101 Examples of Verbs in English and Spanish

Verbs in English

The verbs in English are the words that are used to indicate actions, existence, possession or spirit.

In English, infinitives are built with the word to:

The conjugation of regular verbs in English It is simpler than in Spanish:

Present simple: (Present simple)

In other words, except for the third person singular, verbs in the present are equal to the infinitive.

In the third person singular, add a s in the end. If the verb ends in Y not preceded by a vowel, it is replaced by ie before adding the ending s.

Present continuous

The construction of this verb is as follows:

Verb + verb to be conjugated + main verb ending in ing

See also: Examples of Present Continous

Simple past

In regular verbs, the ending is added ed to form the past. This rule also applies to the third person singular.

If the verb ends in Y not preceded by a vowel, it is replaced by i before adding the ending ed.

There are also irregular verbs that are conjugated differently. These verbs must be memorized as there is no rule.

In the list below, the conjugations of the irregular verbs is:

Present tense verb for I - you - we - they / present tense verb for he - she - it, past tense verb, participle verb: meaning of the infinitive verb in Spanish.

It can serve you: Simple Past Examples

Examples of verbs in English

1. Abide: tolerate
2. Achieve: achieve
3. Add: add, add
4. Administer: administer
5. Admire: admire
6. Advise: advise
7. Agree: agree
8. Am / are / is, was / were, been: to be / to be
9. Answer: answer
10. Arise / arises, arose, arisen: arise.
11. Arrive: arrive
12. Ask: ask
13. Attend: attend
14. Attract: attract
15. Awake / awakes, awoke, awoken: wake up.
16. Bear / bears, bore, borne: carry, hold
17. Beat / beats, beat, beaten: hit
18. Become / becomes, became, become: become
19. Beg: beg
20. Begin / begins, began, begun: begin
21. Believe: believe
22. Belong: belong
23. Bend / bends, bent, bent: bend / bend
24. Bet / bets, bet, bet: bet
25. Bid / bids, bade, bidden: offer
26. Bind / binds, bound, bound: join / join
27. Bite / bites, bit, bitten: bite
28. Bleed / bleed, bled, bled: bleed
29. Blow / blows, blew, blown: blow
30. Board: board
31. Boil: boil
32. Bore: bore
33. Break / breaks, broke, broken: break / break
34. Breed / breeds, bred, bred: breed
35. Bring / Brings, brought, brought: bring / carry with you
36. Build / builds, built, built: construer
37. Burn / burns, burnt, burnt: burn
38. Burst / bursts, burst, burst: burst
39. Buy / buys, bought, bought: buy
40. Call: call
41. Can / can, could, -: power
42. Carry: carry
43. Cast / casts, cast, cast: cast.
44. Catch / catches, caught, caught: catch
45. Change: change
46. chat
47. Choose / chooses, chose, chosen: choose
48. Claim: claim
49. Clean: clean
50. Climb: climb, climb
51. Close: close
52. Collect: gather, collect, collect
53. Come / eat, came, eat: come.
54. Compete: compete
55. Complete: completer
56. Confirm: confirm
57. Consider: consider
58. Continue: continue
59. Cook: cook
60. Copy: copy
61. Cost / costs, cost, cost: costar.
62. Creep / creeps, crept, crept: crawl
63. Criticize: criticize
64. Cross: cross
65. Dance: dance
66. Dare / dares, dared, dared: dare
67. Deal / deals, dealt, dealt: deal with / face
68. Decide: decide
69. Declare: declarer
70. Decorate: decorate
71. Delete: delete
72. Demand: demand
73. Destroy: destroy
74. Dig / digs, dug, dug: dig.
75. Disagree: discent
76. Discuss: discuss
77. Do / does, did, done: do
78. Draw / draws, drew, drawn: draw
79. Dream, dreams, dreamt, dremt: sound
80. Dress: dressing
81. Drink / drinks, drank, drunk: drink.
82. Drive / drives, drove, driven: drive
83. Dry: dry
84. Ear: win
85. Eat / eats, ate, eaten: eat
86. Educate yourself: educate
87. Elaborate: elaborate
88. Elect: choose
89. Eliminate: delete
90. Employ: use, employ
91. Enjoy: enjoy
92. Enter: enter
93. Entertain: entertain
94. Exchange: exchange
95. Excuse: excuse me
96. Expect: wait
97. Fall / falls, fell, fallen: fall
98. Feed / feeds, fed, fed: feed / feed
99. Feel / feels, felt, felt: feel
100. Fight / fights, fought, fought: fight
101. File: archive
102. Fill: fill
103. Find / finds, found, found: find
104. Finish: finish
105. Flee / flees, fled, fled: flee
106. Flow: to flow
107. Fly / flies, flew, flown: fly
108. Forbid / forbids, forbade, forbidden: prohibit
109. Forget / forgets, forgot, forgotten: forget
110. Forgive / forgives, forgave, forgiven: forgive
111. Form: form
112. Forsake / forsakes, forsook, forsaken: abandon
113. Freeze / freezes, froze, frozen: freeze, freeze
114. Get / gets, got, got / gotten: get
115. Gild / gilds, gilded, gilded / gilt: gild
116. Give / gives, gave, given: give
117. Graduate: graduate
118. Greet: say hello
119. Grind / grinds, ground, ground: moles
120. Grow / grows, grew, grown: grow / cultivate
121. Guess: guess
122. Guide: guide
123. Hate: hate
124. Have / has, had, had: have / have
125. Hear / hears, heard, heard: hear
126. Help: help
127. Hide / hides, hid, hidden: hide / hide
