Some -iar verbs in El Presente take an accent (liar, enviar, criar)

Most verbs that end in -iar in Spanish have a regular conjugation in El Presente, e.g. cambiar, estudiar, apreciar, copiar. However, some verbs follow the regular conjugation except also take a written accent in most forms of the present. Some of these common verbs are:

Here is how they are conjugated in El Presente:

	enviar	liar	criar	fotografiar
yo	envío	lío	crío	fotografío
tú	envías	lías	crías	fotografías
él/ella/usted	envía	lía	cría	fotografía
nosotros/-as	enviamos	liamos	criamos	fotografiamos
vosotros/-as	enviáis	liais	criais	fotografiáis
ellos/-as/ustedes	envían	lían	crían	fotografían

The verb in the infinitive has the stress on the -ar at the end of the word: envi-ar, li-ar, cri-ar, fotografi-ar. However, when it is conjugated in the present, the stress is on the -i in the yo, tú, él and ellos forms. In the nosotros and vosotros forms, the stress in on the -a at the end of the verb.

In order to break the syllable into two (i.e. to break the diphthong) and make the -i the stressed vowel, we put a written accent on it. Have a look at: Accents on diphthongs

Here are some examples:

Here is a list of verbs ending in -iar that need the accent.

Here is a list of regular verbs ending in -iar that do not take the accent.

This irregularity also affects their conjugation in El Presente de Subjuntivo.

For this, see Some -iar verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo take an accent (liar, enviar, criar)

See also -uar verbs in El Presente (actuar, continuar) and -uar verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo (actuar, continuar)