What are the 5 essential verbs to learn in Spanish? That is simple:
Why these verbs? What makes these Spanish verbs so essential? It’s really simple: When you conjugate deber, querer, poder, necesitar and ir and add the verb that expresses the action you are making it really easy for yourself to talk in full sentences without having to learn a lot of conjugations.
For example. If use this in the present tense:
verb conjugated + infinitive
| Quiero caminar | I want to walk |
| Necesita comprar | He needs to buy |
| Voy a comprar | I am going to buy |
| Debo llamar | I must call |
| Puedes hablar | You can talk |
| Debemos hablar | We must talk |
| Quieren ir | They want to go |
| Podemos tomar? | Can we take? |
| Debes aprender | You should learn |
| Va a aprender | He is going to learn |
| Necesitan traer | They need to bring |
That should be not be that hard to learn! Best of luck! Looking forward to see your reactions!
Interested in learning other Spanish verbs? Learn the 25 most used verbs of the Spanish language here.
Or maybe you have already reached a much higher level of Spanish. In which case I would like to challenge you to see if you know the 100 most important Spanish verbs by heart. Check it out in this multiple choice quiz and see if you know them all!