Los 102 verbos de más alta frecuencia en inglés*

Verbos Regulares

INFINITIVO PASADO PARTICIPIO SIGNIFICADO

Accept accepted accepted aceptar
Add added added sumar, añadir
Allow Allowed Allowed dejar, permitir
Appear appeared appeared aparecer
Ask asked asked preguntar, pedir
Believe believed believed creer
Borrow borrowed borrowed pedir prestado
Call called called llamar
Cancel canceled canceled cancelar
Change changed changed cambiar
Consider considered considered considerar
Continue continued continued continuar
Create created created crear
Die died died morir
Expect expected expected esperar, anticipar
Follow followed followed seguir
Happen happened happened suceder
Help helped helped ayudar
Include included included incluir
Kill killed killed matar
Like liked liked gustar
Listen listened listened escuchar
Live lived lived vivir
Look looked looked mirar
Love loved loved amar
Move moved moved mover
Need needed needed necesitar
Offer offered offered ofrecer
Open opened opened abrir
Play played played jugar, tocar
Provide provided provided proveer
Reach reached reached alcanzar
Remain remained remained quedar, sobrar
Remember remembered remembered recordar
Seem seemed seemed parecer
Serve served served servir
Show showed showed mostrar
Start started started Empezar, iniciar
Stay stayed stayed permanecer, quedarse
Stop stopped stopped detener, parar
Talk talked talked hablar, conversar
Try tried tried tratar, intentar
Turn turned turned girar, voltear
Use used used usar
Wait waited waited esperar
Walk walked walked caminar
Want wanted wanted querer, necesitar
Watch watched watched observar, mirar
Work worked worked trabajar

Verbos Irregulares

INFINITIVO PASADO PARTICIPIO SIGNIFICADO

Be was / were been ser, estar
Become became become hacerse, tornarse, convertirse en

Begin began begun empezar, iniciar

Break broke broken quebrar, partir, romper
Bring brought brought traer, llevar, conducir
Build built built construir, edificar
Buy bought bought comprar
Come came come venir
Cut cut cut cortar, acortar
Do did done hacer
Drive drove driven impulsar, conducir, llevar, inducir

Eat ate eaten comer

Fall fell fallen caer, descender, desplomarse
Feel felt felt sentir, percibir, tocar
Find found found encontrar, descubrir
Fit fit fit caber, acoplar
Fly flew flown volar
Forget forgot forgotten olvidar
Get got got / gotten lograr, obtener, conseguir
 Give gave given dar, conceder
Go went gone ir, funcionar, resultar
Grow grew grown crecer, cultivar
Have had had tener, haber
Hear heard heard oír, escuchar
Hold held held sostener, mantener, contener

Hurt hurt hurt herir, dañar, lastimar

Keep kept kept mantener, guardar, conservar

Know knew known conocer, saber

Lead led led guiar, llevar, conducir
Learn learnt learnt aprender, enterarse
Leave left left irse, abandonar
Let let let permitir, conceder
Lose lost lost perder, malgastar
Make made made hacer, producir
Mean meant meant significar, querer decir

Meet met met encontrarse, conocer

Pay paid paid pagar, recompensar
Put put put poner, colocar
Read read read leer
Run ran run correr, funcionar
Say said said decir, afirmar
See saw seen ver
Send sent sent enviar
Set set set instalar, establecer, colocar, fijar

Sit sat sat sentarse

Speak spoke spoken hablar
Spend spent spent gastar, consumir, emplear (tiempo)

Stand stood stood pararse, tolerar, estar de pie

Take took taken tomar, llevar

Tell told told decir, contar, narrar
Think thought thought pensar, creer
Understand understood understood entender, comprender
Win won won ganar, triunfar
Write wrote written escribir
*Por cuestiones prácticas la presente lista está ordenada en verbos regulares e irregulares alfabéticamente.

Esta lista fue adaptada de “Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)”