force of throughout in the middle of beginning with, from...on, starting on... in spite of, despite at the beginning of..., early in.., through
due to before (space), infront within, inside of, in
after (time, order) behind (place), after in search of against regarding, in regard to, instead of, in place of instead of, in place of
en cuanto a en lugar de en vez de en frente de en medio de en virtud de encima de frente a fuera de
by virtue of on top of, above, over opposite to, across from outside of, beyond
junto
next to, close to
a
lejos de
por causa de time of day)
of
por raz6n de respecto a
of
as
for
before, infront of in the middle of
far from, distant.from on account of, because of as a consequence of, by reason relative to
of
Verbs that do not require a prepositaon when followed by a noun (except when the direct object is a person) buscar escuchar esperar
mirar
to to to to
look
for
listen to wait for, to hope
for
look at
pagar
to pay
pedir
to askfo4 request
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Common verbs that do not require a preposition before an infinitive
determinarse a disponerse a
aconselar acordar conseguir deber
to advise to agree
empezar a
to succeed in
exponerse a
ought to (should) (moral obligation)
inclinarse a inspirar a invitar a
echarse a
decidir dejar
to decide
to allow, let to wish to hope, to expect to make to qttempt to, to try to to succ'eed in to order to tleserve to need to hear
desear esperar
hacer intentar
lograr mandar merecer necesitar
ofr
olvidar
ensefrar a
ira limitarse a llegar a meterse a
to begin to
negarse a
to rejhse to to oblige to, to obligete to to volunteer to, to o.ffer to to be opposed to b .ttop to, to pLuse t0 to begin to, to start to to begin to, to stLrt to to remLin to to return to to give up, renzunce to resign oneseff'to to oppose, to resist to rnake Ltp one's mind to to sttrt (suddenlv), tcs bLtrst out Io [4o out to to sit down to to come to, to entl up bv to [do .sornethingl uuain, to return to
obligar a ofiecerse
a
oponerse a pararse a
ponerse a
parecer
to lbrget to,teem
pedir
to osk
pensar
to plan, to intend to ulktw permit to be able. can to prefer
quedarse a regresar a
permitir poder pret'erir
principiar a
renunciar
prohibir
to.fbrbid to promise to propose
salir
to went
sentarse a
lo remember
venir a volver a
to know how Io regret to be accustomed, used to to be uJiaid, to.fbor to see
sentir soler temer ver
a
lesignarse a resistirse a resolverse a romper a
prometer proponer(se) querer recordar saber
a
Verbs that take a + noun or pronoun acercarse a
Verbs that take a + infinitive
acostumbrarse a
acostumbrarse a
aficionarse a
alcanzar a animar(se) a aprender a apresurarse a arriesgarse a asprrar a atreverse a
ayudar a comenzar a comprometerse
a
convidar a decidirse a dedicarse a desafiar a detenerse a
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to become accustomed to, to become used to to succeed in, to manage to
asistir
to Jbel encouraged to
asomarse a
to leont to, to learn how to to hurry to to expose oneselJ to clanger, to dare to, to risk to aspire to to dare to to help to to begin to to commit onese('to to invite to to decide to to devote oneself to to dare to, to challenge to to pause to, to stop to
to resolve to to get ready to to begin to, to start to to begin to, to start to to teach to to run the risk of to be inclined tct to inspire to to invite to to go to to limit oneself to to come to, to manage to, to succeed in
asemejarse a a
ttt uppvuur'1r, Io t!o neur to become lccu,\tomed to, to get Ltsed to to become Jond tf' to resemble, to look like to attend t0 appear ut, to lean out of, to look ctLtt of
dar a
to Jace,
deberse a
to be due to to devote oneselJ'to to dare to, to challenge to to ctssign to to go to, to go toward to enter to be absent Jront to go to to play a sport or a game to limit oneself to to get to be, to arrive at, to reach a ploce
dedicarse a desafiar a destinar a
dirigirse a entrar a faltar a
ira jugar
a
limitarse llegar a
a
to bok out on, to open on
oler a oponerse a parecerse a
pasar a
referirse a renunciar a resignarse a saber a sonar a
subir
a
to smell of, to smell like to be opposed to to resemble, to look like to proceed to, to pass on to to refer to to give up, renounce to resign oneself to to taste of or like to sound like to get on, to get into, to climb into
Verbs that take con + infinitive
dejar de
desistir de encargarse de gozar d,e haber de ocuparse de
olvidarse de parar de quejarse de sorprenderse de
terminar de tratar de tratarse de
amenazar con
conformarse con contar con contentarse con cumplir con soflar con
