Irregular Verbs Example

In Spanish, irregular verbs are those that, when conjugated, alter their lexeme, the grameme, or both parts at the same time, omitting the natural modification that would correspond to them according to the mode and the weather. That is, they are not conjugated following the rules. It is very common to hear young children conjugate wrong. For example: If the verb to think were regular, we would say "I think", but we say "I think". Which does not happen with regular verbs like love, we say "I love" and not "I amio".

If the verb to walk were regular, it would have to be said:

• walk
• and-é, but it is said i walked

In the case of the verb to do, it would be said:

• make
• hac-í, but the correct form is I did

In order to better understand the subject and learn more about the many irregular verbs that exist in the Spanish language, we are going to mention the most common groups in which irregular verbs are grouped depending on their similarity irregular:

Group 1: Here we find the verbs that contain the letter "E" in the root of the word or as the penultimate syllable and when conjugating the verb they change the letter "E" for "IE".

For example:

• Pandnsar - Pienso
• Pandrder - PieRev
• Limeandntar - Caliento
• Comandnzar - Comienzo
• Sandntir - Siento

Group 2: Here we can find those verbs that have an "O" in the penultimate syllable, which is supplanted by "UE" when conjugating in some tenses.
For example:

• Sorñar - SEUnot
• Acorstar - AcEUsto
• Prorbar - PrEUbo
• Morsee - MEUvo
• Encorntrar - EncEUOur

Group 3: Here are the verbs that end with "ACER", "UCIR", "ECER" and "OCER" in which a "Z" is placed before the letter "C".
For example:

• Completeacer - Complazco
• Carecer - Carezco
• Engrandecer - In bigzco
• Apetecer - Fancyzco
• Enriquecer - Enriquezco

Group 4: In this group we can find the verbs that end in "DUCIR" and in which the "C" is changed by "J" when conjugating them in some tenses.
For example:

• Conducir - I drovejand
• Thirstucir - Sedujand
• Enterucir - Introdujand
• From ducir - Dedujand
• Netucir - Redujand

Team 5: Here we can find the verbs with the ending "UIR" and to which a "Y" is added when conjugating them in some tenses.
For example:

• Incl.go - IncludeYor
• Distribgo - DistribuYor
• Destrgo - DestroyYor
• Attribgo - AttribuYor
• Exclgo - ExcluYor

Group 6: In this group are the verbs with endings "ETIR", "ESTIR", "ENDIR", "EMIR", "EGIR", "EGUIR", "EDIR" and "EBIR", in which the "E" is substituted by "I".
For example:

• Compandtir - Compito
• Panddir - Pido
• Manddir - Mido
• Sandrvir - Sirvo
• Sandguir - Sigo
• Vandstir - Seen

More than 50 examples of irregular verbs in Spanish:

