Juan no quiere socios en su empresa: John does not want any partners in his undertaking.
Verbs whose root ends in ll or ñ take =e= and =o= instead of ie and io, as—
+———————————————+———————————————-+ | =Bullir= (to boil). | =Gruñir= (to growl, grumble).| +———————————————+———————————————-+ |Pres. Part., Bullendo |Gruñendo | |Past Def. Bulló, bulleron|Gruñó, gruñeron[124] | +———————————————+———————————————-+
[Footnote 124: The Imperf. and Fut. Subj. follow the Past Def.]
Verbs in whose conjugations i should come =unstressed= between two vowels change the unstressed i into =y=, as—
+—————————————————+ | =Creer= (to believe). | +—————————————————+ |Pres. Part., Creyendo. | |Past Def., Creyó … creyeron.| +—————————————————+
But the Imperf. Indic.: creía, creías, creía, creíamos, creíais, creían.
Verbs ending in zar change the z into =c= before =e= (because, with very few exceptions, z is not used in modern Spanish before e or i), as—
+————————————————————————————-+ | =Gozar= (to enjoy). | +————————————————————————————-+ |Pres. Subj., Goce, goces, goce, gocemos, gocéis, gocen.| |Past. Def., Gocé … | +————————————————————————————-+