List of verbs that are useful Participles are included in parenthesis

List of verbs that are useful
Participles are included in parenthesis.
Some of the following are medical verbs, others are good for communication. They
aren’t grouped accordingly but we could if that would make it clearer.
-AR
estar (estado)- to be (refers to location, temporary states, etc,)
Where are Alfredo’s pants
Dónde están los pantalones de Alfredo?
Where is the pain?
Dónde está el dolor?
Llevar (llevado) – to carry, to wear
Why isn’t Jose wearing pants?
Por qué Jose no lleva pantalones ?
hablar (hablado) - to speak, to talk
sentar (sentado) - to sit
To tell someone to sit down, say “Siéntase” (phonetically “see-ENT-a-say”)
comenzar (comenzado) – to start
Have you started chemotherapy?
Ha comenzado usted quimioterapia? (key-me-o-tair-A-pee-a)
empezar (empezado) – to start
Have you started chemotherapy?
Ha comenzado quimioterapía?
mostrar (mostrado)- to show
Show me.
Muéstrame. (mwAY-stra-may)
quitar (quitado) – to quit or to go away (referring to pain, e.g., le ha quitado el dolor
means “has the pain gone away)
aliviar (aliviado) – to alleviate, as in pain
acostar (acostado) – to lay down. To command someone to lay down say
“Acúestese” phonetically say “a-QWAYS-ta-say”
dejar (dejado) – to leave or to quit
Have you quit smoking?
Has dejado Ud de fumar?
Fumar (fumado) – to smoke
Tomar (tomado) – to take (also refers to taking in food or drink)
Do you drink alcohol?
Toma Usted alcohól? (al-co-OL’) DO NOT PRONOUNCE THE H
Cambiar (cambiado) – to change
Have the symptoms changed?
Han cambiado los síntomas? (SIN-to-mas)
Quemar (quemado) – to burn
Does urination burn?
Le quema orinar?
Orinar (orinado) – to urinate
Viajar (viajado) – to travel
Have you travelled outside of the US?
Has viajado fuera de los Estados Unidos?
Escuchar (escuchado) – to hear
Can I listen to your heart?
Internar (internado) – to admit (to the hospital)
We are going to admit you to the hospital
Le vamos a internar al hospital.
Llamar (llamado) – to call (pronunciation “YA-mar”)
Please call the POA (to an intern perhaps??)
Llama al POA (PEE-OH-EH)
Operar (operado) – to operate
Curar (curado) – to heal (or, ironically, to get drunk)
Recuperar (recuperado) – to recuperate
Endrogar (endrogado) – to take drugs, to be on drugs
Emborrachar (emborrachado) – to get drunk
Llegar (llegado) – to arrive
When did you arrive from mexico?
Cuando ha llegado de mexico?
Hinchar (hinchado) – to swell
-ER
ser (ido)- to be (in the context of personal characteristics)
alfredo is good looking
Alfredo es guapo (guapísimo if you like latin men)
comer (comido) - to eat
tener (tenido)- to have
we have given many examples with this verb already, but it’s also used for
age
How old are you?
Cuántos años tiene?
doler (dolido) – to hurt
mover (movido) – to move
arder (ardido) – to burn
Does it burn when you urinate?
Le arde cuando orina?
Poner (puesto) – to place (as in an object or an article of clothing)
Componer (compuesto) – to get better
Poder (podido) – to be able to
Can I listen to your heart?
Le puedo escuchar el corazón?
Volver (vuelto) – to return, to come back
Padecer (padecido) – to suffer
-IR
venir (venido)- to come
sentir (sentido) - to feel
decir (dicho) – to say, to tell
describir (describido) – to describe
salir (salido)- to go out
sufrir (sufrido) – to suffer