Essential Irregular English Verbs: A Comprehensive List
Essential Irregular English Verbs
Here’s a list of common irregular verbs in English, with their base form, past simple, and past participle:
- be – was/were – been – ser, estar
- beat – beat – beaten – golpear
- become – became – become – llegar a ser, convertirse
- begin – began – begun – empezar
- bend – bent – bent – doblar(se)
- 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
- burst – burst – burst – reventar, estallar
- 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
- deal – dealt – dealt – comerciar, tratar
- 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 – ate – eaten – comer
- fall – fell – fallen – caer(se)
- feed – fed – fed – alimentar
- feel – felt – felt – sentir(se)
- fight – fought – fought – luchar, pelear
- find – found – found – encontrar
- fly – flew – flown – volar
- forbid – forbade – forbidden – prohibir
- forget – forgot – forgotten – olvidar
- forgive – forgave – forgiven – perdonar
- freeze – froze – frozen – congelar(se)
- get – got – got – conseguir, llegar
- give – gave – given – dar
- go – went – gone – ir
- grow – grew – grown – crecer, cultivar
- hang – hung/hanged – hung/hanged – colgar
- have – had – had – tener, haber
- hear – heard – heard – oír
- hide – hid – hidden – esconder(se)
- hit – hit – hit – golpear, pegar
- hold – held – held – sujetar
- hurt – hurt – hurt – herir, hacer daño; doler
- keep – kept – kept – guardar, mantener
- know – knew – known – saber, conocer
- lay – laid – laid – poner, extender
- lead – led – led – guiar, conducir
- learn – learnt/learned – learnt/learned – aprender
- leave – left – left – dejar, irse, salir
- lend – lent – lent – prestar
- let – let – let – permitir, dejar
- lie – lay – lain – tumbarse, echarse
- lie (regular verb) – lied – lied – mentir
- light – lit – lit – encender
- lose – lost – lost – perder
- make – made – made – hacer, fabricar
- mean – meant – meant – significar, querer decir
- meet – met – met – conocer a, quedar con
- overcome – overcame – overcome – superar
- pay – paid – paid – pagar
- put – put – put – poner
- quit – quit/quitted – quit/quitted – dejar (de)
- read – read – read – leer
- ride – rode – ridden – montar
- ring – rang – rung – llamar (por teléfono)
- rise – rose – risen – elevarse, 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
- sew – sewed – sewn/sewed – coser
- shake – shook – shaken – agitar
- shine – shone – shone – brillar
- shoot – shot – shot – disparar
- show – showed – shown/showed – mostrar, enseñar
- shut – shut – shut – 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, pasar (tiempo)
- spill – spilt/spilled – spilt/spilled – derramar(se)
- spoil – spoilt/spoiled – spoilt/spoiled – arruinar, estropear
- spread – spread – spread – untar, difundir(se)
- spring – sprang – sprung – saltar
- stand – stood – stood – estar de pie
- steal – stole – stolen – robar
- stick – stuck – stuck – pegar
- sting – stung – stung – picar (insecto)
- swear – swore – sworn – jurar
- swim – swam – swum – nadar
- take – took – taken – coger, llevar
- teach – taught – taught – enseñar
- tear – tore – torn – romper, desgarrar
- tell – told – told – decir, contar
- think – thought – thought – pensar
- throw – threw – thrown – tirar, lanzar
- understand – understood – understood – comprender, entender
- wake up – woke up – woken up – despertar(se)
- wear – wore – worn – llevar puesto; ponerse
- win – won – won – ganar
- write – wrote – written – escribir