Do all verbs end in 'r'?

Question

If not, give an example please.

• Do all verbs end in "r" ? :) - ian-hill Feb 22, 2012
• Ditto Ian mate. - ray76 Feb 22, 2012

Answer 1

Reflexive verbs do not end in "r" for their infinitive form, e.g.

llevarse ponerse fijarse unirse

etc.

Most verbs that have a reflexive form, also have a non-reflexive form, but some verbs that appear to be reflexive are actually pronomial verbs according to the Oxford Spanish Dictionary, i.e. the pronoun goes along with the verb:

quejarse suicidarse jactarse

and there are others.

In other words, these verbs exist in common usage ONLY in the pronomial form, i.e. with "se" at the end. Quejar, without the "se" ending, is rarely used at all as a verb.

Note: Some other dictionaries describe the above not as pronomial, but reflexive.

• But the root verbs do, llevar, poner, fijar, unir, etc. - Martha-SD Feb 22, 2012

Answer 2

Yes, all verbs end in "r". But it is the reflexive form, they end in "se".

Terminar

Terminarse

Comer

Comerse

Limpiar

Limpiarse

Answer 3

Yes!

• If you think about it, a verb is an action. Every action "verb" when it is in it's pure, raw, non conjugated state it is call "Infinitive" This is before the verb is given a tense, and who is performing the action. I would say that ALL verbs in Spanish end in "r". Could be ar, er, or ir" If you enter the field of reflexibe, you are already conjugating the verb. I.E Rascar (Infinitive) = "To scratch". Rascarse (reflexibe) "To scratch oneself" You can see that Rascar is not conjugated and not applied to anybody, but "rascarse is being applied to "oneself"
• You can compare to all verbs in english, as far as I know. All verbs in English start with "to" I.E. To eat, to swim, to catch, to wash, to drag, to type, to walk, etc. This is the bare, raw, basic form of a verb.

Answer 4

All verbs in the infinitive end in the letter 'r', unless they are reflexive then they have a 'se' after the 'r'.