INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY

CAMPUS EUGENIO GARZA LAGUERA

DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS - ENGLISH I
As part of the grammatical frame to be considered in this course it is very important to practice this list of IRREGULAR VERBS
PRESENT PAST MEANING IN SPANISH

GROUP I. NO CHANGE (except the omission of the “s”)

1. cut (s) cut cortar(se)
2. beat (s) beat dar de golpe, vencer, latir
3. bet (s) bet apostar
4. broadcast (s) broadcast difundir, transmitir
5. cost (s) cost costar
6. fit (s) fit quedar algo a la medida
7. hit (s) hit golpear, acertar
8. hurt (s) hurt herir, lastimar
9. knit (s) knit tejer a mano
10. let (s) let permitir
11. put (s) put poner, colocar
12. set (s) set poner en su sitio algo, arreglar
13. shut (s) shut cerrar
14. spread (s) spread extender, esparcir, divulgar
15. wet (s) wet mojar, humedecer
16. wed (s) wed casarse, contraer matrimonio
GROUP II. THEY CHANGE THE FINAL CONSONANT TO “T” OR “D”)
17. bend (s) bent doblar, encorvar (se)
18. build (s) built construir, edificar
19. have (has) had tener, poseer, beber, comer, auxiliar:
haber
20. lend (s) lent prestar
21. make (s) made hacer = fabricar, preparar
22. send (s) sent enviar
23. spend (s) spent gastar = emplear el tiempo o el dinero
GROUP III. THEY CHANGE AN INTERNAL VOWEL
24. become (s) became llegar a ser, ser apropiado para algo
25. begin (s) began empezar, comenzar
26. blow (s) blew soplar
27. choose (s) chose escoger
28. come (s) came venir
29. draw (s) drew dibujar, jalar
30. drink (s) drank beber
31. drive (s) drove conducir, manejar (carro, …)
32. fall (s) fell caer (se)
33. feed (s) fed alimentar, dar de comer
34. fight (s) fought pelear, luchar, combatir
35. find (s) found encontrar, hallar
36. fly (ies) flew volar
37. forget (s) forgot olvidar
38. forgive (s) forgave perdonar
39. freeze (s) froze congelar (se)
40. get (s) got obtener, adquirir
41. give (s) gave dar, regalar
42. grow (s) grew crecer, cultivar
43. hang (s) * hung colgar, algo (ahorcar = regular)
44. hold (s) held sostener, contener
45. know (s) knew saber, conocer
46. lead (s) led dirigir
47. light (s) lit iluminar, alumbrar, encender
48. meet (s) met encontrarse, ser presentado
49. read (s) read leer
50. ride (s) rode cabalgar, montar
51. ring (s) rang timbrar
PRESENT PAST MEANING IN SPANISH

52. rise (s) rose levantar (se), ascender

53. run (s) ran correr, competir para un puesto
54. see (s) saw ver
55. shine (s) * shone brillar, con brillo propio, dar brillo
56. shrink (s) shrank encoger
57. sing (s) sang cantar
58. sink (s) sank hundir (se), irse a pique
59. sit (s) sat sentarse
60. swim (s) swam nadar
61. throw (s) threw arrojar, tirar, lanzar
62. wake (s) (up) woke up despertar (se)
63. win (s) won ganar partido, juego, conquistar
64. wind (s) wound dar cuerda
65. write (s) wrote escribir
GROUP IV. THEY CHANGE AN INTERNAL VOEWL AND ADD OR OMIT FINAL SILENT “E”
66. break (s) broke quebrar (se)
67. bite (s) bit morder, picar un insecto
68. eat (s) ate comer
69. hide (s) hid esconder (se)
70. shake (s) shook agitar, temblar
71. speak (s) spoke hablar
72. steal (s) stole robar
73. strike (s) struck golpear
74. take (s) took tomar = coger, llevar
75. tear (s) tore rasgar, romper
76. wear (s) wore usar (en el cuerpo), llevar puesto

GROUP V. THEY CHANGE AN INTERNAL VOEWL AND ADD “T” OR “D”

77. do (es) did hacer, auxiliar neg., interr, enfático
78. dream (s) * dreamt soñar
79. feel (s) felt sentir
80. hear (s) heard oír, escuchar
81. keep (s) kept guardar, conservar
82. lay (s) laid colocar, poner, extender
83. leave (s) left salir, dejar, abandonar
84. lose (s) lost perder, extraviar
85. mean (s) meant significar, querer decir
86. pay (s) paid pagar
87. say (s) said decir
88. sell (s) sold vender
89. sleep (s) slept dormir
90. stand (s) stood estar de pie, ponerse de pie
91. sweep (s) swept barrer
92. tell (s) told contar
93. understand (s) understood entender, comprender
GROUP VI. THEY CHANGE FINAL VOWELS AND CONSONANT
94. catch (es) caught atrapar, contraer enfermedad
contagiosa
95. bring (s) brought traer
96. buy (s) bought comprar
97. teach (es) taught enseñar, instruir
98. think (s) thought pensar
VERY IRREGULAR
99. (be) am, is, are was, were ser, estar, tener (frío, calor…)
100. go (es) went ir

* They are also regular verbs