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Los Verbos Irregulares en Inglés

Los verbos auxiliares

En inglés existen 3 verbos auxiliares y los 3 son irregulares:

Verbo	Formas en Presente	Pasado	Participio	Significado
to be	am is are	was were	been	ser estar (muy irregular)
to do	do does	did	done	hacer
to have	have has	had	had	tener

Los verbos modales en inglés son irregulares.

Verbo	Formas en Presente	Pasado	Participio	Significado
can	can	could	been able*	poder (permiso o capacidad)
may	may	might	been allowed to	poder (permiso o capacidad)
must	must	had to*	had to*	deber (obligación)

A continuación mostramos los verbos irregulares más importantes en inglés:

Verbo	Pasado	Participio	Significado
become	became	become	llegar a ser
begin	began	begun	empezar
break	broke	broken	romper
bring	brought	brought	traer llevar
build	built	built	construir edificar
buy	bought	bought	comprar
catch	caught	caught	coger
choose	chose	chosen	elegir
come	came	come	venir
cost	cost	cost	costar
cut	cut	cut	cortar
drink	drank	drunk	beber
eat	ate	eaten	comer
fall	fell	fallen	caer
find	found	found	encontrar
get	got	got (British) gotten (American)	conseguir obtener
give	gave	given	dar
go	went	gone	ir
know	knew	known	saber conocer
learn	learned (USA) learnt (UK)	learned (USA) learnt (UK)	aprender
leave	left	left	dejar abandonar
make	made	made	hacer fabricar
mean	meant	meant	significar
pay	paid	paid	pagar
put	put	put	poner colocar
read	read	read	leer
run	ran	run	correr
say	said	said	decir
see	saw	seen	ver
sell	sold	sold	vender
send	sent	sent	enviar
set	set	set	poner
sit	sat	sat	sentarse
sleep	slept	slept	dormir
speak	spoke	spoken	hablar
take	took	taken	coger
teach	taught	taught	enseñar
win	won	won	ganar
write	wrote	written	escribir

Ahora seguimos con los verbos irregulares frecuentes:

Verbo	Pasado	Participio	Significado
draw	drew	drawn	dibujar
dream	dreamt	dreamt	soñar
drive	drove	driven	conducir
feed	fed	fed	alimentar
feel	felt	felt	sentir
fight	fought	fought	pelear
fly	flew	flown	volar
forbid	forbade	forbidden	prohibir
forget	forgot	forgotten	olvidar
hear	heard	heard	oír
hide	hid	hidden	esconder
hit	hit	hit	golpear
let	let	let	permitir
lie	lay	lain	tumbarse
light	lit	lit	encender
lose	lost	lost	perder
meet	met	met	encontrar
ring	rang	rung	llamar
rise	rose	risen	levantarse
seek	sought	sought	buscar
shake	shook	shook	agitar estrechar la mano
shoot	shot	shot	disparar
show	showed	shown	mostrar
shut	shut	shut	cerrar
sing	sang	sung	cantar
spell	spelt (UK) spelled (USA)	spelt (UK) spelled (USA)	deletrear
spend	spent	spent	gastar
split	split	split	dividir partir
swim	swam	swum	nadar
swing	swung	swung	balancear
tell	told	told	decir contar
think	thought	thought	pensar
throw	threw	thrown	tirar
wake	woke	woken	despertar
wear	wore	worn	llevar puesto

Ahora mostramos los verbos irregulares no tan frecuentes en inglés:

Verbo	Pasado	Participio	Significado
arise	arose	arisen	surgir plantearse
bear	bore	born	dar a luz
beat	beat	beaten	golpear vencer
bend	bent	bent	doblar curvar
bet	bet	bet	apostar
bind	bound	bound	enlazar atar
bite	bit	bitten	morder picar
bleed	bled	bled	sangrar
blow	blew	blown	soplar
cast	cast	cast	lanzar
deal	dealt	dealt	negociar tratar
fit	fit	fit	encajar ajustar (ropa)
freeze	froze	frozen	helar
grow	grew	grown	crecer
keep	kept	kept	guardar
lay	laid	laid	poner
lead	led	led	dirigir conducir
lean	leant (UK) leaned (USA)	leant (UK) leaned (USA)	apoyarse recostarse
leap	leapt	leapt	saltar brincar
slide	slid	slid	deslizar resbalar
spread	spread	spread	difundir extender
smell	smelt (UK) smelled (USA)	smelt (UK) smelled (USA)	oler olfatear
steal	stole	stolen	robar

Listamos los verbos irregulares poco habituales:

Verbo	Pasado	Participio	Significado
bid	bid	bid	pujar intentar
breed	bred	bred	criar
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	emitir
burn	burnt (UK) burned (USA)	burnt burned (USA)	quemar arder
burst	burst	burst	explotar estallar
dig	dug	dug	cavar
flee	fled	fled	huir de escapar
hang	hung	hung	colgar
hold	held	held	agarrar sostener
hurt	hurt	hurt	herir
kneel	knelt	knelt	arrodillarse
lend	lent	lent	prestar
mistake	mistook	mistaken	equivocarse
ride	rode	ridden	montar cabalgar
sew	sewed	sewn	coser
shine	shone	shone	brillar resplandecer
shrink	shrank	shrunk	encoger
sink	sank	sunk	hundir
spit	spat	spat	escupir
spoil	spoilt (UK) spoiled (USA)	spoilt (UK) spoiled (USA)	estropear deteriorar
stand	stood	stood	estar de pie
stick	stuck	stuck	pegar
sting	stung	stung	pegar
strike	struck	struck	golpear atacar
strive	strove	striven	esforzarse procurar
swear	swore	sworn	jurar
sweat	sweat	sweat	sudar
sweep	swept	swept	barrer
tread	trod	trodden	pisar caminar
weep	wept	wept	llorar

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