Verbs with de

Spanish verbs requiring a preposition

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A number of Spanish verbs require the preposition de in front of a noun or infinitive.

Verbs + de + noun

abusar de		to abuse, overindulge in
acordarse de		to remember
alegrarse de		to be happy, pleased about
alejarse de		to go away from
apartarse de		to keep away from
apoderarse de		to take possession of
aprovecharse de		to take advantage of
bajar de		to get out of, get off, descend from
burlarse de		to make fun of
cambiar de		to change
cansarse de		to tire (get tired) of
carecer de		to lack
compadecerse de		to feel sorry for, pity
constar de		to consist of
cubrir de		to cover with
cuidar de		to take care of
depender de		to depend on
despedirse de		to say good-bye to, take leave of
despojarse de		to take off (clothes)
disculparse de		to apologize for
disfrutar de		to enjoy
dudar de		to doubt
enamorarse de		to fall in love with
encogerse de (hombros)		to shrug
enterarse de		to find out about
estar loco de (alegría)		to be crazy with (happiness)
fiarse de (alguien)		to trust
forrar de		to line/cover with
gozar de		to enjoy
gritar de (dolor)		to scream in (pain)
jactarse de		to boast about
llenar de		to fill with
morir de (hambre)		to die from (hunger)
mudar de		to change (clothes, colors)
mudarse de casa		to move (house)
ocuparse de		to be busy with
oír hablar de		to hear about
olvidarse de		to forget
pensar de		to think of, have an opinion about
perder de vista		to lose sight of
pintar de		to paint + color
ponerse de acuerdo		to come to an agreement
preocuparse de		to worry / be concerned about
quejarse de		to complain about
reírse de		to laugh at
saber de memoria		to memorize, know by heart
salir de		to leave (from)
saltar de (alegría)		to jump for (joy)
servir de		to serve as
servirse de		to use
tratarse de		to be about, deal with
vestir de		to dress in

Verbs + de + infinitive

acabar de		to have just (done something)
acordarse de		to remember to
acusar de		to accuse of
alegrarse de		to be happy, pleased to
arrepentirse de		to regret
avergonzarse de		to be ashamed of
cansarse de		to tire (get tired) of
cesar de		to stop
convencerse de		to become convinced
cuidar de		to take care, be careful to
dejar de		to stop; to fail to
disuadir de		to dissuade from
encargarse de		to take charge of
guardarse de		to take care, be careful not to
hartarse de		to be fed up with
jactarse de		to boast about
lamentarse de		to bemoan
olvidarse de		to forget to
parar de		to stop
preocuparse de		to be concerned about
presumir de		to boast about
quejarse de		to complain about
terminar de		to stop
tratar de		to try to
tratarse de		to be about, be a question of

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