PREPOSITIONS AFTER VERBS BEFORE A NOUN

 

PREPOSITIONS AFTER VERBS BEFORE A NOUN

The following is a list of commonly used verbs taking ‘de’ with a noun or pronoun:-

Abusar de	To abuse	Dudar de	To doubt
Acordarse de	To remember	Enterarse de	To enquire about
Alimentarse de	To feed on	Gozar de	To enjoy
Asustarse de	To be frightened	Informarse de	To be informed about
Burlarse de	To make fun of	Maravillarse de	To wonder at
Cambiar de	To change	Olvidar(se) de	To forget
Carecer de	To lack	Pasar de	To exceed
Compadecerse de	To be sorry for	Reírse de	To laugh at
Darse cuenta de	To realise	Servirse de	To use
Depender de	To depend on	Triunfar de	To triumph over
Desconfiar de	To mistrust	Vengarse de	To take revenge for
Disfrutar de	To enjoy

The following is a list of commonly used verbs taking ‘a’ with a noun or pronoun:-

Acercarse a	To approach	Fiarse a	To trust
Aproximarse a	To approach	Llegar a	To reach (place)
Arrimarse a	To lean against	Oler a	To smell of
Asemejarse a	To resemble	Oponerse a	To oppose
Asomarse a	To lean out of	Parecerse a	To resemble
Asistir a	To attend	Renunciar a	To renounce
Dar a	To overlook	Resistir a	To resist
Faltar a	To break promise	Saber a	To taste of, smack of

The following is a list of commonly used verbs which take a preposition in English but in Spanish take a direct object:- 

Agradecer	To be grateful for	Mirar	To look at
Aguantar	To put up with	Pedir	To ask for
Aprovechar	To take advantage of	Recordar	To remind of
Buscar	To look for	Reprochar	To reproach with
Cuidar	To look after	Señalar	to point to
Escuchar	To listen to	Sentir	To be sorry about
Esperar	To wait for	Soportar	To put up with

Some Spanish verbs change meaning when followed by a specific preposition:- 

Acordarse con	To agree with	Acordarse de	To remember
Contar	To count, relate	Contar con	To count, rely on
Convenir a	To suit	Convenir con	To agree with
Entender	To understand	Entender de	To know all about
Preguntar	To ask a question	Preguntar por	To ask for
Saber	To know	Saber de	To know about

The following verbs take the preposition a with persons to translate ‘from’ or ‘of’:-

Arrancar	To snatch	Pedir	To ask for
Comprar	To buy	Quitar	To take away from
Esconder	To hide	Robar	To steal
Ocultar	To conceal	Tomar	To take

Examples:                    Me robó el dinero a mí, he stole the money from me.
                                   Compró el coche al profesor, he bought the car from the teacher.

JCW

01.01.06

more info : www.jwitney.net/notes/docs/spanish/lang/sp_prepositions.doc