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INFINITIVE            TRANSLATION           PAST          PAST PARTICIPLE

Be                   ser, estar             was, were      Been

bring                traer                  brought        brought

do                   hacer                  did            done

eat                  comer                  ate            eaten

feel                 sentir                 felt           felt

find                 encontrar              found          found

fly                  volar                  flew           flown

give                 dar                    gave           given

go                   ir                     went           gone

have                 tener                  had            had

hear                 oir                    heard          heard

keep                 mantener, seguir       kept           kept

lay                  echarse, tenderse      laid           laid

lie                  echarse, tenderse      lay            lain

mean                 significar             meant          meant

put                  colocar                put            put

ride                 manejar                rode           ridden

say                  decir                  said           said

see                  ver                    saw            seen

sell                 vender                 sold           sold

show                 mostrar                showed         shown
shut                    cerrar                      shut     shut

spend                   gastar                      spent    spent

spread                  regar, dispersar            spread   spread

take                    tomar                       took     taken

teach                   enseñar                     taught   taught

tell                    contar                      told     Told

write                   escribir                    wrote    written




Remarks:

1 The verb be has two forms in the simple past tense:
I, he, she, it→was; you, we, they→were.
.

2 The past participle of get is got in British English,
but gotten in American English.


3 Burn, dream, dwell, kneel, lean, leap, learn, smell,
spell, spill and spoil can be regular or irregular.
In British English, we usually prefer the irregular form
(burnt, dreamt, and so forth). Americans use the regular
ones, that is to say, the ones with -ed. As we have seen
above, a verb such as misspell should be treated as spell,
that is, Americans would say misspelled; but British
people, misspelt.

They are also pronounced differently:
dreamt         /dremt/
dreamed          /dri:md/
(Also kneel, lean and leap. Since leap ends in a voiceless
sound, -ed is pronounced /t/: leaped (/li:pt/),
but leapt (/lept/).)
spelt        /spelt/
spelled       /speld/
(Also burn, dwell, learn, smell, spill and spoil.)
4 Lie is regular when it means ‘not to tell the truth’, but
it is irregular when its meaning is ‘to be in or put your
body into a horizontal position’:
She lied to me. (= She didn’t tell me the truth.)
She lay down a bit, as she felt sick. (= She put her
body into a horizontal position.)

5 The infinitive of the verb read is pronounced /ri:d/;
the simple past and the past participle, /red/.


6 Modal verbs are not included in this list because they
are defective, that is, they have not all the forms.
For instance, we may say I can play football (present
ability), or I could play football (past ability);
but we may not say I have could play football since I
was a child; we have to say I have been able to play
football since I was a child.

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Spanish Verb Conjugation Chart

  • 1. INFINITIVE TRANSLATION PAST PAST PARTICIPLE Be ser, estar was, were Been bring traer brought brought do hacer did done eat comer ate eaten feel sentir felt felt find encontrar found found fly volar flew flown give dar gave given go ir went gone have tener had had hear oir heard heard keep mantener, seguir kept kept lay echarse, tenderse laid laid lie echarse, tenderse lay lain mean significar meant meant put colocar put put ride manejar rode ridden say decir said said see ver saw seen sell vender sold sold show mostrar showed shown
  • 2. shut cerrar shut shut spend gastar spent spent spread regar, dispersar spread spread take tomar took taken teach enseñar taught taught tell contar told Told write escribir wrote written Remarks: 1 The verb be has two forms in the simple past tense: I, he, she, it→was; you, we, they→were. . 2 The past participle of get is got in British English, but gotten in American English. 3 Burn, dream, dwell, kneel, lean, leap, learn, smell, spell, spill and spoil can be regular or irregular. In British English, we usually prefer the irregular form (burnt, dreamt, and so forth). Americans use the regular ones, that is to say, the ones with -ed. As we have seen above, a verb such as misspell should be treated as spell, that is, Americans would say misspelled; but British people, misspelt. They are also pronounced differently: dreamt /dremt/ dreamed /dri:md/ (Also kneel, lean and leap. Since leap ends in a voiceless sound, -ed is pronounced /t/: leaped (/li:pt/), but leapt (/lept/).) spelt /spelt/ spelled /speld/ (Also burn, dwell, learn, smell, spill and spoil.)
  • 3. 4 Lie is regular when it means ‘not to tell the truth’, but it is irregular when its meaning is ‘to be in or put your body into a horizontal position’: She lied to me. (= She didn’t tell me the truth.) She lay down a bit, as she felt sick. (= She put her body into a horizontal position.) 5 The infinitive of the verb read is pronounced /ri:d/; the simple past and the past participle, /red/. 6 Modal verbs are not included in this list because they are defective, that is, they have not all the forms. For instance, we may say I can play football (present ability), or I could play football (past ability); but we may not say I have could play football since I was a child; we have to say I have been able to play football since I was a child.