Verbos irregulares
· En la siguiente lista se incluyen todos los verbos irregulares ingleses. En ella se recoge el infinitivo y el presente (ambos tienen la misma forma, salvo que el infinitivo va precedido de la partícula "to"), así como el pasado simple y el participio.
· En algunos casos, el verbo tiene dos posibles formas en el pasado o en el futuro que aparecen indicadas. En otros casos, el verbo no tiene infinitivo (son algunos verbos modales y en la tabla aparecen sin partícula "to").
· Estos verbos no siguen una regla determinada, por lo que hay que aprenderlos de memoria. Al ser numerosos, entendemos que lo más práctico es irlos estudiando poco a poco (algunos de ellos apenas se utilizan).
Infinitivo/Presente |
Significado |
Forma pasada |
Participio |
To stand |
soportar |
stood |
stood |
To come up |
surgir |
came up |
come up |
To wake |
despertar |
woke |
woke |
To be |
ser / estar |
was |
been |
To stand |
aguantar |
stood |
stood |
To beat |
golpear |
beat |
beaten |
To become |
llegar a ser |
became |
become |
To happen |
ocurrir |
happened |
happened |
To procreate |
procrear |
procreated |
procreated |
To begin |
empezar |
began |
begun |
To notice |
observar |
noticed |
noticed |
To bend |
doblar |
bent |
bent |
To grieve |
estar afligido |
grieved |
grieved |
To keep asking |
preguntar con insistencia |
kept asking |
kept asking |
To bet |
apostar |
betted / bet |
betted / bet |
To bid |
ordenar |
bade |
bidden |
To bid |
pujar |
bid |
bid |
To bind |
atar |
bound |
bound |
To bite |
morder |
bit |
bitten |
To bleed |
sangrar |
bled |
bled |
To blow |
soplar |
blew |
blown |
To break |
romper |
broke |
broken |
To breed |
engendrar |
bred |
bred |
To bring |
traer |
brought |
brought |
To broadcast |
retransmitir |
broadcast |
broadcast |
To build |
construir |
built |
built |
To burn |
quemar |
burned / burnt |
burned / burnt |
To burst |
explotar |
burst |
burst |
To buy |
comprar |
bought |
bought |
Can |
poder |
could |
be able |
To throw away |
arrojar / lanzar |
threw away |
thrown away |
To catch |
coger |
caught |
caught |
To chide |
regañar |
chid |
chidden |
To choose |
elegir |
chose |
chosen |
To cut |
cortar / romper |
cut |
cut |
To cling |
agarrarse |
clung |
clung |
To clothe |
vestir |
clothed / clad |
clothed / clad |
To come |
venir |
came |
come |
To cost |
costar |
cost |
cost |
To creep |
deslizarse con sigilo |
crept |
crept |
To sing |
cantar |
sang |
sung |
To cut |
cortar |
cut |
cut |
To dare |
desafiar |
dared / durst |
dared / durst |
To deal |
tratar con |
dealt / delt |
dealt / delt |
To dig |
cavar |
dug |
dug |
To do |
hacer |
did |
done |
To draw |
dibujar |
drew |
drawn |
To dream |
soñar |
dreamed / dreamt |
dreamed / dreamt |
To drink |
beber |
drank |
drunk |
To drive |
conducir |
drove |
driven |
To live inl |
habitar |
lived in |
livled |
To eat |
comer |
ate |
eaten |
To fall |
caer |
fell |
fallen |
To feed |
alimentar |
fed |
fed |
To feel |
sentir |
felt |
felt |
To fight |
luchar |
fought |
fought |
To find |
encontrar |
found |
found |
To run away |
escapar |
ran away |
run away |
To fling |
arrojar |
flung |
flung |
To fly |
volar |
flew |
flown |
To stop |
desistir |
stopped |
stopped |
To forbid |
prohibir |
forbade |
forbidden |
To forget |
olvidar |
forgot |
forgotten |
To forgive |
perdonar |
forgave |
forgiven |
To leave |
renunciar a algo |
left |
left |
To freeze |
helar(se) |
froze |
frozen |
To get |
coger |
got |
got |
To make golden |
dorar |
made golden |
made golden |
To fasten |
sujetar con cinturón |
fastened |
fastened |
To give |
dar |
gave |
given |
To go |
ir |
went |
gone |
To grind |
moler |
ground |
ground |
To grow |
crecer |
grew |
grown |
To hang |
colgar |
hanged / hung |
hanged / hung |
To have |
haber / tener |
had |
had |
To hear |
oír |
heard |
heard |
To cut with a hatchet |
cortar con hacha |
cut with a hatchet |
cut with a hatchet |
To hide |
esconder |
hid |
hidden |
To hit |
golpear |
hit |
hit |
To hold |
sostener |
held |
held |
To hurt |
herir |
hurt |
hurt |
To keep |
mantener |
kept |
kept |
To kneel |
arrodillarse |
knelt |
knelt |
To knit |
