Verbos irregulares

Descubre los verbos irregulares de la lengua inglesa

Un verbo irregular es aquel que experimenta cambios en cuanto al paradigma o la raíz al ser conjugado. Descubre los verbos irregulares de la lengua inglesa.

El sistema verbal inglés es muy regular. La mayoría de verbos construyen las formas de pasado y el participio añadiendo -(e)d. Así, el pasado de You love me (me quieres) sería You loved me (me quisiste).

Sin embargo, existen unos verbos que conjugan sus formas de manera diferente. Son los llamados verbos irregulares. Vale la pena aprendérselos desde un principio porque son de uso muy común.

Te ofrecemos la lista, y además verás destacados los que sugerimos te aprendas en primer lugar.

 

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle	Español
be	was/were	been	ser o estar
beat	beat	beaten	golpear
become	became	become	llegar a ser
begin	began	begun	empezar
bend	bent	bent	doblar
bet	bet	bet	apostar
bite	bit	bitten	morder
bleed	bled	bled	sangrar
blow	blew	blown	soplar
break	broke	broken	romper
bring	brought	brought	traer
build	built	built	construir
burn	burnt / burned	burnt / burned	quemar
buy	bought	bought	comprar
catch	caught	caught	coger, agarrar
choose	chose	chosen	elegir
come	came	come	venir
cost	cost	cost	costar
cut	cut	cut	cortar
dig	dug	dug	cavar
do	did	done	hacer
draw	drew	drawn	dibujar
dream	dreamt / dreamed	dreamt / dreamed	soñar
drink	drank	drunk	beber
drive	drove	driven	conducir
eat	eat	eaten	comer
fall	fell	fallen	caerse
feed	fed	fed	alimentar
feel	felt	felt	sentir
fight	fought	fought	luchar
find	found	found	encontrar
fly	flew	flown	volar
forget	forgot	forgotten	olvidar
forgive	forgave	forgiven	perdonar
freeze	froze	frozen	congelar
get	got	got	conseguir
give	gave	given	dar
go	went	gone	ir
grow	grew	grown	crecer
hang	hanged / hung	hanged / hung	colgar
have	had	had	tener
hear	heard	heard	oir
hide	hid	hidden	esconder
hit	hit	hit	golpear
hold	held	held	sujetar
hurt	hurt	hurt	herir
keep	kept	kept	guardar
know	knew	known	saber, conocer
lay	laid	laid	poner, extender
lead	led	led	dirigir
learn	learnt / learned	learnt / learned	aprender
leave	left	left	dejar, abandonar
lend	lent	lent	prestar
let	let	let	permitir
lie	lay	lain	tumbarse
lie	lied	lied	mentir
light	lit	lit	encender
lose	lost	lost	perder
make	made	made	construir
mean	meant	meant	significar, querer decir
meet	met	met	encontrarse con alguien
pay	paid	paid	pagar
put	put	put	poner
read	read	read	leer
ride	rode	ridden	montar
ring	rang	rung	llamar
rise	rose	risen	elevar, alzarse
run	ran	run	correr
say	said	said	decir
see	saw	seen	ver
sell	sold	sold	vender
send	sent	sent	enviar
set	set	set	colocar
shake	shook	shaken	agitar
shine	shone	shone	brillar
shoot	shot	shot	disparar
show	showed	shown	mostrar
shut	shut	shut	callarse, cerrar
sing	sang	sung	cantar
sink	sank	sunk	hundirse
sit	sat	sat	sentarse
sleep	slept	slept	dormir
smell	smelt / smelled	smelt / smelled	oler
speak	spoke	spoken	hablar
spell	spelt / spelled	spelt / spelled	deletrear
spend	spent	spent	gastar, emplear
stand	stood	stood	estar de pie
steal	stole	stolen	robar
stick	stuck	stuck	pegar
sweep	swept	swept	barrer
swim	swam	swum	nadar
take	took	taken	coger
teach	taught	taught	enseñar
tear	tore	torn	romper en tiras
tell	told	told	contar
think	thought	thought	pensar
throw	threw	thrown	arrojar, tirar
understand	understood	understood	comprender, entender
wake	woke	woken	despertarse
wear	wore	worn	llevar puesto
win	won	won	ganar
write	wrote	written	escribir