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Irregular verbs in English: the full list with Spanish
75 irregular verbs you will use every week. Search by any form or by the Spanish word.
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| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| be | was / were | been | ser, estar |
| become | became | become | convertirse en |
| begin | began | begun | empezar |
| break | broke | broken | romper |
| bring | brought | brought | traer |
| build | built | built | construir |
| buy | bought | bought | comprar |
| catch | caught | caught | atrapar |
| choose | chose | chosen | elegir |
| come | came | come | venir |
| cost | cost | cost | costar |
| cut | cut | cut | cortar |
| do | did | done | hacer |
| draw | drew | drawn | dibujar |
| drink | drank | drunk | beber, tomar |
| drive | drove | driven | manejar |
| eat | ate | eaten | comer |
| fall | fell | fallen | caer |
| feel | felt | felt | sentir |
| fight | fought | fought | pelear |
| find | found | found | encontrar |
| fly | flew | flown | volar |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | olvidar |
| get | got | got (US: gotten) | conseguir, obtener |
| give | gave | given | dar |
| go | went | gone | ir |
| grow | grew | grown | crecer |
| have | had | had | tener, haber |
| hear | heard | heard | oír |
| hide | hid | hidden | esconder |
| hit | hit | hit | golpear |
| hold | held | held | sostener |
| keep | kept | kept | guardar, mantener |
| know | knew | known | saber, conocer |
| lead | led | led | liderar |
| leave | left | left | irse, dejar |
| lend | lent | lent | prestar |
| let | let | let | permitir |
| lose | lost | lost | perder |
| make | made | made | hacer, fabricar |
| mean | meant | meant | significar |
| meet | met | met | conocer, reunirse |
| pay | paid | paid | pagar |
| put | put | put | poner |
| read | read | read | leer (se pronuncia red) |
| ride | rode | ridden | andar (en bici, a caballo) |
| ring | rang | rung | sonar |
| rise | rose | risen | subir |
| run | ran | run | correr |
| say | said | said | decir |
| see | saw | seen | ver |
| sell | sold | sold | vender |
| send | sent | sent | enviar |
| set | set | set | fijar, poner |
| shake | shook | shaken | sacudir |
| show | showed | shown | mostrar |
| shut | shut | shut | cerrar |
| sing | sang | sung | cantar |
| sit | sat | sat | sentarse |
| sleep | slept | slept | dormir |
| speak | spoke | spoken | hablar |
| spend | spent | spent | gastar, pasar (tiempo) |
| stand | stood | stood | estar de pie |
| steal | stole | stolen | robar |
| swim | swam | swum | nadar |
| take | took | taken | tomar, llevar |
| teach | taught | taught | enseñar |
| tell | told | told | contar, decir |
| think | thought | thought | pensar |
| throw | threw | thrown | tirar, lanzar |
| understand | understood | understood | entender |
| wake | woke | woken | despertar |
| wear | wore | worn | usar, llevar puesto |
| win | won | won | ganar |
| write | wrote | written | escribir |
How to learn them
- 1
Learn in groups
Verbs that look alike travel together: sing, sang, sung and drink, drank, drunk.
- 2
Start with the ones you use
Be, have, do, go, get and make cover most of what you say.
- 3
Say the three forms aloud
Go, went, gone. Rhythm helps memory more than a list.
- 4
Use them in sentences
Write one true sentence per verb, about your own week.
Practice
Gap fill
Write the past simple or the past participle of the verb in capitals. British and American forms are accepted.
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Questions
- What is the past participle used for?
- It is used for the present perfect (I have seen), the past perfect (I had seen) and the passive (it was seen).
- Are there rules to guess irregular verbs?
- Some patterns exist, but not rules. It is faster to learn the common ones in groups and use them.
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