PREPOSITIONS AFTER VERBS BEFORE AN INFINITIVE

PREPOSITIONS AFTER VERBS BEFORE AN INFINITIVE

The following is a list of the more commonly used verbs taking a direct infinitive:-

Aconsejar	To advise to	Jurar	To swear
Afirmar	To affirm	Logar	To succeed
Confesar	To confess to	Merecer	To deserve to
Conseguir	To manage to	Necesitar	To need to
Creer	To believe	Parecer	To appear, seem to
Deber	Should, must	Pensar	To intend to
Decidir	To decide to	Permitir	To permit to
Dejar	To let, allow	Poder	To be able
Desear	To desire to	Preferir	To prefer
Elegir	To choose to	Procurar	To try to
Esperar	To hope, expect to	Prohibir	To forbid to
Evitar	To avoid	Prometer	To promise to
Fingir	To pretend to	Proponer	To propose to
Gustar	To be pleasing to	Querer	To want to
Hacer	To do, make	Saber	To know how to
Impedir	To prevent, hinder	Sentir	To be sorry to
Intentar	To try to, attempt to	Soler	To be used to

Note:

If there is a change of subject, the subjunctive + que may be required:-

Examples:                    Necesito que lo hagas cuanto antes, I need you to do it ASAP.
                                   Prefiero que no vengas, I prefer you not to come.

Verbs of perception – such as oír, to hear; ver, to see – are followed by an infinitive coming immediately after them:-

Examples:                    Vio entrar al hombre, He saw the man going in.
                                   Oigo cantar a las chicas, I hear the girls singing.

The following verbs take the preposition a before a verb, although para (in order to) may sometimes be substituted:-

Verbs of motion           ir, to go; venir, to come; correr, to run; subir, to go up; bajar, to go down; entrar, to enter; acercarse, to approach; etc…

Example:          Vino a verme, he came to see me.