Verbs without Prepositions

Spanish verbs that do not require a preposition

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While many Spanish verbs require a specific preposition in front of a noun or infinitive, others don’t – even when a preposition is needed in the English equivalent.

Verbs + noun

acordar		to agree on
agradecer		to thank for
aprovechar		to take advantage of
buscar		to look for
escuchar		to listen to
esperar		to wait for
lograr		to manage to, succeed in
mirar		to look at
pagar		to pay for
pedir		to ask for
temer		to be afraid of

Verbs + infinitive

Note that this construction may be equivalent to an English infinitive (e.g., to do) or a gerund (doing).

aconsejar		to advise to
acordar		to agree to
amenazar		to threaten to
anhelar		to long to
confesar		to confess to
conseguir		to succeed at/in, manage to
creer		to think, believe
deber		should, must, to have to
decidir		to decide to
dejar		to let, allow
desear		to want, desire
esperar		to hope to, to wait
evitar		to avoid
fingir		to pretend to
hacer		to make
imaginar		to imagine
impedir		to prevent from, impede
intentar		to try to
jurar		to swear to
lograr		to manage to, succeed in
mandar		to order to
merecer		to deserve to
necesitar		to need, have to
negar		to deny
ofrecer		to offer to
oír		to hear
olvidar		to forget to
ordenar		to order to
parecer		to seem to
pedir		to ask to
pensar		to plan/intend to
permitir		to allow to
poder		can, to be able to
preferir		to prefer to
pretender		to try to
procurar		to really try to
prohibir		to prohibit from
prometer		to promise to
querer		to want to
recordar		to remember to
rehusar		to refuse to
resolver		to resolve to
saber		to know how to
sentir		to regret, be sorry about
soler		to be used/accustomed to
temer		to be afraid to
ver		to see

 Related lessons

• Infinitives
• Nouns
• Prepositions
• Verbs
• Verbs with prepositions

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