PMP Complete Spanish Grammar - 4.6 (-car, -gar, -zar)

atacar | ataqué

to attack | I attacked

[As the driver attacked the gas pedal of the six-cyclinder jalopy, it crested the hill and the satisfied owner said, “At a car.”]

buscar | busqué

to look for | I looked for

chocar | choqué

to crash | I crashed

[What a shocker when I crashed into the barrier.]

colocar | coloqué

to place, arrange | I placed

[Collocating books on shelves is fun to arrange, even without Dewey.]

complicar | compliqué

to complicate | I complicated

explicar | expliqué

to explain | I explained

pescar | pesqué

to fish | I fished

practicar | practiqué

to practice | I practiced

sacar | saqué

to take out | I took out

tocar | toqué

to touch; to play (an instrument) | I played

agregar | agregué

to add | I added

[An aggregate of the items are the items added together.]

apagar | apagué

to put out (a light) | I extinguished

[When I turn off a pager, the light is put out.]

cargar | cargué

to load | I loaded

castigar | castigué

to punish | I punished

[The teacher punished the class by castigating them for throwing paperwads.]

entregar | entregué

to hand over, deliver | I delivered

[If you hand over your findings, we can integrate them with the rest.]

jugar | jugué

to play (a game/sport) | I played

negar | negué

to deny | I denied

pagar | pagué

to pay | I payed

pegar | pegué

to glue; hit | I glued

abrazar | abracé

to hug | I hugged

alcanzar | alcancé

to reach | I reached

[“Al, cancer might reach your other organs without the operation.”]

almorzar | almorcé

to eat, have lunch | I lunched

cruzar | crucé

to cross | I crossed

empezar | empecé

to begin | I began

gozar | gocé

to enjoy | I enjoyed

lanzar | lancé

to throw | I threw

[Throwing a javelin is like using a lance.]

rezar | recé

to pray | I prayed

tranquilizar | tranquilicé

to calm | I calmed

tropezar | tropecé

to trip | I tripped