actions & activities (verbs)

aburrirse

to get bored

aconsejar

to advise

agradecer

to thank / to be grateful for

aguantar

to put up with / to endure

alegrarse (de)

to be glad / to rejoice

alejarse

to move away / to distance oneself

apoyar

to support / to lean on

aprovechar

to take advantage of / to make the most of

arrepentirse

to regret / to repent

asustarse

to get scared / to be frightened

atreverse (a)

to dare (to)

averiguar

to find out / to ascertain

carecer (de)

to lack / to be without (formal, permanent lacking)

ceder

to give in / to yield

comportarse

to behave well

comprobar

to check / to verify

confiar (en)

to trust in (generally)

conseguir

to get / to obtain / to manage to

convencer

to convince

cuidar (a/de)

to take care of

darse cuenta (de)

to realize / to become aware

dejar de

to stop doing something

desenvolverse

to manage / to get along

despedirse (de)

to say goodbye to

disfrutar (de)

to enjoy

echar de menos

to miss (someone/something)

echar(se) a reír

to burst out laughing

encargarse (de)

to be in charge of / to take care of (formal delegation)

enfadarse

to get angry

enterarse (de)

to find out about / to learn of

equivocarse

to make a mistake / to be wrong

esforzarse

to make an effort / to strive

extrañar

to miss / to seem strange

faltar

to be missing / to lack (for a task)

fiarse (de)

to trust (for something specfic)

fingir

to pretend / to feign

fracasar

to fail / to be unsuccessful

hacerse

to become (by one's own effort)

hartarse (de)

to get fed up with

huir

to flee / to escape

intentar

to try / to attempt

lograr

to achieve / to manage to

luchar

to fight / to struggle

mentir

to lie

mezclar

to mix / to blend

negarse (a)

to refuse (to)

obedecer

to obey

odiar

to hate

ofrecer

to offer

olvidarse (de)

to forget

parecer

to seem / to appear

parecerse (a)

to look like / to resemble

pensar en

to think about

perder(se)

to lose / to miss / to get lost

portarse

to behave / to act

preocuparse (por)

to worry (about)

quejarse (de)

to complain (about)

rechazar

to reject / to turn down

recomendar

to recommend

reconocer

to recognize / to acknowledge

rendirse

to give up / to surrender

reñir

to quarrel / to scold

respetar

to respect

retrasar(se)

to delay / to be late

romper(se)

to break

soportar

to stand / to put up with

sorprender

to surprise

superar

to overcome / to surpass

tardar (en)

to take (time) / to be late

temer

to fear / to dread

tratar de

to try to / to deal with

valer la pena

to be worth it

volver a + inf.

to do something again