1. Rain:
Present: It rains, imperfect: it rained, past: it rained, future: it will rain, conditional: it would rain.
2. Say
Present: It says, imperfect: it said, past: it said, future: it will say, conditional: it would say.
3. Translate
Present: translate, imperfect: translate, past: translate, future: translate, conditional: translate.
4. Sunset
Present: dusk, imperfect: dusk, past: dusk, future: dusk, conditional: dusk.
5. Lead
Present: leads, imperfect: led, past: led, future: will lead, conditional: would lead.
6. To bless
Present: Bless, imperfect: blessed, past: blessed, future: will bless, conditional: would bless.
7. To curse
Present: curse, imperfect: cursed, past: cursed, future: will curse, conditional: would curse.
8. Convince
Present: convince, imperfect: convinced, past: convinced, future: convince, conditional: convince.
9. Ingest
Present: swallow, imperfect: swallow, past: swallow, future: swallow, conditional: swallow.
10. Include
Present: Includes, imperfect: included, past: included, future: will include, conditional: would include.
11. Fry
Present: Fry, imperfect: fry, past: cold, future: fry, conditional: fry.
12. To confess
Present: Confess, imperfect: confessed, past: confessed, future: confess, conditional: confess.
13. Correct
Present: correct, imperfect: correct, past: correct, future: correct, conditional: correct.
14. To print
Present: Print, imperfect: print, past: print, future: print, conditional: print.
15. Born
Present: Born, imperfect: born, past: born, future: will be born, conditional: would be born.
16. To know
Present: Know, imperfect: knew, past: knew, future: will know, conditional: would know.
17. Release
Present: Let go, imperfect: let go, past: let go, future: let go, conditional: let go.
18. Wake up
Present: awake, imperfect: awake, past: awake, future: awaken, conditional: awaken.
19. Choose
Present: choose, imperfect: elegy, past: chose, future: choose, conditional: choose.
20. Make
Present: ago, imperfect: did, past: did, future: will, conditional: would.
21. To invest
Present: Invest, imperfect: invested, past: invested, future: invest, conditional: invest.
22. Afflict
Present: afflicts, imperfect: afflicted, past: afflicted, future: will afflict, conditional: would afflict.
23. Attend
Present: attend, imperfect: attend, past: attend, future: attend, conditional: attend.
24. Can
Present: may, imperfect: could, past: could, future: may, conditional: could.
25. Come
Present: It comes, imperfect: it came, past: it came, future: it will come, conditional: it would come.
26. Provide
Present: Provides, Imperfect: Provides, Past: Provides, Future: Provides, Conditional: Provides.
27. Wither
Present: withered, imperfect: wilted, past: withered, future: will wither, conditional: would wither.
28. Give
Present: Da, imperfect: gave, past: gave, future: give, conditional: give.
29. Replace
Present: substitute, imperfect: substitute, past: substitute, future: substitute, conditional: substitute.
30. Distract
Present: distracting, imperfect: distracting, past: distracting, future: distracting, conditional: distracting.
31. Recruit
Present: Recludes, imperfect: secluded, past: secluded, future: seclude, conditional: seclude.
32. To be
Present: It is, imperfect: it was, past: it was, future: it will be, conditional: it would be.
33. Lie
Present: It lies, imperfect: it lay, past: it lay, future: it will lie, conditional: it would lie.
34. Watch
Present: Go, imperfect: saw, past: saw, future: will see, conditional: would see.
35. Absorb
Present: absorbs, imperfect: absorbed, past: absorbed, future: absorbed, conditional: absorbed.
36. Spread
Present: Spread, imperfect: spread, past: spread, future: spread, conditional: spread.
37. Express
Present: Express, imperfect: expressed, past: expressed, future: express, conditional: express.
38. Pretend
Present: Pretend, imperfect: pretend, past: pretend, future: pretend, conditional: pretend.
39. Own
Present: possesses, imperfect: possessed, past: possessed, future: will possess, conditional: possessed.
40. Set
Present: Put, imperfect: put, past: put, future: put, conditional: put.
41. To extend
Present: It extends, imperfect: it extended, past: it extended, future: it will extend, conditional: it would extend.
42. Divide
Present: Divide, imperfect: divided, past: divided, future: divide, conditional: divide.
43. Incurring
Present: incurred, imperfect: incurred, past: incurred, future: incurred, conditional: incurred.
44. Put together
Present: Together, imperfect: joined, past: joined, future: join, conditional: join.
45. Manifest
Present: Manifest, imperfect: manifested, past: manifested, future: will manifest, conditional: would manifest.
46. Skip
Present: omitted, imperfect: omitted, past: omitted, future: omitted, conditional: omitted.
47. Turn on
Present: turn on, imperfect: turn on, past: turn on, future: turn on, conditional: turn on.
48. Infuse
Present: infuse, imperfect: infused, past: infused, future: infuse, conditional: infuse.
49. Reinsert
Present: Reinserted, imperfect: reinserted, past: reinserted, future: reinserted, conditional: reinserted.
50. Subdivide
Present: subdivided, imperfect: subdivided, past: subdivided, future: subdivided, conditional: subdivided.
51. Suppress
Present: Suppresses, imperfect: suppressed, past: suppressed, future: will suppress, conditional: suppress.
52. To bring
Present: bring, imperfect: bring, past: bring, future: bring, conditional: bring.
53. Pin up
Present: Fixed, imperfect: fixed, past: fixed, future: will fix, conditional: would fix.
54. Exclude
Present: exclude, imperfect: exclude, past: exclude, future: exclude, conditional: exclude.
55. Insert
Present: insert, imperfect: insert, past: insert, future: insert, conditional: insert.
56. To break
Present: break, imperfect: break, past: break, future: break, conditional: break.
57. Expel
Present: Expel, imperfect: expelled, past: expelled, future: expelled, conditional: expelled.
58. Press
Present: it oppresses, imperfect: it oppressed, past: it oppressed, future: it will oppress, conditional: it would oppress.
59. Corrupt
Present: corrupts, imperfect: corrupted, past: corrupted, future: corrupted, conditional: corrupted.
60. Sound
Present: Dreams, imperfect: dreamed, past: dreamed, future: will dream, conditional: would dream.
61. Please
Present: Pleased, imperfect: pleased, past: pleased, future: will please, conditional: would please.
62. Think
Present: Think, imperfect: thought, past: thought, future: will think, conditional: would think.
63. Feel
Present: Feel, imperfect: felt, past: felt, future: will feel, conditional: would feel.
64. Move
Present: It moves, imperfect: it moved, past: it moved, future: it will move, conditional: it would move.
65. Crave
Present: Fancy, imperfect: Fancy, past: Fancy, future: Fancy, conditional: Fancy.
66. to enrich
Present: Enriched, imperfect: enriched, past: enriched, future: enriched, conditional: enriched.
67. Seduce
Present: seduce, imperfect: seduced, past: seduced, future: seduce, conditional: seduce.
68. Introduce
Present: Introduces, imperfect: introduced, past: introduced, future: will introduce, conditional: would introduce.
69. Deduct
Present: deduce, imperfect: deduced, past: deduced, future: deduct, conditional: deduct.
70. Attribute
Present: Attributes, imperfect: attributed, past: attributed, future: attributed, conditional: attributed.
71. To compete
Present: Competes, imperfect: competed, past: competed, future: will compete, conditional: would compete.
72. Wear
Present: Dress, imperfect: dressed, past: dressed, future: will dress, conditional: would wear.
73. Follow
Present: It continues, imperfect: it continued, past: it continued, future: it will continue, conditional: it would continue.
74. Measure
Present: measure, imperfect: measured, past: measured, future: measure, conditional: measure.
75. Lack
Present: lacks, imperfect: lacked, past: lacked, future: lacked, conditional: lacked.
76. Lay down
Present: Bed, imperfect: bed, past: bed, future: bed, conditional: bed.

Remember that: Irregular verbs are those that, when conjugated in some grammatical tenses, undergo changes in their root, that is, they do not follow the form of conjugation established and followed by most of the verbs.

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• Regular verbs.