10 Common Spanish Verbs for Kids

Understanding how to conjugate verbs is beneficial before starting to learn them. Refer to the chart and follow the examples.

Present Tense

Make sure you drop out the ending of the verb before adding the new ending for each person.

For Example, in COMER (Eat), you need to drop the last two letters 'ER', and then add the new ending. So, if I want to say "He eats," it would be ¨Él come.¨

Common Verbs in Spanish

1.Correr (Run)

Pronunciation: /kohˈreɾ/

Root word: Corr~

2.Saltar (Jump)

Pronunciation: /salˈtaɾ/

Root word: Salt~

3.Nadar (Swim)

Pronunciation: /naˈðaɾ/

Root word: Nad~

4.Jugar (Play)

Pronunciation: /xuˈɣaɾ/ or /hoo'gahr'/ Root word: Jueg~

5.Leer (Read)

Pronunciation: /leˈeɾ/ Root word: Le~

6.Escribir (Write)

Pronunciation: /es.kɾiˈβiɾ/ Root word: Escrib~

7.Dibujar (Draw)

Pronunciation: /diβuˈxaɾ/or /deeboohar/

Root word: Dibuj~

8.Cantar (Sing)

Pronunciation: /kanˈtaɾ/ Root word: Cant~

9.Bailar (Dance)

Pronunciation: /baiˈlaɾ/

Root word: Bail~

10.Hablar (Talk)

Pronunciation: /aˈβlaɾ/

Root word: Habl~