Participles In English

Irregular Past Forms and Participles in English


Base Form Simple Past Past Participle Spanish
awake/wake up awoke/woke up awoken/woken up despertar(se)
be was, were been ser, estar
bear* bore born/borne soportar
dar a luz a
beat beat beat/beaten batir, pegar,
latir (el corazón)
become became become hacerse, volverse,
llegar a serbegin began begun comenzar, empezar
bend bent bent doblar, inclinar,
beset* beset beset rodear, acosar
bet bet bet apostar
bid* bid/bade bid/bidden pedir, mandar
bind* bound bound atar, liar, vendar
bite bit bitten morder, picar
bleed bled bled sangrar
blow blew blown soplar, tocar
(un instrumento de
viento), explotarbreak broke broken romper, quebrar
breed bred bred criar (animales)
bring brought brought traer, llevar
broadcast broadcast broadcast emitir, transmitir
build built built construír, edificar
burn burned/burnt burned/burnt quemar, arder
burst burst burst reventar, romper
buy bought bought comprar
cast cast cast echar, .lanzar, arrojar,hacer el reparto (teatro)
catch caught caught atrapar, coger (España)
choose chose chosen escoger, elegir, seleccionar
cling clung clung aferrarse, agarrarse
come came come venir
cost cost cost costar, valer
creep crept crept gatear, arrastrarse
cut cut cut cortar, rebajar (precios)
deal (with) dealtdealt tratar (con personas)
repartir (cartas/naipes)
dig dug dug cavar, excavar, extraer



*más formal y/o menos usado (al menos en EEUU)





Base Form Simple Past Past Participle Spanish
dive dove* dived lanzarse al agua,
bucear
do did done hacer
draw drew drawn dibujar, sacar (agua, sangre)
dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt soñardrive drove driven conducir/manejar (un auto)
drink drank drunk beber
eat ate eaten comer
fall fell fallen caer(se)
feed fed fed alimentar, darle de comer
feel felt felt sentir(se), palpar,
fight fought fought pelear, luchar, combatir
find found found encontrar, hallar, descubrir
fit fit** fit caber, encajar,
quedarle bien(ropa)
flee fled fled huir, fugarse
fling flung flung arrojar
fly flew flown volar
forbid forbid/forbade forbidden prohibir
forget forgot forgotten olvidar
forego forewent foregone renunciar a,
privarse de
forgive forgave forgiven perdonar
forsake*** forsook forsaken abandonar, renunciar
freeze froze frozen congelar(se), helar(se)
getgot got/gotten**** obtenir, conseguir
give gave given dar
go went gone ir
grind ground ground moler
grow grew grown crecer, cultivar
hang hung hung,/(hanged)***** colgar, ahorcar
hear heard heard oír, escuchar
hide hid hidden esconder(se), ocultar
hit hit hit golpear, pegar
hold held held contener, retener, sostener,
hurt hurthurt lastimar, hacer danño, doler
keep kept kept guardar, conserver, mantener
kneel knelt knelt arrodillarse
knit knit/knitted knit/knitted tejer
know knew known conocer/saber
lay laid laid colocar, poner
lead led led liderar, dirigir

*dived en Gran Bretaña
**fitted en Gran Bretaña
***más formal y/o menos usado (al menos en EEUU)
****gotten sólo enEEUU
*****sólo cuando quiere decir ahorcado




Base Form Simple Past Past Participle Spanish
leap leaped/leapt leaped/leapt saltar
learn learned/learnt* learned/learnt aprender
leave left left salir, irse, dejar
lend lent lent prestar
let let let dejar, permitir
lie lay lain acostarse, reclinarse,
estar tumbado, yacer
light lit/lighted...