PARADIGMA DEI VERBI IRREGOLARI

Paradigma dei verbi irregolari inglesi di uso comune:

Forma base

Simple Past

Participio
Passato

In italiano

arise

arose

arisen

sorgere

awake

awoke/awaked

awoken/awaked

svegliare

be

was/were

been

essere

bear

bore

borne (portato)

portare

born (nato)
beat

beat

beaten

battere

become

became

become

diventare

begin

began

begun

cominciare

bend

bent

bent

piegare

bet

betted/bet

betted/bet

scommettere

bid

bid

bid

offrire (prezzo)

bind

bound

bound

legare (insieme)

bite

bit

bitten

mordere

bleed

bled

bled

sanguinare

blow

blew

blown

soffiare

break

broke

broken

rompere

breed

bred

bred

allevare, riprodursi

bring

brought

brought

portare

broadcast

broadcast

broadcast

trasmettere

build

built

built

costruire

burn

burned/burnt

burned/burnt

bruciare

burst

burst

burst

scoppiare

buy

bought

bought

comperare

can

could

===

potere

cast

cast

cast

lanciare

catch

caught

caught

afferrare

choose

chose

chosen

scegliere
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cling

clung

clung

aggrapparsi

come

came

come

venire

cost

cost

cost

costare

creep

crept

crept

avanzare furtivamente

cut

cut

cut

tagliare

deal

dealt

dealt

trattare

dig

dug

dug

scavare

do

did

done

fare

draw

drew

drawn

disegnare, tirare

dream

dreamed/dreamt

dreamed/dreamt

sognare

drink

drank

drunk

bere

drive

drove

driven

guidare

dwell

dwelled/dwelt

dwelled/dwelt

dimorare

eat

ate

eaten

mangiare

fall

fell

fallen

cadere

feed

fed

fed

nutrire

feel

felt

felt

sentire, provare

fight

fought

fought

combattere

find

found

found

trovare

flee

fled

fled

fuggire

fling

flung

flung

gettare

fly

flew

flown

volare

forbid

forbade

forbidden

proibire

forget

forgot

forgotten

dimenticare

forsake

forsook

forsaken

abbandonare

freeze

froze

frozen

gelare

get

got

got

ottenere, diventare

give

gave

given

dare

go

went

gone

andare

grind

ground

ground

macinare

grow

grew

grown

crescere, coltivare

hang

hanged/hung

hanged/hung

appendere
2

have

had

had

avere

hear

heard

heard

udire

hide

hid

hidden

nascondere

hit

hit

hit

colpire

hold

held

held

tenere

hurt

hurt

hurt

far male

keep

kept

kept

tenere, trattenere

kneel

knelt

knelt

inginocchiarsi

knit

knit

knit

lavorare a maglia

know

knew

known

sapere, conoscere

lay

laid

laid

stendere, poggiare

lead

led

led

condurre

lean

leaned/leant

leaned/leant

pendere, essere inclinato

leap

leaped/leapt

leaped/leapt

saltare

learn

learned/learnt

learned/learnt

imparare

leave

left

left

lasciare, partire

lend

lent

lent

prestare

let

let

let

lasciare, permettere

lie

lay

lain

sdraiarsi

light

lighted/lit

lighted/lit

accendere

lose

lost

lost

perdere

make

made

made

fare

mean

meant

meant

significare

meet

met

met

incontrare, conoscere

pay

paid

paid

pagare

put

put

put

mettere

read

read

read

leggere

rid

rid

rid

liberare

ride

rode

ridden

cavalcare

ring

rang

rung

squillare

rise

rose

risen

aumentare, sorgere

run

ran

run

correre
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say

said

said

dire

see

saw

seen

vedere

seek

sought

sought

cercare

sell

sold

sold

vendere

send

sent

sent

inviare

set

set

set

stabilire, ambientare

shake

shook

shaken

scuotere

shed

shed

shed

perdere (foglie, pelle)

shine

shone

shone

risplendere

shoot

shot

shot

sparare

show

showed

showed/shown

mostrare

shrink

shrank

shrunk

restringersi

shut

shut

shut

chiudere

sing

sang

sung

cantare

sit

sat

sat

sedersi

sink

sank

sunk

affondare

sleep

slept

slept

dormire

slide

slid

slid

scivolare

smell

smelled/smelt

smelled/smelt

odorare

speak

spoke

spoken

parlare

speed

speeded/sped

speeded/sped

affrettare

spell

spelled/spelt

spelled/spelt

compitare

spend

spent

spent

spendere, trascorrere

spill

spilled/spilt

spilled/spilt

versare, sovesciare

spin

spun

spun

ruotare, girare

spit

spat

spat

sputare

split

split

split

dividere

spread

spread

spread

spargere

spring

sprang

sprung

saltare

stand

stood

stood

stare in piedi

steal

stole

stolen

rubare

stick

stuck

stuck

appiccicare
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sting

stung

stung

pungere

stride

strode

stridden

camminare a grandi passi

strike

struck

struck

colpire

string

strung

strung

appendere con lo spago

strive

strove

striven

impegnarsi

swear

swore

sworn

giurare, imprecare

sweep

swept

swept

spazzare

swell

swelled

swelled/swollen

gonfiare, gonfiarsi

swim

swam

swum

nuotare

swing

swung

swung

oscillare

take

took

taken

prendere, portare

teach

taught

taught

insegnare

tear

tore

torn

strappare

tell

told

told

dire

think

thought

thought

pensare

thrive

thrived/throve

thrived/thriven

prosperare

throw

threw

thrown

gettare

thrust

thrust

thrust

spingere

tread

trod

trodden/trod

calpestare

understand

understood

understood

comprendere

undertake

undertook

undertaken

intraprendere

wake

waked/woke

waked/woken

svegliare

wear

wore

worn

indossare

weave

wove

woven

tessere

weep

wept

wept

piangere

wet

wetted/wet

wetted/wet

bagnare

win

won

won

vincere

wind

wound

wound

serpeggiare

wring

wrung

wrung

strizzare

write

wrote

written

scrivere