How do you identify a Spanish verb?

Answer 1

You need to learn lots of Spanish for that. Here are some general ideas that might help you:* The infinitive of a verb ends with one of: -ar, -er, -ir. However, there may be non-verbs that also end with these, such as the nouns "palomar" and "vulgar". Also, this doesn't really help you if the verb is conjugated. For example, "camino" may mean "I walk", or the noun "path". You have to deduce, from the context, which one it is.

* The most word order in a sentence, just as in English, is subject, verb - or: subject, verb, object. However, it is possible to change this word order.

* Of course, you can always look up a word in a dictionary. Just as in English, it may happen (see above) that the same word is used as different parts of speech (i.e., verb, noun, etc.); so you may need to deduce which word is actually the verb, from the context.

Answer 2

In Spanish, verbs typically end in -ar, -er, or -ir. To identify a verb, look for these endings at the end of a word. Additionally, verbs are the action words in a sentence that express a physical or mental action, an occurrence, or a state of being.