Spanish Verbs Ending with Tir With Tips for Remembering

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abatir	to bring down - a bat it down!
admitir	to admit
advertir	to warn or advise - of advert-ising
arrepentir	to be sorry - repent like a pirate - Arr!
asentir	to assent or agree
asistir	to attend - you don't have to assist me, just attend!
batir	to beat, whip or whisk - with a bat!
combatir	to fight or combat
compartir	to share - complete your part!
competir	to compete
consentir	to consent, agree, allow
consistir	to consist of
convertir	to convert or turn into
curtir	to tan - it's OK to be curt (short, brief) if you're tan
debatir	to discuss or debate
despartir	to separate - put des part here
derretir	to thaw or melt - your derrière will melt with that diet
desadvertir	to disregard - opposite of advertising
desistir	to desist or cease/stop doing something
desmentir	to deny - don't deny that you are demented
desvestir	to undress - take off your vestido/dress
discutir	to discuss - let's discuss T / tea
disentir	to dissent
divertir	to amuse or enjoy - to have a diversion
embestir	to attack - empale the beast! (empale = impale)
embutir	to stuff - embue it with stuffing
emitir	to issue or emit
encurtir	to pickle - curt = tan, tan your pickles
existir	to exist
garantir	to guarantee - U are covered (no U in the word)
impartir	to impart
insistir	to insist
invertir	to invest - in invertible bonds (not convertible)
latir	to beat like a heart - if you're late your heart will beat
mártir	to martyr
mentir	to lie - a true mentor wouldn't lie to me
omitir	to skip or omit
partir	to leave, divide or split - part ways or part your hair
permitir	to allow or permit
persistir	to persist
pervertir	to pervert
presentir	to have a feeling or premonition - pre-feel
remitir	to refer, send or remit
repartir	to deal out, distribute or part out
repercutir	to have repercussions
repetir	to repeat
resentir	to resent
resistir	to resist
revestir	to coat or cover - to redress, remember vetido = dress
sentir	to feel - you feel with your senses
subsistir	to subsist
surtir	to supply - let's sortie to supply the south ranks
transmitir	to transmit
vestir	to dress - el vestido = the dress

Tips ? - ian-hill, Mar 23, 2015

The tips are the brief explanations given for the verbs that are not close cognates, if there is a tip it follows a dash - - DilKen, Mar 23, 2015

Answer 1

Thanks, Ken.