irregularity
Stem-changing e → ie
Verbs whose stem vowel e changes to ie when stressed (pensar → pienso, querer → quiero, sentir → siento).
230 verbs, showing the 200 most common
- #26 pensar to think
- #32 sentir to feel
- #36 empezar to start
- #43 perder to lose
- #46 entender to understand
- #53 comenzar to begin
- #57 mantener to keep
- #68 convertir to convert
- #116 obtener to obtain
- #132 atender to pay attention to (something); to attend to (something)
- #150 despertar to wake
- #161 hervir to boil
- #188 apretar to squeeze
- #203 encender to light
- — abeldar to winnow
- — acender to light
- — acertar to hit
- — acrecentar to increase
- — adestrar rare form of adiestrar
- — adherir to adhere
- — advenir to arrive
- — advertir to warn
- — alentar to encourage
- — aneblar to cover with mist or dew
- — antevenir to precede
- — apacentar to graze; to pasture
- — aplegar to join
- — arrendar to rent
- — ascender to ascend
- — asentar to settle (as in inhabit)
- — asentir to nod (to incline the head up and down
- — aserrar to saw
- — aspaventar to scare
- — atener to maintain
- — aterrar to bring down
- — atestar to pack
- — atravesar to cross
- — avenir to reconcile
- — aventar to blow
- — beldar to winnow
- — calentar to heat
- — cegar to blind
- — cerner to sift
- — cernir alternative form of cerner
- — cerrar to close
- — cimentar to lay the foundations of (a building
- — circunferir to limit
- — circunvenir to circumvent
- — cogobernar to corule; cogovern
- — concernir to concern
- — concertar to arrange
- — condescender to comply; acquiesce
- — conferir bestow (to present a thing as a gift or honour)
- — confesar to confess
- — conquerir to conquer
- — consentir to consent
- — contender to contend
- — contener to contain
- — contravenir to contravene
- — controvertir to controvert
- — convenir to agree
- — defender to defend
- — deferir to defer
- — dehender archaic form of hender
- — denegar to refuse; to turn down
- — dentar to teethe
- — desacertar to be wrong
- — desalentar to discourage
- — desasosegar to disturb
- — desatender ignore
- — desatentar to make someone lose their mind
- — desavenir to cause a rift or feud between
- — descender to descend
- — desconcertar to disconcert
- — desconvenir to disagree with
- — desempedrar to remove stones from
- — desencerrar to return (a bull) to the fold
- — desenterrar to exhume
- — desgobernar to misgovern
- — deshelar to melt
- — desinvertir to divest
- — desmembrar to dismember
- — desmentir to refute
- — desosegar to make uneasy
- — despezar to divide into pieces; to componentize
- — desplegar to deploy
- — desquerer to dislike
- — destender to strip (a bed)
- — desterrar to banish
- — desventar to let out air
- — detener to detain
- — devenir to become
- — diferir to differ
- — digerir to digest
- — discerner obsolete form of discernir
- — discernir to discern
- — disentir to dissent
- — dispertar obsolete form of despertar
- — distender to stretch
- — divertir to entertain
- — emparentar to become related (through marriage
- — empedrar to pave
- — encerrar to lock up
- — encomendar to entrust
- — encomenzar obsolete spelling of comenzar
- — enlenzar to strengthen with adhesive tape
- — enmendar to correct
- — ensangrentar to cover with blood
- — enterrar to bury; to entomb
- — entrecerrar to squint (usually followed by los ojos)
- — entretener to entertain
- — entrevenir to intervene
- — entropezar obsolete form of tropezar
- — escalentar to heat up
- — escarmentar to punish severely
- — estender obsolete spelling of extender
- — estregar to rub
- — extender to extend
- — ferrar to add iron to
- — fregar to wash (dishes)
- — gobernar to govern
- — gubernar obsolete spelling of gobernar
- — hacendar to transfer (property
- — heder to stink
- — helar to freeze
- — hender to split
- — hendir to cut open
- — herbar to adorn or tan with grass
- — herir to wound
- — herrar to horseshoe
- — herventar to boil
- — incensar to incense
- — inferir to infer
- — ingerir to ingest
- — injerir meddle
- — intender to understand
- — interconvertir to interconvert
- — interferir to interfere
- — intervenir to intervene
- — invenir to find
- — invernar to hibernate
- — invertir to invest (to spend money
- — jeder alternative form of heder
- — malentender to misunderstand
- — malherir to injure fatally
- — malquerer to dislike
- — manifestar to manifest
- — manutener alternative form of mantener
- — melar to fill (combs) with honey
- — mentar to mention
- — mentir to lie (say something untrue)
- — merendar to have a snack
- — negar to deny
- — nevar to snow
- — perquirir to seek out
- — pertener synonym of pertenecer
- — pervertir to pervert
- — plegar to fold
- — precalentar to preheat
- — preferir to prefer
- — presentir to have a feeling
- — prevenir to prevent
- — proferir to utter
- — provenir originate
- — quebrar to break
- — readquirir to reacquire; buy back; purchase back
- — reasentar to resettle
- — recalentar to reheat
- — recentar to leaven
- — recomendar to recommend
- — recomenzar to recommence
- — reconvenir to scold
- — reconvertir to reconvert
- — reencender to switch on again
- — reenterrar to reinter
- — referir to report
- — refregar to rub
- — regar to irrigate
- — regimentar to regiment
- — regobernar to regovern
- — reintervenir to intervene again
- — reinvertir to reinvest
- — remendar to improve
- — renegar to complain
- — repensar to rethink
- — replegar to fold repeatedly
- — requebrar to flatter
- — requerir to require
- — resembrar to replant
- — resquebrar to be on the verge of bankruptcy
- — restregar to scour
- — retemblar to shake; shudder
- — retener to retain
- — revenir to return
- — reventar to burst
- — revertir to revert
- — salpimentar to season with salt and pepper
- — sarmentar to gather pruned vine-shoots
- — segar to harvest; to reap
- — sembrar to plant (place a seed or plant in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow)
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