Verbos seguidos
solamente por infinitivos

(Los verbos están en orden alfabético.
Después de cada verbo hay un ejemplo.)

Ir a: Verbos seguidos solamente por gerundios

Ir a: Verbos seguidos por gerundios o infinitivos
(con una diferencia marcada en el significado)


agree
They agreed to give him a try.
(Aceptaron darle una prueba.)

appear

He appeared to know everything.
(Parecía saber todo.)

arrange
I have arranged to meet him on Monday.
(He arreglado para verlo el lunes.)

ask
She asked to see her doctor.
(Pidió ver a su médico.)

care
He doesn't care to answer.
(Prefiere no responder.)

choose
We chose to ignore it.
(Escogimos ignorarlo.)

claim

He claims to be an expert.
(Asegura que es un experto.)

decide

She decided not to go to the party.
(Decidió no ir a la fiesta.)

demand
I demand to see the person in charge!
(¡Exijo ver a la persona que está a cargo!)

deserve
He deserves to win the contest.
(Merece ganar la competición.)

expect
He expected to be home sooner.
(Esperaba estar en casa antes.)

fail
They failed to follow the instructions.
(No siguieron las instrucciones.)

get
It's not fair that she gets to see him before the others.
(No es justo que ella pueda verlo antes que los demás.)

happen
I happened to pass by, so we had a chat.
(Pasé por casualidad, entonces charlamos un rato.)

hesitate
Don't hesitate to call.
(No dudes en llamar.)

hope
I hope to see you soon.
(Espero verte pronto.)

intend
She didn't intend to hurt you.
(No era su intención lastimarte.)

know how
He knows how to run a business.
(Él sabe cómo manejar un negocio.)

learn
He learned to speak Spanish very quickly.
(Aprendió a hablar el español muy rápido.)

manage
We managed to finish everything on time.
(Pudimos terminar todo a tiempo.)

offer
He offered to go for a walk.
(Ofreció ir a dar un paseo.)

plan
You planned to meet us here.
(Planeaste vernos aquí.)

prepare
We were preparing to leave when the phone rang.
(Estábamos preparándonos para salir cuando sonó el teléfono.)

pretend
He pretended not to hear a word.
(Fingió no haber escuchado una palabra.)

promise
She promised to take us with her next time.
(Prometió llevarnos con ella la próxima vez.)

refuse
I refuse to cooperate.
(Me niego a cooperar.)

seem
It seems to be broken.
(Parece estar roto.)

swear
He swore to take revenge.
(Juró tomar venganza.)

tend
These plants tend to grow slowly.
(Estas plantas tienden a crecer lentamente.)

threaten
He has threatened to hurt us.
(Ha amenazado con hacernos daño.)

undertake
She undertook to design the new collection.
(Asumió la tarea de diseñar la nueva colección.)

wait
The runners were waiting to start.
(Los corredores estaban esperando para empezar.)

want
I want to speak with you in private.
(Quiero hablar contigo en privado.)

wish
I wish to change my address.
(Deseo cambiar mi dirección.)

would like
I would like to add something before we continue.
(Me gustaría agregar algo antes de que sigamos.)

yearn
She yearns to go free.
(Anhela estar en libertad.)

Ir a: Verbos seguidos solamente por gerundios

Ir a: Verbos seguidos por gerundios o infinitivos
(con una diferencia marcada en el significado)


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