🛒Buying and having
Buy, sell, find, lose.
8 concepts
Columns follow the languages switched on at the top. Gender after the word (m/f/n); IPA beneath; notes, alternatives and origins underneath — nothing is hidden.
| Concept | English | Français | Español |
|---|---|---|---|
to buy verb | to buy Irregular: bought /bɔːt/. 'Get' is the everyday version: I'll get some bread. | acheter The accent appears when the e is stressed: j'achète. Faire les courses = do the shopping. | comprar Hacer la compra (Spain) / hacer las compras (Latin America) = do the food shopping. |
to sell verb | to sell Irregular: sold. Sell out = run out of stock. | vendre À vendre = for sale. | vender Se vende = for sale. |
to find verb | to find Irregular: found. Find out = learn a fact. | trouver Also 'to think, to find that': je trouve que c'est cher = I think it's expensive. | encontrar also: hallar (formal) Also 'to meet by chance' (encontrarse con alguien). |
to lose (a thing) verb | to lose One o and a /z/. 'Loose' (two o's, /s/) is the adjective, not-tight. | perdre Also lose a match and miss a chance. Se perdre = get lost. | perder Also 'to miss' a train or a bus: perdí el tren. |
to pay verb | to pay Pay FOR something (pay for the meal); pay a bill takes it directly. Irregular: paid. | payer No 'for': payer le repas. Je t'invite = it's on me. | pagar No 'for': pagar la cena. Invito yo = it's on me. |
to receive / get verb | to receive also: to get Receive is formal; people say get: I got your message. 'i before e except after c' — receive. | recevoir Also 'to host' guests. Irregular: je reçois, j'ai reçu. | recibir /resiˈβiɾ/ in Latin America. Also 'to welcome' guests. |
to send verb | to send Irregular: sent. Send it to me / send me it. | envoyer Future j'enverrai (irregular). Envoyer un texto = text. | enviar also: mandar (everyday) Mandar is the spoken one — and also 'to order, command'. |
to give verb | to give Irregular: gave, given. Give me it / give it to me. | donner also: offrir (as a gift) A present is offert, not donné: je lui ai offert des fleurs. | dar also: regalar (as a gift) Irregular: doy, di. A present: regalar. |