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🇪🇸 Spanish 20 Most Useful Verbs Flashcards

To be, to have, to want, to go: the twenty verbs that power the majority of everyday sentences. This free deck gives you the 20 essential Spanish words with English translations — read them below, then study them properly with spaced-repetition flashcards.

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EnglishSpanish (Español)
to be (permanent)ser
to be (state/place)estar
to havetener
to do / makehacer
to goir
to comevenir
to wantquerer
to be able topoder
to speakhablar
to eatcomer
to drinkbeber
to livevivir
to seever
to know (facts)saber
to givedar
to saydecir
to worktrabajar
to buycomprar
to loveamar
to sleepdormir

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