tejer |
knit |
knit |
To know |
saber |
knew |
known |
To lay |
colocar |
laid |
laid |
To lead |
guiar |
led |
led |
To lean |
inclinar |
leaned / leant |
leaned / leant |
To leap |
brincar |
leaped / leapt |
leaped / leapt |
To learn |
aprender |
learned / learnt |
learned / learnt |
To leave |
dejar |
left |
left |
To lend |
prestar |
lent |
lent |
To let |
permitir |
let |
let |
To lie |
echarse |
lay |
lain |
To light |
encender |
lit |
lit |
To lose |
perder |
lost |
lost |
To make |
hacer |
made |
made |
May |
poder |
might |
---- |
To mean |
significar |
meant / ment |
meant / ment |
To meet |
encontrar(se) |
met |
met |
To mow |
segar |
mowed |
mowed / mown |
Must |
deber |
had to |
---- |
Ought |
deber |
---- |
---- |
To pay |
pagar |
paid |
paid |
To put |
poner |
put |
put |
To read |
leer |
read / red |
read / red |
To rent |
alquilar |
rented |
rented |
To rid |
eliminar |
rid |
rid |
To ride |
montar (a caballo) |
rode |
ridden |
To ring |
sonar |
rang |
rung |
To rise |
subir |
rose |
risen |
To run |
correr |
ran |
run |
To saw |
serrar |
sawed |
sawed / sawn |
To say |
decir |
said |
said |
To see |
ver |
saw |
seen |
To seek |
buscar |
sought |
sought |
To sell |
vender |
sold |
sold |
To send |
enviar |
sent |
sent |
To set |
poner |
set |
set |
To sew |
coser |
sewed |
sewed / sewn |
To shake |
agitar |
shook |
shaken |
Shall |
(auxiliar futuro) |
---- |
|
To shear |
esquilar |
sheared / shore |
sheared / shorn |
To shed |
perder (hojas) |
shed |
shed |
To shine |
brillar |
shone |
shone |
To shoe |
herrar |
shoed / shod |
shoed / shod |
To shoot |
disparar |
shot |
shot |
To show |
mostrar |
showed |
showed / shown |
To shrink |
encoger |
shrank |
shrunk |
To shut |
cerrar |
shut |
shut |
To sing |
cantar |
sang |
sung |
To sink |
hundir |
sank |
sunk |
To sit |
sentarse |
sat |
sat |
To slay |
matar |
slew |
slain |
To sleep |
dormir |
slept |
slept |
To slide |
resbalar |
slid |
slid |
To sling |
lanzar (con fuerza) |
slung |
slung |
To sneak |
deslizarse con sigilo |
snuck |
snuck |
To slit |
cortar |
slit |
slit |
To smell |
oler |
smelled / smelt |
smelled / smelt |
To hit |
golpear |
hit |
hit |
To sow |
sembrar |
sowed |
sowed / sown |
To speak |
hablar |
spoke |
spoken |
To speed |
acelerar |
speeded / sped |
speeded / sped |
To spell |
deletrear |
spelled / spelt |
spelled / spelt |
To spend |
gastar |
spent |
spent |
To spill |
derramar |
spilled / spilt |
spilled / spilt |
To spin |
dar vueltas |
spun |
spun |
To spit |
escupir |
spat |
spat |
To split |
dividir |
split |
split |
To spread |
extender |
spread |
spread |
To spring |
saltar |
sprang |
sprung |
To stand |
levantarse |
stood |
stood |
To steal |
robar |
stole |
stolen |
To stick |
hincar |
stuck |
stuck |
To sting |
picar |
stung |
stung |
To stink |
oler mal |
stank / stunk |
stunk |
To strew |
diseminar |
strewed |
strewed / strewn |
To stride |
andar a zancadas |
strode |
stridden |
To strike |
golpear |
struck |
struck |
To string |
colgar algo |
strung |
strung |
To strive |
esforzarse |
strove |
striven |
To swear |
jurar |
swore |
sworn |
To sweep |
barrer |
swept |
swept |
To swell |
hinchar |
swelled |
swelled / swollen |
To swim |
nadar |
swam |
swum |
To swing |
balancearse |
swung |
swung |
To take |
coger |
took |
taken |
To teach |
enseñar |
taught |
taught |
To tear |
rasgar |
tore |
torn |
To tell |
decir |
told |
told |
To think |
pensar |
thought |
thought |
To thrive |
prosperar |
thrived / throve |
thrived / thriven |
To throw |
tirar |
threw |
thrown |
To thrust |
lanzar adelante |
thrust |
thrust |
To tread |
pisar |
trod |
trodden / trod |
To understand |
comprender |
understood |
understood |
To undertake |
acometer |
undertook |
undertaken |
To wake |
despertarse |
waked / woke |
waked / woken |
To wear |
usar |
wore |
worn |
To weave |
tejer |
wove |
woven |
To weep |
llorar |
wept |
wept |
To wet |
mojar |
wetted / wet |
wetted / wet |
Will |
(auxiliar futuro) |
would |
---- |
To win |
ganar |
won |
won |
To wind |
dar cuerda |
wound |
wound |
To wring |
retorcer |
wrung |
wrung |
To write |
escribir |
wrote |
written |