English Irregular Verbs: A Quick Reference

English Irregular Verbs

Here’s a list of common irregular verbs in English, along with their past simple and past participle forms, and their Spanish translations:

  • Be was/were been ser, estar
  • Begin began begun empezar
  • Break broke broken romper
  • Bring brought brought traer
  • Build built built construir
  • Buy bought bought comprar
  • Choose chose chosen escoger
  • Come came come venir
  • Do did done hacer
  • Drink drank drunk beber
  • Drive drove driven conducir
  • Eat ate eaten comer
  • Fall fell fallen caer
  • Find found found escuchar
  • Fly flew flown volar
  • Forget forgot forgotten olvidar
  • Get got got conseguir
  • Give gave given dar
  • Go went gone ir
  • Have had had tener
  • Hear heard heard oir
  • Know knew known saber
  • Learn learnt/learned learnt/learned aprender
  • Leave left left salir
  • Lose lost lost perder
  • Make made made hacer
  • Meet met met reunirse
  • Pay paid paid pagar
  • Put put put poner
  • Read read read leer
  • Run run run correr
  • Say said said decir
  • See saw seen ver
  • Sell sold sold vender
  • Sing sang sung cantar
  • Sit sat sat sentarse
  • Speak spoke spoken hablar
  • Take took taken tomar
  • Teach taught taught enseƱar
  • Tell told told contar
  • Think thought thought pensar
  • Wear wore worn llevar
  • Win won won ganar
  • Write wrote written escribir