Irregular Verbs

GROUP 1 ONE WORD

Irregular verbs which have all the same three
forms.
Base Form

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

bet

bet

bet

apostar

cast
cost
cut
hit
hurt

cast
cost
cut
hit
hurt

cast
cost
cut
hit
hurt

let

let

let

(or betted)

(or betted)

put

put

put

quit

quit

quit

read

read

read
set
split
shut

(pronounced
red)

set
split
shut

lanar
custar
cortar
bater
ferir
deixar,
permitir
pr
sair,
abandonar

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

feed
lead
find
have
hear
hold
make
pay
say
sell
tell
stand

fed
led
found
had
heard
held
made
paid
said
sold
told
stood

fed
led
found
had
heard
held
made
paid
said
sold
told
stood

alimentar
guiar
encontrar
ter
escutar
segurar
fazer
pagar
dizer
vender
contar
estar de p

understand understood understood entender

ler

set
split

colocar

Base Form

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

rachar

build

shut

built
burnt

built
burnt

construir

fechar,
tampar

Past Participle

become became become

ending in -T

burn
deal
dream
feel
get
keep
learn
leave
lend
lose
mean
meet
send
shoot
sit
light
sleep

(or burned) (or burned) queimar

dividir,
dealt
dealt
repartir
dreamt dreamt sonhar

buscar

smell

felt
got
kept
learnt
left
lent
lost
meant
met
sent
shot
sat
lit
slept
smelt (or

pensar

spell
spend
spill
sweep

spelt
spent
spilt
swept

spelt
spent
spilt
swept

weep

wept

wept

same form for infinitive and past participle

Simple Past

Base Form

(pronounced
red)

GROUP 2 TWO WORDS

Irregular verbs which have the same past
and past participle forms, in four subgroups:

Base Form

ending in -D

Translation

tornar-se

come

came

come

vir

run

ran

run

correr

ending in -GHT
Base Form

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

bring
buy
fight
seek
think
catch
teach

brought
bought
fought
sought
thought
caught
taught

brought
bought
fought
sought
thought
caught
taught

trazer
comprar
lutar

pegar
ensinar

smelled)

felt
got
kept
learnt
left
lent
lost
meant
met
sent
shot
sat
lit
slept
smelt (or

sentir

soletrar

smelled)

receber
manter
aprender
deixar
emprestar
perder
significar

GROUP 3 THREE WORDS

Irregular verbs which have three different
forms for present, past and past participle, in
another three subgroups:
ending in -EN
Base Form

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

arise
be
see
bite
break
choose
drive
eat
fall
forget
forgive
freeze
give
hide
ride
rise
shake
speak
steal
take
wake
write

arose
was/
saw
bit
broke
chose
drove
ate
fell
forgot
forgave
froze
gave
hid
rode
rose
shook
spoke
stole
took
woke
wrote

arisen
been
seen
bitten
broken
chosen
driven
eaten
fallen
forgotten
forgiven
frozen
given
hidden
ridden
risen
shaken
spoken
stolen
taken
woken
written

surgir
ser, estar

having the vowel series -I/-A/-U

Base Form

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

begin
drink
ring
shrink
sing
swim

began
drank
rang
shrank
sang
swam

begun
drunk
rung
shrunk
sung
swum

comear
beber
tocar
contrair-se
cantar
nadar

ver
morder
quebrar

OTHERS

escolher
conduzir
comer
cair
esquecer
perdoar
congelar

having the series -EAR/-ORE/-ORN

Base Form

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

bear
swear
tear
wear

bore
swore
tore
wore

born
sworn
torn
worn

dar luz
jurar
lacrimejar
vestir

dar
esconder

vowel change pattern, no ending

montar

Base Form

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

levantar,
subir

dig
stick
spin
sting

dug
stuck
spun
stung

dug
stuck
spun
stung

cavar

strike

struck

struck

swing
win

swung
won

swung
won

atingir,
bater
balanar

sacudir
falar
roubar
pegar
acordar
escrever

cravar
protelar
picar

vencer

encontrar
enviar

having the series -E/-WN

atirar

Base Form

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

sentar-se

blow

blew

blown

clarear

grow
know
fly
draw
show
throw

grew
knew
flew
drew
showed
threw

grown
known
flown
drawn
shown
thrown

soprar,
encher
crescer

dormir
cheirar

gastar
entornar
varrer
chorar,
gotejar

saber
voar
desenhar
mostrar
arremessar

ending in -one
Base Form

Simple Past

Past Participle

Translation

do
go

did
went

done
gone

fazer
ir