{"id":5797,"date":"2012-10-20T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=5797"},"modified":"2014-07-15T15:01:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T19:01:05","slug":"what-are-family-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/what-are-family-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"What are “family verbs”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I don’t know if the term “family verbs” exists, but I used it to show you that there are some verbs in Spanish that change their prefixes and have the same verb root, like tener, volver, decir, venir, traer, formar,<\/em> and hacer<\/em> (among others) and make other verbs, related in meaning.<\/p>\n

So let’s start with tener<\/strong> (to have) and the verbs that are related to it:<\/p>\n

abstener, abstenerse – to abstain
\natenerse – to abide by, to heed
\ncontener – to contain
\ndetener – to detain, to arrest, to deter
\nentretener – to entertain
\nmantener – to maintain, to support
\nobtener – to obtain, to get
\nretener – to retain
\nsostener – to sustain, to defend<\/p>\n

Volver<\/strong> = to come\/go back<\/p>\n

devolver – to return, to give back
\nenvolver – to wrap, to envelop
\nrevolver – to stir, to stir up<\/p>\n

Venir<\/strong> – to come<\/p>\n

avenir – to reconcile
\ncontravenir – to infringe, to violate
\nconvenir – to be suitable, to agree on
\ndevenir – to become
\nintervenir – to intervene, to take part in
\nprevenir – to prevent, to warn
\nprovenir – to come from
\nsobrevenir – to strike, to happen all of a sudden<\/p>\n

Decir<\/strong> – to say<\/p>\n

bendecir – to bless
\ncontradecir to contradict
\ndesdecir – to deny
\nmaldecir – to speak ill of, to curse
\npredecir – to predict, to foretell<\/p>\n

Formar<\/strong> – to form<\/p>\n

conformar – to form, to shape
\nconformarse – to be satisfied
\ndeformar – to distort, to deform
\ninformar – to inform
\nreformar – to reform, to remodel<\/p>\n

Hacer<\/strong> – to do<\/p>\n

contrahacer – to forge, to counterfeit
\ndeshacer – to undo, to untie, to get rid of
\nrehacer – to redo<\/p>\n

This is it for today, have a great Saturday!<\/p>\n

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So I don’t know if the term “family verbs” exists, but I used it to show you that there are some verbs in Spanish that change their prefixes and have the same verb root, like tener, volver, decir, venir, traer, formar, and hacer (among others) and make other verbs, related in meaning. So let’s start…<\/p>\n

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