IRREGULAR

VERBS

INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST

PAST PARTICIPLE SPANISH TRANSLATION

arise
be
beat

arisen
been
beaten

become became

become

surgir
ser, estar
golpear
(beat a person / inflation)
convertirse en (become doctor / friends / a

begin

began

begun

comenzar

bet
bite
bleed
blow
break

bet/betted
bit
bled
blew
broke

bet/betted
bitten
bled
blown
broken

bring

brought

brought

apostar
morder
sangrar
soplar
romper
traer

build

built

built

Buy

bought

bought

catch
Choose

caught
chose

caught
chosen

come

came

come

cost
creep
cut
deal

cost
crept
cut
dealt

cost
crept
cut
dealt

do

did

done

draw

drink

drew
drawn
dreamt/dream dreamt/drea
ed
med
drank
drunk

drive

drove

driven

beber
conducir

eat

ate

eaten

comer

Fall
(down)

fell (down)

fallen down

caer

feed

fed

fed

alimentar

feel

felt

felt

sentir

fight

fought

fought

pelear

dream

arose
was / were
beat

problem)
(begin to feel a sense of

panic)
(the dog bit him in the arm)
(your nose is bleeding)
(break your bones / the rules)
(bring flower to Jane / Mary

to the party)

construir
comprar

(build a house / a reputation)

(buy equipment for the

hospital )

atrapar
elegir
venir

(catch the ball / a thief)

(choose a career / a person)
(come here/ come into the

room)

costar
arrastrarse
cortar
dar, repartir
hacer

(cartas en juego)

(do the laundry/ sports/

homework / nothing )

dibujar
soar
(drink water/ alcohol)
(drive a car/ drive from

peru to ecuador)
(eat your lunch / dinner /

something)
(fall down the stairs/ on

your knees)
(feed your grandmother / the

cat)
(feel good/ dizzy / hungry /

any pain)
person / group)

(fight against another

find
flee
fly

found
fled
flew

found
fled
flown

forget

forgot

forgotten

encontrar
huir
volar
olvidar

forgive forgave
forsake forsook
freeze
froze

forgiven
forsaken
frozen

perdonar
abandonar
congelar

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PAST PARTICIPLE SPANISH TRANSLATION

give

gave

given

go

went

gone

grind

ground

ground

grow

grew

grown

hang
have
hear

hung
had
heard

hung
had
heard

hide

hid

hidden

hit

hit

hit

hold

held

held

hurt

hurt

hurt

keep

kept

kept

kneel

knelt

knelt

know

knew

known

lead

led

(find your keys / a person)

(forget his name/ forget

about the date)

dar
ir

(give permission / the antidote)

(go home/ to piura / by bus, train

or car)

moler
crecer, cultivar

(children grow quickly/ the

plants grow)

colgar
tener
or
esconder(se)

(hear that noise / something)

(hide the evidence from the

public )

golpear
tener, mantener

(hold a pill in your hand/ the

door open)

herir, doler
guardar

(hurt your arms / leg / nose)

(keep the baby warm /

awake)

arrodillarse
saber, conocer

(know the answer / the

difference)

leave

led
encabezar
learnt/learne aprender
learnt/learned
illnesses)
d
abandonar
left
left

lend

lent

lent

prestar

let

let

let

dejar/permitir

lie

lay

lain

recostarse, mentir

lose

lost

lost

perder

make

made

made

hacer

mean

meant

meant

significar

meet

met

met

conocer, encontrar

learn

(learn english / ~ about

(leave home /hospital/

boyfriend/school)
(lend your cd to jack/

lend jack your cd)

(let me go / let a person do

something)
(lie on the bed / lie to

your sister)
(lose appetite/

confidence/ interest)
(make an appointment /

noise / a cake)
(what does this word

mean?)
friends)

(meet me at 8am / ~

pay

paid

paid

pagar

put

put

put

poner

quit
read
/ri:d/
ride

quit/quitted

quit/quitted

read /red/

read /red/

abandonar
leer

rode

ridden

ring

rang

rung

montar, pasear
(ride on horse / bike)
llamar por telfono (ring the doorbell / ~ for

rise

rose

risen

elevar

run

ran

run

say

said

said

correr
decir

see

saw

seen

ver

sell

sold

sold

vender

send

sent

sent

enviar

set
sew
shake
shine

set
sewed
shook
shone

set
sewn/sewed
shaken
shone

Fijar
Coser
Sacudir
Brillar

INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST

(pay for your lesson / pay in cash/

pay by cheque)
(put the coffee on the

table)
(quit the school)
(read a story / read about

pollution in China)

a taxi)
(rise price /

temperature / proportion)
(say a word / yes /

thank you)
(see page 15 / the doctor / a

documentary)
(sell two pills for $ 10 / ~ sth

to somebody)
(send a copy of a document

to you)

PAST PARTICIPLE SPANISH TRANSLATION

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shrink
shut
sing
sink
sit
sleep
slide
sow
speak
spell
spend
spill
split
spoil

shown/showe
d
shrank/shrunk shrunk
shut
shut
sang
sung
sank
sunk
sat
sat
slept
slept
slid
slid
sowed
sown/sowed
spoke
spoken
spelt/spelled spelt/spelled
spent
spent
spilt/spilled
spilt/spilled
split
split
spoilt/spoiled spoilt/spoiled

spread

spread

spread

Encoger
Cerrar
Cantar
Hundir
sentarse
(sit on a chair / at the table)
dormir
deslizar
Sembrar
hablar, pronunciar(speak to the teacher / quietly)
Deletrear
gastar
(spend money / time)
Derramar
Dividir
Estropear
difundir
(spread ideas / information / cancer

stand
steal

stood
stole

stood
stolen

estar de pie
robar

show

to his liver)

sting
stink
strike
swear
sweep
swim

stung
stank/stunk
struck
swore
swept
swam

stung
stunk
struck
sworn
swept
swum

take

took

taken

picar
apestar
golpear
jurar
barrer
nadar
tomar

teach

taught

taught

ensear

tear

tore

torn

tell

told

told

romper
decir

think

thought

thought

pensar

(take a sit / suzie home / a shower /

a photo)
(teach geography at school/ teach

us to swim)
(tell a story / a joke / news / the

truth)
(think about this situation / ~

that .)

throw
threw
tread
trode
underst
understood
and

thrown
lanzar
trodden/trod pisar
entender
understood

wake up woke up

woken up

despertarse

wear
weave
weep

wore
wove
wept

worn
woven
wept

win

won

won

llevar puesto
tejer
llorar / supurar herida
ganar
(win a competition/ an

wring

wrung

wrung

write

wrote

written

(understand this word /an idea /

a person)

(woke up the baby / to the sound

of birds)

election / a prize)

Retorcer
escribir
summary)

(write a book / an address / a