Verbos irregulares en inglés
Los verbos irregulares suelen dar bastante miedo a los estudiantes de inglés. Principalmente porque su irregularidad los hace poco predecibles y hay que hacer uso de la memorización. El miedo por este tipo de verbos carece de fundamento pues se trate de una cantidad relativamente pequeña de verbos en inglés que tendremos que memorizar.
El idioma inglés está formado por alrededor de 200 verbos irregulares, y aunque pueda parecer mucho, no son nada comparado con los más de 9.000 verbos regulares que posee este idioma. Así que ya sabes, aprender verbos en inglés irregulares es más rápido, y sencillo, que aprender verbos regulares en este mismo idioma.
¿Qué son los verbos en inglés irregulares?
Se trata de un tipo de verbo que no sigue una forma continua ni repetitiva, si no que estamos hablando de modificaciones del propio verbo. Es decir, no mantienen la raíz del verbo, que es lo que si que ocurre con los verbos regulares, que simplemente añaden un sufijo al verbo.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre verbos regulares e irregulares?
A grandes rasgos podemos decir que la principal diferencia es que los verbos irregulares no siguen un patrón regular, mientras que los regulares si. Esto que parece obvio es muy importante para entender la diferencia entre ambos tipos de verbos.
Los verbos regulares consisten simplemente en añadir el sufijo «-ed» a la raíz del verbo. mientras que los verbos irregulares cambian el sonido y la forma del verbo sin seguir ningún patrón. Aunque para hacerlo aún más sencillo de comprender pondremos algunos ejemplo de cada uno de ellos.
Ejemplos de verbos regulares:
| Traducción | Infinitivo | Pasado | Participio |
| Cocinar | Cook | Cooked | Cooked |
| Limpiar | Clean | Cleaned | Cleaned |
| Imaginar | Imagine | Imagined | Imagined |
| Abrir | Open | Opened | Opened |
Ejemplos de verbos irregulares:
| Traducción | Infinitivo | Pasado | Participio |
| Beber | Drink | Drank | Drunk |
| Crecer | Grow | Grew | Grown |
| Cantar | Sing | Sang | Sung |
| Prohibir | Forbid | Forbade | Forbidden |
Lista de verbos irregulares en inglés
A continuación encontrarás una tabla de verbos en inglés irregulares traducidos al español, junto al infinitivo, el pasado y el participio de cada uno de los verbos.
| Traducción | Infinitivo | Pasado | Participio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acelerar | Speed | Sped | Sped |
| Aferrarse | Cling | Clung | Clung |
| Afligir | Upset | Upset | Upset |
| Agarrar | Hold | Held | Held |
| Agitar | Shake | Shook | Shaken |
| Alimentar | Feed | Fed | Fed |
| Apestar | Stink | Stank | Stunk |
| Apostar | Bet | Bet | Bet |
| Apoyarse | Lean | Leant | Leant |
| Aprender | Learn | Learnt | Learnt |
| Arrastrar | Creep | Crept | Crept |
| Arrodillarse | Kneel | Knelt | Knelt |
| Balancear | Swing | Swung | Swung |
| Barrer | Sweep | Swept | Swept |
| Beber | Drink | Drank | Drunk |
| Brillar | Shine | Shone | Shone |
| Brincar | Leap | Leapt | Leapt |
| Buscar | Seek | Sought | Sought |
| Caer | Fall | Fell | Fallen |
| Cantar | Sing | Sang | Sung |
| Cavar | Dig | Dug | Dug |
| Cerrar | Shut | Shut | Shut |
| Coger | Catch | Caught | Caught |
| Colgar | Hang | Hung | Hung |
| Comer | Eat | Ate | Eaten |
| Comprar | Buy | Bought | Bought |
| Conducir | Drive | Drove | Driven |
| Conseguir | Get | Got | Got |
| Construir | Build | Built | Built |
| Contar o decir | Tell | Told | Told |
| Convertirse en | Become | Became | Become |
| Correr | Run | Ran | Run |
| Cortar | Cut | Cut | Cut |
| Coser | Sew | Sewed | Sewn |
| Costar | Cost | Cost | Cost |
| Crecer | Grow | Grew | Grown |
| Criar | Breed | Bred | Bred |
| Dar | Give | Gave | Given |
| Decir | Say | Said | Said |
