Irregular Verb Conjugations in English

English Irregular Verbs

Here’s a list of common irregular verbs in English, with their past simple and past participle forms, and their Spanish translations:

  • arise – arose – arisen – surgir
  • be – was/were – been – ser
  • beat – beat – beaten – golpear
  • become – became – become – convertirse
  • begin – began – begun – comenzar
  • bet – bet/betted – bet/betted – 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
  • buy – bought – bought – comprar
  • catch – caught – caught – atrapar
  • choose – chose – chosen – elegir
  • come – came – come – venir
  • cost – cost – cost – costar
  • creep – crept – crept – arrastrarse
  • cut – cut – cut – cortar
  • draw – drew – drawn – dibujar
  • dream – dreamed – dreamed – sonar
  • drink – drank – drunk – beber
  • drive – drove – driven – conducir
  • eat – ate – eaten – comer
  • fall – fell – fallen – caer
  • feed – fed – fed – alimentar
  • feel – felt – felt – sentir
  • fight – fought – fought – pelear
  • find – found – found – encontrar
  • flee – fled – fled – huir
  • fly – flew – flown – volar
  • forget – forgot – forgotten – olvidar
  • forgive – forgave – forgiven – perdonar
  • forsake – forsook – forsaken – abandonar
  • freeze – froze – frozen – congelar
  • get – got – got – conseguir, arribar
  • give – gave – given – dar
  • go – went – gone – ir
  • grind – ground – ground – moler
  • grow – grew – grown – crecer
  • hang – hung – hung – colgar
  • have – had – had – tener
  • hear – heard – heard – oír
  • hide – hid – hidden – esconderse
  • hit – hit – hit – golpear
  • hold – held – held – tener, mantener
  • hurt – hurt – hurt – herir, doler
  • keep – kept – kept – guardar
  • kneel – knelt – knelt – arrodillarse
  • know – knew – known – saber
  • lead – led – led – encabezar
  • learn – learned – learned – aprender
  • leave – left – left – dejar
  • lend – lent – lent – prestar
  • let – let – let – dejar
  • lie – lay – lain – estirar-se
  • lose – lost – lost – perder
  • make – made – made – hacer
  • mean – meant – meant – significar
  • meet – met – met – conocer, encontrar
  • pay – paid – paid – pagar
  • put – put – put – poner
  • quit – quit/quitted – quit/quitted – abandonar
  • read – read – read – leer
  • ride – rode – ridden – montar
  • ring – rang – rung – llamar por teléfono
  • rise – rose – risen – elevar
  • run – ran – run – correr
  • say – said – said – decir
  • see – saw – seen – ver
  • sell – sold – sold – vender
  • send – sent – sent – enviar
  • set – set – set – fijar
  • sew – sewed – sewn/sewed – coser
  • shake – shook – shaken – sacudir
  • shine – shone – shone – brillar
  • shoot – shot – shot – disparar
  • show – showed – shown/showed – mostrar
  • shut – shut – shut – cerrar
  • sing – sang – sung – cantar
  • sink – sank – sunk – hundir
  • sit – sat – sat – sentarse
  • sleep – slept – slept – dormir
  • slide – slid – slid – deslizar
  • speak – spoke – spoken – hablar
  • spell – spelt/spelled – spelt/spelled – deletrear
  • spend – spent – spent – gastar
  • split – split – split – partir
  • spoil – spoilt/spoiled – spoilt/spoiled – estropear
  • spread – spread – spread – extenderse
  • stand – stood – stood – estar de pie
  • steal – stole – stolen – robar
  • sting – stung – stung – picar
  • stink – stank/stunk – stunk – apestar
  • strike – struck – struck – golpear
  • swear – swore – sworn – jurar
  • sweep – swept – swept – barrer
  • swim – swam – swum – nadar
  • take – took – taken – tomar
  • teach – taught – taught – enseñar
  • tear – tore – torn – romper
  • tell – told – told – decir
  • think – thought – thought – pensar
  • throw – threw – thrown – lanzar
  • tread – trode – trodden/trod – pisar
  • wake – woke – woken – despertarse
  • wear – wore – worn – llevar puesto
  • weave – wove – woven – tejer
  • weep – wept – wept – llorar
  • win – won – won – ganar
  • wring – wrung – wrung – retorcer
  • write – wrote – written – escribir