List of Stem Changing Verbs in Spanish [+150 Verbs]

Here’s a list of 150 stem-changing verbs in Spanish (English translation included)!

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SPANISH STEM CHANGING VERBS

Pensar, perder and sentir are Spanish stem-changing verbs. 

A stem-changing verb suffers a change in its stem when it is conjugated. 

​For a full explanation of stem-changing verbs visit the post Spanish Stem Changing Verbs for Beginners.

Alright, here are the most common stem-changing verbs that end in -ar!

STEM CHANGING AR VERBS

Stem Change E to IE

• pensar (think)  | see conjugation
• acertar (guess)
• alentar (encourage)
• apretar (tighten)
• arrendar (rent)
• asentar (settle)
• aterrar (terrify)
• atravesar (cross)
• calentar (heat)
• cegar (blind)
• cerrar (close)
• comenzar (start)
• concertar (conclude)
• confesar (confess)
• denegar (deny)
• desalentar (discourage)
• desconcertar (confuse)
• desenterrar (dig up)
• deshelar (defrost)
• despertar (wake up)
• desplegar (display)
• desterrar (expatriate)
• emparentar (relate)
• empezar (begin)
• encerrar (confine)
• encomendar (entrust)
• enmendar (amend)
• enterrar (bury)
• gobernar (govern)
• helar (freeze)
• invernar (winter)
• manifestar (express)
• mentar (mention)
• merendar (eat an afternoon snack)
• negar (deny)
• nevar (impersonal verb “to snow”)
• quebrar (brake)
• recalentar (reheat)
• recomendar (recommend)
• regar (water)
• remendar (patch)
• renegar (deny)
• restregar (scrub)
• reventar (burst)
• salpimentar (season with salt and pepper)
• segar (reap)
• sembrar (sow)
• sentar (seat)
• serrar (saw)
• sosegar (calm)
• soterrar (underground)
• temblar (shake)
• tentar (tempt)
• tropezar (trip)

Stem Change O to UE

• recordar (remember)
• acordar (agree)
• apostar (bet)
• aprobar (approve)
• asolar (destroy)
• colar (strain)
• comprobar (check)
• concordar (agree)
• consolar (comfort)
• contar (count)
• costar (cost)
• demostrar (demonstrate)
• desaprobar (disapprove)
• descontar (discount)
• encontrar (find)
• engrosar (swell)
• mostrar (show)
• poblar (populate)
• probar (try)
• recostar (tilt)
• renovar (renew)
• repoblar (repopulate)
• reprobar (fail)
• resonar (resonate)
• rodar (roll)
• sobrevolar (overfly)
• soldar (weld)
• soltar (release)
• sonar (sound)
• soñar (dream)
• tostar (toast)
• tronar (impersonal verb “to thunder”)
• volar (fly)
• volcar (overturn)

STEM CHANGING ER VERBS

Stem Change E to IE

• querer (love, want)
• ascender (promote)
• atender (attend)
• defender (defend)
• desatender (neglect)
• descender (descend)
• encender (turn on)
• entender (understand)
• extender (extend)
• perder (lose)
• tender (tend)
• trascender (transcend)
• verter (pour)

Stem Change O to UE

• poder (can, to be able to)
• absolver (absolve)
• conmover (stir)
• demoler (demolish)
• desenvolver (unfold)
• devolver (return)
• disolver (dissolve)
• doler (hurt)
• envolver (wrap)
• llover (impersonal verb “to rain”)
• moler (grind)
• morder (bite)
• mover (move)
• promover (promote)
• remorder (chew)
• remover (remove)
• resolver (solve)
• revolver (scramble)

STEM CHANGING IR VERBS

Stem Change E to IE

• preferir (prefer)
• mentir (lie)
• concernir (concern)
• adherir (adhere, attach)
• adquirir (acquire, buy)
• diferir (differ, defer)
• digerir (digest, absorb)
• herir (hurt, injure)
• inferir (infer, conclude)
• ingerir (eat, ingest)
• interferir (interfere)
• preferir (prefer)
• referir (refer, relate)
• transferir (transfer, assign)
• discernir (discern)
• divertir (entertain, amuse)
• sentir (feel, sense)
• revertir (reverse, revert)
• resentir (resent)
• presentir (sense)
• invertir (invest)

Stem Change E to I

• seguir (follow)
• sonreír (smile)
• repetir (repeat)
• teñir (dye)
• elegir (choose)
• regir (govern)
• pedir (ask)
• derretir (melt)
• despedir (dismiss)
• freír (fry)
• gemir (groan)
• impedir (prevent)
• servir (help)
• repetir (repeat)
• rendir (render)
• reñir (quarrel)
• medir (measure)
• vestir (dress)

Stem Change O to UE

• morir (die)
• dormir (sleep)

STEM CHANGING VERB CHART

Here you have a chart that can help you conjugate stem-changing verbs easily!

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