Abstract
This contribution is an approach to the treatment that receives a lexical class of verbs, called ‘change of state verbs’ in three general dictionaries of Spanish, such as the Diccionario de la lengua española, of the Real Academia Española, the Diccionario de uso del español, of María Moliner and the Diccionario ‘Coruña’ de la lengua española, led by Professor Porto Dapena. We analyze the lexicographical criteria that follow these general dictionaries of Spanish when reflect the constructive peculiarity that distinguishes this type of verbs.