English Irregular Verbs List: A Comprehensive Guide
English Irregular Verbs List
A Comprehensive Guide
Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t follow the standard rules for forming their past tense and past participle. Instead of simply adding “-ed” to the base form, they undergo unique changes. This list provides a comprehensive overview of common English irregular verbs.
A
- Arise: arose, arisen – levantarse; surgir
- Awake: awoke, awoken – despertarse
B
- Be: was/were, been – ser, estar
- Bear: bore, born – soportar; llevar
- Beat: beat, beaten – golpear; vencer
- Become: became, become – llegar a ser; convertirse
- Begin: began, begun – empezar
- Bend: bent, bent – doblar, flexionar
- Bet: bet, bet – apostar
- Bind: bound, bound – vendar; encuadernar
- Bite: bit, bitten – morder
- Bleed: bled, bled – sangrar
- Blow: blew, blown – soplar
- Break: broke, broken – romper
- Bring: brought, brought – traer
- Broadcast: broadcast, broadcast – emitir
- Build: built, built – construir
- Buy: bought, bought – comprar
C
- Catch: caught, caught – coger, atrapar
- Choose: chose, chosen – elegir
- Come: came, come – venir
- Cost: cost, cost – costar
- Creep: crept, crept – deslizarse; trepar
- Cut: cut, cut – cortar
D
- Deal: dealt, dealt – tratar
- Dig: dug, dug – cavar, excavar
- Do: did, done – hacer
- Draw: drew, drawn – dibujar
- Dream: dreamt/dreamed, dreamt/dreamed – soñar
- Drink: drank, drunk – beber
- Drive: drove, driven – conducir
E
- Eat: ate, eaten – comer
F
- Fall: fell, fallen – caer
- Feed: fed, fed – alimentar
- Feel: felt, felt – sentir
- Fight: fought, fought – luchar
- Find: found, found – encontrar
- Fit: fit/fitted, fit/fitted – encajar, ajustar
- Flee: fled, fled – huir
- Fly: flew, flown – volar
- Forbid: forbade, forbidden – prohibir
- Forecast: forecast, forecast – prever, predecir
- Forget: forgot, forgotten – olvidar
- Freeze: froze, frozen – congelar(se)
G
- Get: got, got – obtener
- Give: gave, given – dar
- Go: went, gone – ir
- Grow: grew, grown – crecer; cultivar
H
- Hang: hung/hanged, hung/hanged – colgar
- Have: had, had – tener
- Hear: heard, heard – oír
- Hide: hid, hidden – ocultar(se)
- Hit: hit, hit – golpear
- Hold: held, held – sostener, coger
- Hurt: hurt, hurt – herir
K
- Keep: kept, kept – guardar
- Kneel: knelt/kneeld, knelt/kneeld – arrodillarse
- Knit: knit/knitted, knit/knitted – tejer, hacer punto
- Know: knew, known – saber, conocer
L
- Lay: laid, laid – colocar, poner
- Lead: led, led – guiar, dirigir
- Lean: leant/leaned, leant/leaned – apoyar(se)
- Leap: leapt/leaped, leapt/leaped – saltar
- Learn: learnt/learned, learnt/learned – aprender
- Leave: left, left – dejar; salir
- Lend: lent, lent – prestar
- Let: let, let – dejar, permitir
- Lie: lay, lain – estar tumbado
- Light: lit, lit – encender
- Lose: lost, lost – perder
M
- Make: made, made – hacer, fabricar
- Mean: meant, meant – significar
- Meet: met, met – encontrarse; conocer
- Mow: mowed, mown/mowed – cortar, segar
P
- Pay: paid, paid – pagar
- Prove: proved, proven/proved – probar, demostrar
- Put: put, put – poner
Q
- Quit: quit, quit – dejar
R
- Read: read, read – leer
- Ride: rode, ridden – montar, cabalgar