À plus Infinitive

The French preposition à is required after certain verbs and phrases when they are followed by an infinitive. Note that the English translation may take an infinitive (to learn how to do something) or a gerund (to stop eating).

   aider à  -  to help to

   s'amuser à  -  to amuse oneself ___-ing

   apprendre à  -  to learn how to

   s'apprêter à  -  to get ready to

   arriver à  -  to manage / succeed in ___-ing

   s'attendre à  -  to expect to

   s'autoriser à  -  to authorize / allow to

   avoir à  -  to have to / be obliged to

   chercher à  -  to attempt to

   commencer à  -  to begin to / ___-ing

   consentir à  -  to consent to

   continuer à  -  to continue to / ___-ing

   décider (quelqu'un) à  -  to persuade (someone) to

   se décider à  -  to make up one's mind to

   encourager à  -  to encourage to

   s'engager à  -  to get around to

   enseigner à  -  to teach to

   s'habituer à  -  to get used to

   hésiter à  -  to hesitate to

   s'intéresser à  -  to be interested in

   inviter (quelqu'un) à  -  to invite (someone) to

   se mettre à  -  to start, set about ___-ing

   obliger à  -  to oblige to

   parvenir à  -  to succeed in ___-ing

   passer du temps à  -  to spend time ___-ing

   perdre du temps à  -  to waste time ___-ing

   persister à  -  to persist in ___-ing

   se plaire à  -  to take pleasure in ___-ing

   pousser (quelqu'un) à  -  to urge/push (someone) to

   se préparer à  -  to prepare oneself to

   recommencer à  -  to begin ___-ing again

   réfléchir à  -  to consider ___-ing

   renoncer à  -  to give up ___-ing

   résister à  -  to resist ___-ing

   réussir à  -  to succeed in ___-ing

   rêver à  -  to dream of ___-ing

   servir à  -  to serve to

   songer à  -  to dream of ___-ing

   tarder à  -  to delay / be late in ___-ing

   tenir à  -  to hold (someone) to / insist on ___-ing

   venir à  -  to happen to


Notes:

Also see verbs with à plus a noun

There is a grammatical structure in which something other than a verb needs to be followed by à + infinitive: the passive infinitive

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