verb

verbo

Palabra que expresa una acción, un suceso o un estado, como comer, ocurrir o ser.

En inglés sencillo: A word that describes an action, event, or state, such as eat, happen, or be.

• Find the verb in this sentence.
• Some verbs have irregular past forms.
• Which verb describes what the boy is doing?

Expresiones frecuentes: an irregular verb, verb tense, a main verb

acción

Algo entendido como una acción que realizas, más que como una simple idea o cualidad.

En inglés sencillo: Something understood as an action you perform, rather than just an idea or quality.

• For her, love is a verb: she shows it by helping.
• Treat kindness as a verb and do something useful today.
• He calls friendship a verb because it requires action.

Sinónimos: action

Expresiones frecuentes: love as a verb, a verb of action

verbalizar

Usar una palabra, especialmente un sustantivo, como verbo para expresar una acción.

En inglés sencillo: To use a word, especially a noun, as a word describing an action.

• Writers sometimes verb a noun for fun.
• She verbed the word to make her sentence shorter.
• English speakers have been verbing nouns for centuries.

Sinónimos: verbalize

Expresiones frecuentes: verb a noun, verb a word