Lista de verbos irregulares en inglés con pasado y participio
Los verbos irregulares no forman el pasado con -ed, así que hay que aprenderlos de memoria. Aquí tienes los más usados con su forma base, pasado simple, participio y significado. Toca 🔊 para escuchar las tres formas.
| # | Presente | Pasado | Participio | Español | 🔊 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | was / were | been | ser, estar | |
| 2 | become | became | become | convertirse, llegar a ser | |
| 3 | begin | began | begun | empezar | |
| 4 | bite | bit | bitten | morder | |
| 5 | blow | blew | blown | soplar | |
| 6 | break | broke | broken | romper | |
| 7 | bring | brought | brought | traer | |
| 8 | build | built | built | construir | |
| 9 | buy | bought | bought | comprar | |
| 10 | catch | caught | caught | atrapar, coger | |
| 11 | choose | chose | chosen | elegir | |
| 12 | come | came | come | venir | |
| 13 | cost | cost | cost | costar | |
| 14 | cut | cut | cut | cortar | |
| 15 | do | did | done | hacer | |
| 16 | draw | drew | drawn | dibujar | |
| 17 | drink | drank | drunk | beber | |
| 18 | drive | drove | driven | manejar | |
| 19 | eat | ate | eaten | comer | |
| 20 | fall | fell | fallen | caer | |
| 21 | feel | felt | felt | sentir | |
| 22 | fight | fought | fought | pelear | |
| 23 | find | found | found | encontrar | |
| 24 | fly | flew | flown | volar | |
| 25 | forget | forgot | forgotten | olvidar | |
| 26 | forgive | forgave | forgiven | perdonar | |
| 27 | freeze | froze | frozen | congelar | |
| 28 | get | got | got / gotten | obtener, conseguir | |
| 29 | give | gave | given | dar | |
| 30 | go | went | gone | ir | |
| 31 | grow | grew | grown | crecer | |
| 32 | hang | hung | hung | colgar | |
| 33 | have | had | had | tener, haber | |
| 34 | hear | heard | heard | oír | |
| 35 | hide | hid | hidden | esconder | |
| 36 | hit | hit | hit | golpear | |
| 37 | hold | held | held | sostener | |
| 38 | hurt | hurt | hurt | herir, doler | |
| 39 | keep | kept | kept | mantener, guardar | |
| 40 | know | knew | known | saber, conocer | |
| 41 | lead | led | led | dirigir | |
| 42 | leave | left | left | irse, dejar | |
| 43 | lend | lent | lent | prestar | |
| 44 | let | let | let | dejar, permitir | |
| 45 | lie | lay | lain | acostarse, yacer | |
| 46 | lose | lost | lost | perder | |
| 47 | make | made | made | hacer, fabricar | |
| 48 | mean | meant | meant | significar | |
| 49 | meet | met | met | conocer, reunirse | |
| 50 | pay | paid | paid | pagar | |
| 51 | put | put | put | poner | |
| 52 | quit | quit | quit | renunciar, dejar | |
| 53 | read | read | read | leer | |
| 54 | ride | rode | ridden | montar | |
| 55 | ring | rang | rung | sonar, timbrar | |
| 56 | rise | rose | risen | subir, elevarse | |
| 57 | run | ran | run | correr | |
| 58 | say | said | said | decir | |
| 59 | see | saw | seen | ver | |
| 60 | sell | sold | sold | vender | |
| 61 | send | sent | sent | enviar | |
| 62 | set | set | set | colocar, establecer | |
| 63 | shake | shook | shaken | sacudir | |
| 64 | shine | shone | shone | brillar | |
| 65 | shoot | shot | shot | disparar | |
| 66 | show | showed | shown | mostrar | |
| 67 | shut | shut | shut | cerrar | |
| 68 | sing | sang | sung | cantar | |
| 69 | sink | sank | sunk | hundirse | |
| 70 | sit | sat | sat | sentarse | |
| 71 | sleep | slept | slept | dormir | |
| 72 | speak | spoke | spoken | hablar | |
| 73 | spend | spent | spent | gastar, pasar tiempo | |
| 74 | stand | stood | stood | estar de pie | |
| 75 | steal | stole | stolen | robar | |
| 76 | swim | swam | swum | nadar | |
| 77 | take | took | taken | tomar, llevar | |
| 78 | teach | taught | taught | enseñar | |
| 79 | tear | tore | torn | rasgar | |
| 80 | tell | told | told | decir, contar | |
| 81 | think | thought | thought | pensar | |
| 82 | throw | threw | thrown | lanzar | |
| 83 | understand | understood | understood | entender | |
| 84 | wake | woke | woken | despertar | |
| 85 | wear | wore | worn | llevar puesto | |
| 86 | win | won | won | ganar | |
| 87 | write | wrote | written | escribir |
Consejos para aprenderlos
- El pasado simple se usa para acciones terminadas: «I went to Cartagena last year».
- El participio se usa con have/has (presente perfecto): «I have gone there twice».
- Apréndelos por grupos que suenan igual: sing-sang-sung, drink-drank-drunk, swim-swam-swum.
- Algunos no cambian nunca: cut, put, hit, let, cost, shut.
- Read se escribe igual en las tres formas, pero en pasado se pronuncia «red».
Preguntas frecuentes
¿Cuántos verbos irregulares hay en inglés?
Hay unos 200, pero con los 80 o 90 más comunes cubres casi todo lo que vas a necesitar en el día a día.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre pasado y participio?
El pasado simple se usa solo (I ate). El participio va con have, has o had (I have eaten), o en la voz pasiva.
¿Cuál es el pasado de go?
Went. El participio es gone.