Acertar
to hit upon, guess right
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When conjugating some verbs in Spanish, the ‘stem’ changes for certain tenses.
‘E to ie stem-changing verbs’ see the ‘e’ in the middle of the infinitive/stem change to an ‘ie’ for some conjugations in the present tense, e.g. mentir.
The stem is the part before the -ar, -ie or -er ending – in this case, ‘ment’.
Yo – miento
Tú – mientes
El/Ella/Usted – miente
Ellos/Ellos/Usteded – mienten
The conjugation stays regular for the remaining forms:
Nosotros – mentimos
Vosotros – mentís
to hit upon, guess right
to warn, inform, observe
to encourage, cheer up, comfort
to ascend, climb
to register, write down, record
to concur, assent, agree
to wait on, care for, pay attention
to dare, venture
to heat up, warm up
to blind
to sift
to close, shut, heal
to start
to arrange, agree upon
to confess, acknowledge
to turn into / to convert
to defend, protect
to defer, delegate, yield
to deny, refuse, reject
to make breathless, discourage
to ignore, disregard, neglect
to descend, go down, get off
to exhume, unearth
to prove false, disprove, deny
to awaken, wake up oneself
to unfold, spread out
to exile, banish
to defer, postpone
to disagree, dissent
to have a good time
to start
to light, turn on
to trust
to correct, amend
to understand
to bury, to inter
to half-close
to correct severely, learn one’s lesson
to extend, expand, enlarge
to wash (dishes, floors), scrub
to hurt, injure, offend
to boil
to infer, deduce
to interfere
to misunderstand
to lie, deceive
to deny
to think
to lose
to want