128. Hit / hits, hit, hit: hit
129. Hold / holds, held, held: hold
130. Hope: wish
131. Hug: hug
132. Hurry: hurry up
133. Hurt / hurts, hurt, hurt: hurt / hurt
134. Ignore: ignorer
135. Import: import
136. Impress: impress
137. Inform: inform
138. Injure: to hurt
139. Enter: present
140. Invent: inventor
141. Invite: invite
142. Jump: jump
143. Keep / keeps, kept, kept: keep / guarder
144. Kick: kick
145. Kill: kill
146. Knock: knock
147. Knot: knot
148. Know / knows, knew, known: know / know
149. Laugh: laugh
150. Lay / lays, laid, laid: extend / place
151. Lead / leads, led, led: lead
152. Learn / learns, learnt, learnt: learn
153. Leave / leaves, left, left: leave / leave / exit
154. Lend / lends, lent, lent: lend
155. Let / lets, let, let: allow
156. Lie / lies, lay, lain: lie down
157. Light / lights, lit, lit: turn on
158. Like: like
159. Live: live
160. Lock: lock
161. Look: see, look
162. Lose / loses, lost, lost: lose
163. Love: love
164. Mail: send by mail
165. Make / makes, made, made: make
166. Manufacture: manufacture
167. Mean / means, meant, meant: mean
168. Meet / meets, met, met: find / meet / meet
169. Memorize: memorizer
170. Mention: mention
171. Miss: miss
172. Move: move, move
173. Need: need
174. Observe: observer
175. Obtain: get
176. Offer: offer
177. Open: open
178. Order: order
179. Owe / owes, owed, owed: duty
180. Pack: pack
181. Paint: paint
182. Park: park
183. Pay / pays, paid, paid: pay
184. Perform: perform
185. Pick: take, collect
186. Play: play
187. Prefer: prefer
188. Prepare: prepare
189. Process: process
190. Produces: producer
191. Promise: promise
192. Prove: test
193. Provide: provide
194. Pull: pull
195. Put / puts, put, put: put
196. Quit / quits, quit, quit: abandoner
197. Reach: reach
198. Read / reads, read, read: read
199. Receive: receive
200. Recommend: recommend
201. Record: record
202. Reduce: reduce
203. Register: register
204. Remember: recorder
205. Rent: rent
206. Reserve: reserve
207. Return: return
208. Ride / rides, rode, ridden: ride.
209. Ring / rings, rang, rung: ring / ring
210. Rise / rises, rose, rise: grow / rise / stand up / rise
211. Run / runs, ran, run: run
212. Sail: sail
213. Save: save, save, save
214. Say / says, said, said: say
215. Scream: scream
216. Seal: seal
217. See / sees, saw, seen: see
218. Seek / seeks, sought, sought: search
219. Sell ​​/ sells, sold, sold: sell
220. Send / sends, sent, sent: send
221. Separate: separate
222. Serve: serve
223. Set / sets, set, set: place
224. Shake / shakes, shook, shaken: shake
225. Share: share
226. Shave / shaves, shaved, shaven: shave / shave
227. Shine / shines, shone, shone: shine
228. Shoot / shoots, shot, shot: shoot
229. Show / shows, showed, shown: show / exhibit
230. Shrink / shrinks, shrank, shrunk: reducer
231. Shut / shuts, shut, shut: close
232. Sign: sign
233. Sing / sings, sang, sung: sing
234. Sink / sinks, sank, sunk: sink / sink
235. Sit / sits, sat, sat: sit
236. Sleep / sleeps, slept, slept: dormer
237. Slide / slides, slid, slid: slide
238. Smell / smells, smelt, smelt: smell
239. Smoke: smoking
240. Speak / speaks, spoke, spoken
241. Speed ​​/ speeds, sped, sped: run / hurry
242. Spell / spells, spelt, spelt: spell
243. Spend / spends, spent, spent: spend
244. Spin / spins, spun, spun: spin
245. Spoil / spoils, spoil, spoil: spoil, spoil
246. Spread / spreads, spread, spread: spread, spread
247. Stand / stands, stood, stood: to stand
248. Start: begin
249. Steal / steals, stole, stolen: steal
250. Stick / sticks, stuck, stuck: stick
251. Sting / stings, stung, stung: sting
252. Stop: stop
253. Strike / strikes, struck, struck: hit
254. String / strings, strung, strung: string
255. Study: study
256. Suggest: suggest
257. Suppose: suppose
258. Supply: supply
259. Surprise: surprise
260. Swear / swears, swore, sworn: swear
261. Sweep / sweeps, swept, swept: sweep
262. Swim / swims, swam, swum: nadir
263. Take / takes, took, taken: take
264. Talk: talk
265. Taste: savor, taste
266. Teach / teaches, taught, taught: teach
267. Tear / tears, tore, torn: tear
268. Tell / tells, told, told: tell
269. Tempt: tempt
270. Test: test, check
271. Thank: thank
272. Think / thinks, thought, thought: think
273. Throw / throws, threw, thrown: throw
274. Trade: trade
275. Travel: travel
276. Trap: catch
277. Try: try, try
278. Understand / understands, understood, understood: understand
279. Use: use, use
280. Visit: visitor
281. Vote: vote
282. Vow: swear
283. Wake / wakes, woke, woken: wake up
284. Wait: wait
285. Walk: walk
286. Want: want
287. Wash: wash
288. Watch: observe
289. Wear / wear, wore, worn: wear a garment / spend
290. Weave / weaves, wove, worn: knit
291. Wed / weds, wed, wed: get married
292. Weep / weeps, wept, wept: cry
293. Wet / wets, wet, wet: wet
294. Whisper: whisper
295. Win / wins, won, won: win
296. Wind / winds, wound, wound: enroller
297. Wish: wish
298. Work: work
299. Wring / wrings, wrung, wrung: drain
300. Write / writes, wrote, written: to write

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