-iar Verbs
Some Spanish -IAR verbs that are pronounced with stress on the I, and therefore need an acute accent on that letter in certain conjugations.
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-uar Verbs
Spanish verbs that end in -uar are conjugated with the same endings as regular -ar verbs, but most -uar verbs require accents in certain conjugations.
Acabar – to finish, complete
Acabar is a regular -ar verb meaning “to finish, complete, come to an end.”
Acabar de – Recent Past
What just happened? You can explain what happened in the recent past with the construction acabar de + infinitive, the Spanish equivalent of “to have just done.”
Accidental Reflexive
The reflexive construction, used mainly with pronominal verbs, can also be used passively to describe accidental and unplanned occurrences.
Adjective Position
Spanish adjectives may be found before or after the nouns they modify, depending on various factors. Generally speaking, descriptive adjectives follow nouns, while limiting adjectives precede nouns.
Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes a noun: its shape, color size, etc. Spanish adjectives are very different from English adjectives, for two reasons.
Adverbs
An adverb is an invariable word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs can provide additional information about manner, quantity, frequency, time, or place – they explain when, how, where, how often, or to what degree something is done.
Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of frequency express how often the action of a verb occurs.
Adverbs of Quantity
Adverbs of quantity express how much, how many, or to what extent.
