Irregular English Verbs: Past Tense and Past Participle List
Irregular English Verbs with Spanish Translations
The following table lists common irregular English verbs, showing the base form, past simple, past participle, and Spanish meaning.
Verbs A to B
- bite / bit / bitten: morder
- bet / bet / bet: apostar
- break / broke / broken: romper
- bring / brought / brought: traer
- build / built / built: construir
- burn / burnt / burnt: quemar
- buy / bought / bought: comprar
Verbs C to D
- catch / caught / caught: coger, agarrar
- draw / drew / drawn: dibujar
- dream / dreamt / dreamt: soñar
Verbs F
- fall / fell / fallen: caerse
- feed / fed / fed: alimentar
- feel / felt / felt: sentir
- find / found / found: encontrar
- fly / flew / flown: volar
- freeze / froze / frozen: congelar
Verbs G to H
- get / got / got: conseguir, recibir
- hear / heard / heard: oír
- hide / hid / hidden: esconderse
- hit / hit / hit: golpear
- hold / held / held: sujetar
- hurt / hurt / hurt: herir
Verbs K to L
- keep / kept / kept: guardar
- know / knew / known: saber
- lead / led / led: dirigir
- learn / learnt / learnt: aprender
- leave / left / left: marcharse
- lend / lent / lent: prestar
- let / let / let: permitir
- lie / lay / lain: tumbarse
- lie / lied / lied: mentir
- light / lit / lit: encender
- lose / lost / lost: perder
Verbs M to O
- make / made / made: fabricar
- mean / meant / meant: significar
- meet / met / met: conocer
- mistake / mistook / mistaken: equivocar
- outdo / outdid / outdone: superar
- overhear / overheard / overheard: alcanzar a oír
- oversee / oversaw / overseen: inspeccionar
Verbs P to R
- pay / paid / paid: pagar
- put / put / put: poner
- read / read / read: leer
- ride / rode / ridden: montar
- ring / rang / rung: llamar
- run / ran / run: correr
Verbs S
- say / said / said: decir
- see / saw / seen: ver
- seek / sought / sought: buscar
- sell / sold / sold: vender
- send / sent / sent: enviar
- set / set / set: colocar
- shoot / shot / shot: disparar
- show / showed / shown: mostrar
- shut / shut / shut: cerrar, callarse
- sing / sang / sung: cantar
- sink / sank / sunk: hundirse
- sit / sat / sat: sentarse
- sleep / slept / slept: dormir
- slide / slid / slid: resbalar
- smell / smelt / smelt: oler
- sow / sowed / sown: sembrar
- speak / spoke / spoken: hablar
- speed / sped / sped: ir deprisa
- spell / spelt / spelt: deletrear
- spend / spent / spent: gastar
- split / split / split: partir
- spoil / spoilt / spoilt: estropear
- spread / spread / spread: extender
- spring / sprang / sprung: saltar
- steal / stole / stolen: robar
- stick / stuck / stuck: pegar
- sting / stung / stung: picar
- swear / swore / sworn: jurar
- sweat / sweat / sweat: sudar
- sweep / swept / swept: barrer
- swim / swam / swum: nadar
Verbs T to W
- take / took / taken: coger
- teach / taught / taught: enseñar
- tear / tore / torn: desgarrar, romper
- tell / told / told: decir, contar
- throw / threw / thrown: tirar
- understand / understood / understood: entender
- undo / undid / undone: desatar
- wake / woke / woken: despertarse
- wear / wore / worn: llevar puesto, ponerse
- weave / wove / woven: tejer
- weep / wept / wept: llorar
- wet / wet / wet: mojar
- win / won / won: ganar
- write / wrote / written: escribir
- think / thought / thought: pensar