| Dejar | Leave | Left | Left |
| Deletrear | Spell | Spelt | Spelt |
| Derramar | Spill | Spilt | Spilt |
| Despertar | Awake | Awoke | Awoken |
| Despertar | Wake | Woke | Woken |
| Dibujar | Draw | Drew | Drawn |
| Disparar | Shoot | Shot | Shot |
| Doblar | Bend | Bent | Bent |
| Dormir | Sleep | Slept | Slept |
| Echarse | Lie | Lay | Lain |
| Elegir | Choose | Chose | Chosen |
| Empezar | Begin | Began | Begun |
| Encender | Light | Lit | Lit |
| Encoger | Shrink | Shrank | Shrunk |
| Encontrar | Find | Found | Found |
| Encontrar | Meet | Met | Met |
| Encuadernar | Bind | Bound | Bound |
| Enrollar | Wind | Wound | Wound |
| Enseñar | Teach | Taught | Taught |
| Entender | Understand | Understood | Understood |
| Enviar | Send | Sent | Sent |
| Esconder | Hide | Hid | Hidden |
| Escribir | Write | Wrote | Written |
| Escuchar | Hear | Heard | Heard |
| Escupir | Spit | Spat | Spat |
| Esforzarse | Strive | Strove | Striven |
| Esquilar | Shear | Sheared | Shorn |
| Estallar | Burst | Burst | Burst |
| Estar de pie | Stand | Stood | Stood |
| Estropear | Spoil | Spoilt | Spoilt |
| Extender | Spread | Spread | Spread |
| Ganar | Win | Won | Won |
| Golpear | Beat | Beat | Beaten |
| Golpear | Hit | Hit | Hit |
| Golpear | Strike | Struck | Struck |
| Guardar | Keep | Kept | Kept |
| Tener | Have | Had | Had |
| Hablar | Speak | Spoke | Spoken |
| Hacer | Do | Did | Done |
| Hacer | Make | Made | Made |
| Hacer daño | Hurt | Hurt | Hurt |
| Helar | Freeze | Froze | Frozen |
| Hender | Split | Split | Split |
| Huir | Flee | Fled | Fled |
| Hundir | Sink | Sank | Sunk |
| Irse | Go | Went | Gone |
| Jurar | Swear | Swore | Sworn |
| Lanzar | Throw | Threw | Thrown |
| Leer | Read | Read | Read |
| Levantarse | Rise | Rose | Risen |
| Llevar | Lead | Led | Led |
| Llevar (puesto) | Wear | Wore | Worn |
| Llorar | Weep | Wept | Wept |
| Moler | Grind | Ground | Ground |
| Montar | Ride | Rode | Ridden |
| Morder | Bite | Bit | Bitten |
| Mostrar | Show | Showed | Shown |
| Nadar | Swim | Swam | Swum |
| Oler | Smell | Smelt | Smelt |
| Olvidar | Forget | Forgot | Forgotten |
| Pagar | Pay | Paid | Paid |
| Gastar | Spend | Spent | Spent |
| Pegar | Stick | Stuck | Stuck |
| Pelearse | Fight | Fought | Fought |
| Pensar | Think | Thought | Thought |
| Perder | Lose | Lost | Lost |
| Perdonar | Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven |
| Permitir | Let | Let | Let |
| Picar | Sting | Stung | Stung |
| Pisar | Tread | Trod | Trodden |
| Poner | Lay | Laid | Laid |
| Poner | Put | Put | Put |
| Poner | Set | Set | Set |
| Prestar | Lend | Lent | Lent |
| Prohibir | Forbid | Forbade | Forbidden |
| Pujar | Bid | Bid | Bid |
| Quemar | Burn | Burnt | Burnt |
| Resbalar | Slide | Slid | Slid |
| Retirar | Withdraw | Withdrew | Withdrawn |
| Robar | Steal | Stole | Stolen |
| Romper | Break | Broke | Broken |
| Romper | Tear | Tore | Torn |
| Saber o conocer | Know | Knew | Known |
| Sangrar | Bleed | Bled | Bled |
| Sembrar | Sow | Sowed | Sown |
| Sentar | Sit | Sat | Sat |
| Sentirse | Feel | Felt | Felt |
| Serrar | Saw | Sawed | Sawn |
| Significar | Mean | Meant | Meant |
| Sonar | Ring | Rang | Rung |
| Soñar | Dream | Dreamt | Dreamt |
| Soplar | Blow | Blew | Blown |
| Soportar | Bear | Bore | Borne |
| Sufrir | Undergo | Underwent | Undergone |
| Surgir | Arise | Arose | Arisen |
| Tejer | Weave | Wove | Woven |
| Tirar | Cast | Cast | Cast |
| Tomar | Take | Took | Taken |
| Torcer | Wring | Wrung | Wrung |
| Traer | Bring | Brought | Brought |
| Tratar | Deal | Dealt | Dealt |
| Vencer | Overcome | Overcame | Overcome |
| Vender | Sell | Sold | Sold |
| Venir | Come | Came | Come |
| Ver | See | Saw | Seen |
| Volar | Fly | Flew | Flown |