Good book for Spanish verbs/ vocabulary?

Question

I'm trying to find a good comprehensive guide to spanish verbs. Something with all the essential verbs (and then some), complete with conjugations, and explanations for proper use in proper context. Same for vocabulary?

Hi Vimacone. Welcome to SpanishDict. Please complete your profile information. Thanks. :) - rac1, May 12, 2014

Ditto ! - ray76, May 12, 2014

Answer 1

"501 Spanish Verbs" by Christopher Kendris. Pretty much the gold standard for verb reference.

I agree - as it has so much extra information after the verb conjugators - Mardle, May 11, 2014

I still have my copy - dennywells, May 11, 2014

Great Choice, Noetal, I was just about to recommend that one :) - FELIZ77, May 12, 2014

They do an equivalent in French, too which I use , :) - FELIZ77, May 12, 2014

Answer 2

Talking of online verbs, you can also find an onlne verb conjugator tool at Elemadrid.com. Here is the link:

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If you are also looking for a resource you can take around with you and use on your mobile/smartphone, if it uses the Android Operating System, then this might help: PenguinRoot Spanish verbs Here is the link: enter link description here

There seem to be two versions in Google Playstore the paid version is much better because there is a consistent error in the free version that you might notice in the 3rd person plural: eles abafan.which is not Spanish! I have written a note to the app creators/developers to praise them for the app design and content but also to draw their attention to this bad error suggesting that they get a native speaker to proof read their apps for mistakes in future, but as yet have received no response!

I hope this also helps

Nice suggestion! - rodneyp, May 12, 2014

Thank You Rodney ::) - FELIZ77, May 12, 2014

Answer 3

501 Spanish Verbs can also be purchased in pdf form and has exercises in the back you can print out. If you want something with exercises and not just for reference the Practice Makes Perfect series has a book dedicated to Verb Drills.

Answer 4

¡Hola!, Vimacone:
 
If you are using a laptop or a tablet, you might enjoy something you can access online. You can also use these on a desktop computer.
 
Here is a verb conjugator I enjoy ----> 123 Teach Me Verb Conjugator, and,
 
Here is an online dictionary I often use ----> Collins Span -. Eng & Eng -. Span Dictionary.
 
If you like these URLs, be sure to bookmark them or add them to your favourites.    
 

Saludos/Best regards,
Moe

:) - FELIZ77, May 12, 2014

Answer 5

501 Spanish Verbs is a great book.

There is also 601 Spanish Verbs

Although I can't imagine what other verbs they've added. I think they're just showing off now, lol.

Spanish Verb Tenses from the Practice Makes Perfect series is pretty good too.

Another good tool for learning verb conjugations is The Verbarrator. The downside of that is it's not portable, but it's a really effective way of learning verb conjugations and vocabulary using the listen and repeat method.

Rodney, I am using the 7th edition. :) I also cannot imagine what they could have added lol - FELIZ77, May 12, 2014

Perhaps, they're gradually trying to work up to the 1,000 Spanish verb edition lol hahaha - FELIZ77, May 12, 2014

Rodney, I have just had a look and realize we are talking about different authors and publishers here. The Barrons 501 series, is written by Christopher and Theodore Kendris and published by Barron not Berlitz - FELIZ77, May 12, 2014

I didn't realize that either, thanks. - rodneyp, May 12, 2014

The name of that book has probably duped even more people, lol, - rodneyp, May 12, 2014

It's certainly possible that some/many people might have got the two books confused but that wasn't necessarily the intention of any of the forementioned authors! lol - FELIZ77, May 12, 2014

It could simply be the inintentional consequence of judging the book by its cover! lol - FELIZ77, May 12, 2014