Past

Infinitive Past Spanish

Participle
® arrive arrived arrived llegar, arribar
® ask asked asked preguntar
® ask for asked for asked for pedir
(i) be was / were been ser / estar
(i) become became become llegar a ser
(i) begin began begun empezar, comenzar
® borrow borrowed borrowed pedir prestado
(i) break broke broken quebrar, ir a receso
(i) bring brought brought traer
(i) build built built construir, edificar
® burn burned burned quemar
(i) buy bought bought comprar
(i) can could been able to poder
(i) catch caught caught atrapar
cheat (on
® cheated cheated copiar en 1 examen/engañar
sb)
(i) choose chose chosen escoger, seleccionar
® comb combed combed peinar
(i) come came come venir
® commute commuted commuted transportarse en la cd.
(i) cut cut cut cortar
(i) do did done hacer
(i) draw drew drown dibujar
® dream of dreamed of dreamed of soñar con
(i) drink drank drunk beber
(i) drive drove driven conducir, manejar
(i) eat ate eaten comer
® fail failed failed reprobar
(i) fall fell fallen caer (fall down = caerse)
(i) feed fed fed alimentar
(i) feel felt felt sentir
(i) fight fought fought pelear
(i) find found found encontrar
® finish finished finished terminar
® fix fixed fixed arreglar, componer
(i) fly flew flown volar
(i) forget forgot forgotten olvidar
(i) forgive forgave forgiven perdonar
(i) get got gotten obtener, conseguir
(i) get up got up gotten up levantarse
(i) give gave given dar
(i) give up gave up given up desanimarse
(i) go went gone ir
® graduate graduated graduated graduarse
(i) grow up grew up grown up crecer
(i) have had had tener
(i) hear heard heard oír
(i) hit hit hit golpear
(i) hold held held sostener, poseer docum.
® hope hoped hoped tener la esperanza de
(i) keep kept kept mantener, guardar

(i) know knew known saber, conocer

® learn learned learned aprender
(i) leave left left irse, abandonar
(i) lend lent lent prestar
(i) lie lay lain mentir
® listen to listened to listened to escuchar
® look for looked for looked for buscar
(i) lose lost lost perder
(i) make made made hacer
(i) mean meant meant querer decir, significar
(i) meet met met reunirse, conocer X 1a vez
® mop mopped mopped trapear
® participate participated participated participar
(i) pay paid paid pagar
(i) read read read leer
(i) ride rode ridden cabalgar, montar
(i) ring rang rung sonar, timbrar
(i) run ran run correr
(i) say said said decir, declarar
(i) see saw seen ver
(i) sell sold sold vender
(i) send sent sent enviar
(i) set set set ajustar, configurar
(i) show showed shown mostrar
(i) sing sang sung cantar
(i) sleep slept slept dormir
(i) speak spoke spoken hablar
® spell spelled spelled deletrear
(i) spend spent spent gastar (tiempo, $)
(i) steal stole stolen robar (todo un objeto)
® study studied studied estudiar
(i) sweep swept swept barrer
(i) swim swam swum nadar
(i) take took taken tomar
(i) take a test took a test taken a test presentar un examen
® talk talked talked hablar
(i) teach taught taught enseñar, instruir
(i) tell told told decir, contar, narrar
(i) think thought thought pensar
(i) understand understood understood entender
® wait for waited for waited for esperar a alguien
(i) wake up woke up woken up despertarse
® walk walked walked caminar
® want wanted wanted querer, desear fisicamente
® wash washed washed lavar
® watch watched watched ver (aparatos electrónicos)
® water watered watered regar (plantas)
(i) wear wore worn vestir, usar
(i) win won won ganar
(i) write wrote written redactar, escribir