Essential Irregular Verbs: Spanish-English Reference

Essential Irregular Verbs: Spanish-English

This list provides common irregular verbs in both Spanish and English, showing their base form, past simple, and past participle.

  • Ser/Estar – be – been | Mantener – keep – kept
  • Volver – become – become | Saber – know – known
  • Empezar – begin – begun | Poner – lay – laid
  • Soplar – blow – blown | Aprender – learn – learned/learnt
  • Romper – break – broken | Salir – leave – left
  • Criar – breed – bred | Prestar – lend – lent
  • Construir – build – built | Perder – lose – lost
  • Quemar – burn – burned/burnt | Hacer – make – made
  • Comprar – buy – bought | Significar – mean – meant
  • Escoger – choose – chosen | Reunirse – meet – met
  • Venir – come – come | Equivocar – mistake – mistaken
  • Costar – cost – cost | Pagar – pay – paid
  • Cortar – cut – cut | Poner – put – put
  • Hacer – do – done | Leer – read – read
  • Dibujar – draw – drawn | Montar – ride – ridden
  • Soñar – dream – dreamed/dreamt | Sonar – ring – rung
  • Conducir – drive – driven | Levantarse – rise – risen
  • Beber – drink – drunk | Correr – run – run
  • Comer – eat – eaten | Serruchar – saw – sawn/sawed
  • Caer – fall – fallen | Decir – say – said
  • Alimentar – feed – fed | Ver – see – seen
  • Pelear – fight – fought | Vender – sell – sold
  • Encontrar – find – found | Enviar – send – sent
  • Ajustar – fit – fit | Colocar – set – set
  • Volar – fly – flown | Cantar – sing – sung
  • Olvidar – forget – forgotten | Hundir – sink – sunk
  • Conseguir – get – gotten | Sentar – sit – sat
  • Dar – give – given | Dormir – sleep – slept
  • Ir – go – gone | Dejar – let – let
  • Cultivar – grow – grown | Mentir – lie – lain
  • Tener – have – had | Matar – slay – slain
  • Oír – hear – heard | Deslizar – slide – slid
  • Golpear – hit – hit | Colgar – sling – slung
  • Sostener – hold – held | Hender – slit – slit
  • Herir – hurt – hurt | Golpear – smite – smitten
  • Sembrar – sow – sowed | Decir – tell – told
  • Hablar – speak – spoken | Pensar – think – thought
  • Apresurar – speed – sped | Tirar – throw – thrown
  • Gastar – spend – spent | Atender – understand – understood
  • Parar – stand – stood | Despertar – wake – woken
  • Robar – steal – stolen | Usar – wear – worn
  • Atorar – stick – stuck | Ganar – win – won
  • Nadar – swim – swum
  • Tomar – take – taken
  • Enseñar – teach – taught