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In basic terms, these two terms refer to a list of irregular verbs that when

conjugated in the present indicative, always end in “go” in the first person (yo)
form.

For example:

 Hacer: Yo hago (I do),


 Poner: Yo pongo (I put),
 Tener: To tengo (I have)
When we talk about go verbs in Spanish, we only refer to verbs ending in IR
or ER. In other words, there are no AR verbs in this category.

Now, let’s divide go verbs in Spanish into three different categories.

1) The Verb “Hacer” And Related Ones

Personal Rehacer / To Deshacer / To


Hacer / To do
Pronouns redo undo

Yo hago rehago deshago

Tú haces rehaces deshaces

Usted/él/ella hace rehace deshace

Nosotros/as hacemos rehacemos deshacemos

Ellos/as hacen rehacen deshacen

Ustedes hacen rehacen deshacen


The verb hacer (to do/make) is probably the most used go verb in Spanish, as
it’s completely irregular in the first person conjugation.

There are certain go verbs that are formed using hacer with a different prefix,
like rehacer (to redo) and deshacer (to undo).

While these prefixes change the meaning of the main verb, the
conjugation pattern will remain the same as the original verb (hacer).

2) The GO form

We can call the second category of go verbs in Spanish, the go form verbs.

These forms are conjugated as regular in the present indicative, except for the
first person conjugation (yo) form, where you must add a g before the suffix -o.

Personal Salir/To go- To Tener / To


Venir / To come
Pronouns leave have
salo – sal+g+o= tene- ten+g+o= veno- ven+g+o=
Yo
salgo tengo vengo
Tú sales tienes vienes
Usted/él/ella sale tiene viene
Nosotros/as salimos tenemos venimos
Ellos/as salen tienen vienen
Ustedes salen tienen vienen
Some of these verbs include Poner, Oír, Salir, Tener, Valer, Venir, among
others (and related ones).
Let’s take the verb poner, which means “to put”.
When conjugated in the first person (yo) simple present indicative, it
becomes pongo, rather than “pono”.

3) Verbs with -IGO form

Finally, we have a group of verbs that use a regular conjugation, with


the exception being that fact that you must add a –ig before the suffix
-o in the first person conjugation (yo). These verbs include Traer,
Caer.

Personal Pronouns Traer / To bring Caer / To fall


Yo trao -tra+ig+o=traigo cao -ca+ig+o=caigo
Tú traes caes
Usted/él/ella trae cae
Nosotros/as traemos caemos
Ellos/as traen caen
Ustedes traen caen

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