Spanish Irregular Present Tense Verbs

Spanish verbs irregular in the present tense!

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Stem-Changing Verbs Ending in -ar and -er!
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e → ie
-ar

o → ue
-er

pensar - to think! querer - to want/! acertar - to guess right/ ! love/wish! hit the mark! ascender - to ! apretar - to tighten/! ascend/promote! squeeze/be tight! defender - to ! atravesar - to cross! defend! cerrar - to close! descender - to ! comenzar - to begin/! descend! commence! encender - to light/! confesar - to confess! ignite! despertar(se) - to ! entender - to ! awaken/wake up! understand! empezar - to begin! perder - to lose encerrar - to lock in/! contain! gobernar - to govern! helar - to freeze! nevar - to snow! quebrar - to break! remendar - to patch/! mend! sentar(se) - to seat/sit ! down -ar

-er

mostrar - to show! acordarse (de) - to ! remember! acostar(se) - to put to ! bed/go to bed! almorzar - to eat lunch! contar - to count/tell! costar - to cost! encontrar - to find! jugar (u → ue) - to play !
(games, sports)! recordar - to remember! renovar - to remodel/! renew! tronar - to thunder! volar - to fly

volver - to return/come! or go back! conmover - to move !
(emotionally)!
devolver - to return/! give back! doler - to pain/ache! llover - to rain! mover - to move! oler (o → hue) - to ! smell! poder - to be able! resolver - to resolve/! solve! soler - to be in the ! habit of/! accustomed to

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Stem-Changing Verbs Ending in -ir! e → ie

o → ue

consentir - to consent! dormir - to sleep! advertir - to notify/warn! dormirse - to fall asleep! convertir - to convert! morir(se) - to die divertirse - to have a good time/! enjoy oneself! hervir - to boil! mentir - to lie! preferir - to prefer! referir - to recount/refer! sentir - to regret/feel sorry! sentirse - to feel (well, ill…)

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e→i pedir - to ask for/request! despedirse (de) - to take leave !
(of)/say goodbye (to)! gemir - to groan/moan! impedir - to prevent!