to threaten to to put up with, to be satisfied with to count on, to rely on to be satisfied with to fulfill (an obligation, duty) to dream of, to dream about
Verbs that take con + noun or pronoun acabar con amenazar con bastar con casarse con
comprometerse con conformarse con
contar con contentarse con
cumplir con dar con encontrarse con entenderse con meterse con quedarse con
reunirse con romper con sofrar con
tropezar con
to put an end to, to finish, to exhaust to threaten to to be enough
to to to to to
marry get engaged to
be satisfied with count on, rely on be satisfied with to fulfill (an obligation, duty) to come upon, to meet to run into, to meet to have an understanding with to pick a quarrel with to keep, to hold on to to meet with, to join to break offwith, to break up with to dream of, to dream about to come upon, to run into, to stumble against
Verbs that take de + infinitive
acordarse de alegrarse de arrepentirse de asombrarse de asustarse de
avergonzarse de cansarse de cesar de
deber de
to have just to remember to to be glad to to repent to be astonished at to be frightened at, to get alarmed (about something ) to be ashamed of to become tired of to cease, to stop s hould, must ( probability )
to complain of or about to be surprised to to Jinish to try to to be a question or matter of, to deal with
Verbs that take de + noun or pronoun abusar de
acordarse de alejarse de apartarse de apoderarse de aprovecharse de arrepentirse de asombrarse de asustarse de
avergonzarse de bajar de burlarse de
cambiar de cansarse de
carecer de compadecerse de constar de
cuidar de depender de deshacerse de despedirse de
acabar de
to stop doing something, to fail to to desist from, to give up doing something to take charge of to enjoy must, to have to to attend to, to pcly attention to to forget to to stop
disfrutar de dudar de enamorarse de
to abuse, to take advantage of, to overindulge in to remember to g,o/move away from to keep away from, to withdraw from to take possession of, to take hold of to take ndvantage of to be sorry for, to repent of to be astonished at to be frightened at, to get alarmed (about something) to be ashamed of to get out of, to descend from, to get oJf @f ) to make fun of to change (trains, buses, clothes, etc.) to become tired of to lack, to be lacking to feel sorry for, to sympathize with to consist of to take care of, to look after to depend on to get rid of, to part with to say goodbye to, to take leave of to enjoy
to doubt to fall in love with to take charge oJ
encargarse de enterarse de
to
gozar de
to become aware to enjoy
huir de
to flee
irse de marcharse de
to leave to leave
find out about,
of
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ocuparse de
to attend to, to pay attention to, to look after
olvidarse de
to
pensar de
to have an opinion about,
forget to think of or about
preocuparse de
Verbs that generally take en apoyarse en
confiar en consistir en
to to to to
+ noun or pronoun
lean against, to lean on
rely on, to trust (in) consist of become, to convert to,
convertirse en
tratarse de
to worry about, to be concerned about to complain of or etbout to Laugh at to leave (from), to go out of to leave to serve as to make use of, to use to be a que,stion of, to deal with
valerse de
tu make use oJ, to avuiL onesell oJ
Verbs that generally take por
quejarse de reirse de
salir de separarse de servir de servirse de
Verbs that generally take en complacer(se) en
confrar en consentir en convenir en
to toke pleasure in, to be pleased to to trust in, to be cont'ident in to consent t0 to agree to, to ugree on to persist in, to insist on to strive .fbr, to try to tr,t insist on
empeflarse en esfbrzarse en
insistir en pensar en persistir en quedar en tardar en
to think of, to think abom to persist in to 0!lree to, to 0gree on to be lue in, to deluy in to lrcsitate to
vacilar en
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entrar en f,r.jarse en
influir
en
meterse en pararse en pensaf en
to to to to to to
lo turn into entef to go into ruttice, to tuke ruttice of have an inflttence on get involved in, to meddle in stop dt
think of, to think obout
+ infinitive, noun,
pronoun, or adiective acabar por dar por darse por
empezar por esforzarse por estar por interesarse por luchar por pasar por
preguntar por preocuparse por terminar por tomar por
to end (up) bt to consider to reg,ard (ts to pretend, to consicler oneseU' to begin bv to stritte to to be in.firv,or oJ trs tuke an interest in to .strug,gle to to be considered us to usk.lbr, to inquire uhout to worry ulxtut to end (up) bv to tlke someone lbr
