Muchos de estos verbos comúnmente usados en inglés tienen múltiples significados y no se pueden traducir directamente del español. Hemos enumerado las traducciones más comunes.
** Los verbos modales son verbos auxiliares que no pueden funcionar como un verbo principal. No se conjugan los verbos modales y no tienen tiempo. Aprende la diferencia aquí
# | Verbo Infinitivo (Infinitive Verb) | Pretérito simple (Simple Past) | Pasado participio (Past Participle) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | to be – ser y estar | was / were | been |
2 | to have – tener | had | had |
3 | to do – hacer | did | done |
4 | to say – decir | said | said |
5 | to go – ir | went | gone |
6 | can** | ||
7 | to get – conseguir / llegar | got | gotten / got |
8 | would** | ||
9 | to make – hacer | made | made |
10 | to know – saber | knew | known |
11 | will** | ||
12 | to think – pensar | thought | thought |
13 | to take – tomar | took | taken |
14 | to see – ver | saw | seen |
15 | to come – venir | came | come |
16 | could** | ||
17 | to want – querer | wanted | wanted |
18 | to look – mirar | looked | looked |
19 | to use – usar | used | used |
20 | to find – encontrar | found | found |
21 | to give – dar | gave | given |
22 | to tell – decir / contar | told | told |
23 | to work – trabajar | worked | worked |
24 | may** | ||
25 | should** | ||
26 | to call – llamar | called | called |
27 | to try – tratar / probar | tried | tried |
28 | to ask – preguntar / pedir | asked | asked |
29 | to need – necesitar | needed | needed |
30 | to feel – sentir | felt | felt |
31 | to become – convertir | became | become |
32 | to leave – salir / dejar | left | left |
33 | to put – poner | put | put |
34 | to mean – significar | meant | meant |
35 | to keep – mantener / continuar | kept | kept |
36 | to let – quedar | let | let |
37 | to begin – empezar | began | begun |
38 | to seem – parecer | seemed | seemed |
39 | to help – ayudar | helped | helped |
40 | to talk – hablar | talked | talked |
41 | to turn – girar / convertir | turned | turned |
42 | to start – comenzar | started | started |
43 | might** | ||
44 | to show – mostrar | showed | showed |
45 | to hear – oir | heard | heard |
46 | to play – jugar | played | |
47 | to run – correr | ran | run |
48 | to move – mover | moved | moved |
49 | to like – gustar | liked | liked |
50 | to live – vivir | lived | lived |
51 | to believe – creer | believed | believed |
52 | to hold – sostener / abrazar | held | held |
53 | to bring – traer | brought | brought |
54 | to happen – suceder / ocurrir | happened | happened |
55 | must** | ||
56 | to write – escribir | wrote | written |
57 | to provide – proporcionar | provided | provided |
58 | to sit – sentar | sat | sat |
59 | to stand – quedarse / levantarse | stood | stood |
60 | to lose – perder | lost | lost |
61 | to pay – pagar | paid | paid |
62 | to meet – conocer | met | met |
63 | to include – incluir | included | included |
64 | to continue – continuar / seguir | continued | continued |
65 | to set – establecer / ajustar | set | set |
66 | to learn – aprender | learned / learnt | learned / learnt |
67 | to change – cambiar | changed | changed |
68 | to lead – liderar | lead | lead |
69 | to understand – entender | understood | understood |
70 | to watch – ver / mirar | watched | watched |
71 | to follow – seguir | followed | followed |
72 | to stop – parar / dejar | stopped | stopped |
73 | create – crear | created | created |
74 | speak – hablar | spoke | spoken |
75 | read – leer | read | read |
76 | to allow – permitir | allowed | allowed |
77 | to add – agregar | added | added |
78 | to spend – gastar | spent | spent |
79 | to grow – crecer | grew | grown |
80 | to open – abrir | opened | opened |
81 | to walk – caminar | walked | walked |
82 | to win – ganar | won | won |
83 | to offer – ofrecer | offered | offered |
84 | to remember – acordar | remembered | remembered |
85 | to love – amar | loved | loved |
86 | to consider – considerar | considered | considered |
87 | to appear – aparecer | appeared | appeared |
88 | to buy – comprar | bought | bought |
89 | to wait – esperar | waited | waited |
90 | to serve – servir | served | served |
91 | to die – morir | died | died |
92 | to send – enviar | sent | sent |
93 | to expect – esperar | expected | expected |
94 | to build – construir | built | built |
95 | to stay – permanecer / quedarse | stayed | stayed |
96 | to fall – caer | fell | fell |
97 | to cut – cortar | cut | cut |
98 | to reach – alcanzar | reached | reached |
99 | to kill – matar | killed | killed |
100 | to remain – permanecer / quedar | remained | remained |
Esta lista de los 100 verbos más comunes en inglés fue seleccionada del Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) por la Universidad Brigham Young.