Irregular English Verbs — Forms and Spanish Meanings

B — Verbs starting with B

• be — was/were, been — ser, estar
• become — became, become — llegar a ser; convertirse
• begin — began, begun — empezar
• bleed — bled, bled — sangrar
• break — broke, broken — romper
• bring — brought, brought — traer; llevar
• build — built, built — construir
• buy — bought, bought — comprar

C — Verbs starting with C

• catch — caught, caught — coger, atrapar
• choose — chose, chosen — elegir
• come — came, come — venir
• cost — cost, cost — costar
• cut — cut, cut — cortar

D — Verbs starting with D

• do — did, done — hacer
• draw — drew, drawn — dibujar
• dream — dreamt, dreamt — soñar
• drink — drank, drunk — beber
• drive — drove, driven — conducir

E — Verbs starting with E

• eat — ate, eaten — comer

F — Verbs starting with F

• fall — fell, fallen — caer
• feed — fed, fed — alimentar
• feel — felt, felt — sentir
• fight — fought, fought — luchar
• find — found, found — encontrar
• fly — flew, flown — volar
• forbid — forbade, forbidden — prohibir
• forget — forgot, forgotten — olvidar

G — Verbs starting with G

• get — got, got — obtener
• give — gave, given — dar
• go — went, gone — ir
• grow — grew, grown — crecer; cultivar

H — Verbs starting with H

• 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 — Verbs starting with K

• keep — kept, kept — guardar; quedarse
• know — knew, known — saber, conocer

L — Verbs starting with L

• learn — learnt, learnt — aprender
• leave — left, left — dejar; salir
• lend — lent, lent — prestar
• let — let, let — dejar, permitir
• light — lit, lit — encender
• lose — lost, lost — perder

M — Verbs starting with M

• make — made, made — hacer, fabricar
• mean — meant, meant — significar
• meet — met, met — encontrarse; conocer

P — Verbs starting with P

• pay — paid, paid — pagar
• put — put, put — poner

R — Verbs starting with R

• read — read, read — leer
• ride — rode, ridden — montar, cabalgar
• ring — rang, rung — sonar / llamar
• run — ran, run — correr

S — Verbs starting with S

• say — said, said — decir
• see — saw, seen — ver
• sell — sold, sold — vender
• send — sent, sent — enviar
• set — set, set — poner
• shoot — shot, shot — disparar
• show — showed, shown — mostrar
• shut — shut, shut — cerrar
• sing — sang, sung — cantar
• sit — sat, sat — sentarse
• sleep — slept, slept — dormir
• smell — smelt, smelt — oler
• speak — spoke, spoken — hablar
• spend — spent, spent — gastar
• steal — stole, stolen — robar
• swim — swam, swum — nadar

T — Verbs starting with T

• take — took, taken — coger
• teach — taught, taught — enseñar
• throw — threw, thrown — lanzar

U — Verbs starting with U

• understand — understood, understood — comprender

W — Verbs starting with W

• wake — woke, woken — despertar(se)
• wear — wore, worn — llevar puesto
• win — won, won — ganar
• write — wrote, written — escribir