This document lists over 150 English verbs in their infinitive form along with their past tense forms and Spanish translations. It provides a concise reference for looking up how to say common verbs in both the past tense in English and their equivalent in Spanish.

1. Verbos en pasado simple
Verb Past form Spanish
(infinitive)
accept accepted aceptar
account accounted tener en cuenta
achieve achieved lograr
act acted actuar
add added sumar
admit admited admitir
affect affected afectar
agree agreed estar de acuerdo
aim aimed apuntar
allow allowed permitir
answer answered responder
appear appeared aparecer
apply applied aplicar
argue argued discutir
arrange arranged arreglar / consertar
arrive arrived llegar
ask asked preguntar
attack attacked atacar
avoid avoided evitar
base based basarse
beat beat vencer / apanar
become became volverse
begin began empezar
believe believed creer
belong belonged pertenecer
break broke romper
build built construir

2. burn burnt quemar
buy bought comprar
call called llamar
can could poder
can could poder
care cared importar
carry carried cargar / llevar
catch caught atrapar
cause caused causar
change changed cambiar
charge charged cobrar
check checked comprobar / controlar
choose chose elejir
claim claimed reclamar
clean cleaned limpiar
clear cleared despejar
climb climbed trepar
close closed cerrar
collect collected recolectar
come came venir
commit commited cometer
compare compared comparar
complain complained reclamar
complete completed completar
concern concerned concernir
confirm confirmed confirmar
connect connected conectar
consider considered considerar
consist consisted consistir
contact contacted contactar
contain contained contenet

3. continue continued continuar
contribute contributed contribuir
control controled controlar
cook cooked cocinar
copy copied copiar
correct corrected corregir
cost cost costar
count counted contar
cover covered cubrir
create created crear
cross crossed cruzar
cry cried llorar
cut cut cortar
damage damaged dañar
dance danced bailar
deal dealt repartir
decide decided decidir
deliver delivered entregar
demand demanded exigir
deny denied denegar
depend depended depender
describe described describir
design designed diseñar
destroy destroyed destruir
develop developed desarrollar
die died morir
disappear disappeared desaparecer
discover discovered descubrir
discuss discussed discutir
divide divided dividir
do did hacer

4. draw drew dibujar
dress dressed vistirse
drink drank beber
drive drove manejar
drop dropped dejar caer
eat ate comer
enable enabled habilitar
encourage encouraged dar coraje
enjoy enjoyed disfrutar
examine examined examinar
exist existed existir
expect expected esperar
experience experienced experimentar
explain explained explicar
express expressed expresar
extend extended ampliar
face faced encarar
fail failed reprobar
fall fell caer
fasten fastened ajustarse
feed fed alimentar
feel felt sentir
fight fought pelear
fill filled llenar / rellenar
find found encontrar
finish finished acabar / terminar
fit fit quedar (de ropa)
fly flew volar
fold folded doblar
follow followed seguir
force forced forzar

5. forget forgot olvidar
forgive forgave olvidar
form formed formar
gain gained adquirir / conseguir
get got obtener / comprar /
llevar
give gave dar
go went ir
grow grew crecer
handle handled manejar
happen happened suceder
hate hated odiar / detestar
have had tener
head headed dirigirse
hear heard oir
help helped ayudar
hide hid ocultar
hit hit golpear
hold held agrarrar / coger
hope hope esperar
hurt hurt herir
identify identified identificar
imagine imagined imaginar
improve improved mejorar
include included incluir
increase increased incremetar
indicate indicated indicar
influence influenced infuenciar
inform informed informar
intend intended tener la intención
introduce introduced introducir

6. invite invited invitar
involve involved encolver
join joined unir / unirse
jump jumped saltar
keep kept quedarse con
kick kicked patear
kill killed matar
knock knocked tocar (la puerta)
know knew saber / conocer
last lasted durar
laugh laughed reir
lay laid echarse
lead led dirigir
learn learned / learnt aprender
leave left dejar / irse de
lend lent prestar
let let dejar
lie lied mentir
like liked gustar
limit limited limitar
link linked unir / relacionar
listen listened oir
live lived vivir
look looked mirar
lose lost perder
love loved amar
make made hacer
manage managed administrar
mark marked marcar
matter mattered importar
may may have + quizas

7. past participle
mean meant significar / querer decir
measure measured medir
meet met conocer / encontrase
con alguien
mention mentioned mencionar
mind minded tener en cuenta
miss missed extrañar / perder (un
bus)
move moved mover
need needed necesitar
notice noticed notar
obtain obtained obtener
occur occured ocurrir
offer offered ofrecer
open openned abrir
order ordered ordenar
own owned tener (de propiedad)
pass past pasar
pay paid pagar
perform performed rendir / realizar
pick pick escoger / elegir
place placed colocar
plan planned planear
play played jugar
point pointed apuntar
prefer preferred preferir
prepare prepared preparar
present presented presentar
press pressed presionar
prevent prevented prevenir

8. produce produced producir
promise promised prometer
protect protected proteger
prove proved probar
provide provided proveer
publish published publicar
pull pulled jalar
push pushed empujar
put put colocar / poner
raise raised levantar
reach reached alcanzar
read read leer
realize realized darse cuenta
receive recieved recibir
recognize recognized reconocer
record recorded grabar
reduce reduced reducir
refer referred referir
reflect reflected reflexionar / reflejar
refuse refused rechazar
regard regarded considerar
relate related estar relacionado
release released soltar / liberar
remain remained permanecer
remember remembered recordar
remove removed remover
repeat repeated repetir
replace replaced reemplazar
reply replied responder
report reported reportar
represent represented representar

9. require required requerir
rest rested descansar
result resulted resultar
return returned retorner / regresar
reveal revealed revelar
ring rang sonar
rise rose levantar
roll rolled enrollar
run ran correr
save saved guardar
say said decir
see saw ver
seem seemed parecer
sell sold vender
send sent mandar
separate separated separar
serve served servir
set set poner / colocar
settle settled establecerse / saldarse
shake shook sacudir / estrechar la
mano
share shared compartir
shoot shot disparar
should should have deberia
shout shouted gritar
show showed mostrar
shut shut cerrar
sing sang cantar
sit sat sentarse
sleep slept dormir
smile smiled sonreir

10. sort sorted ordenar / clasificar
sound sounded sonar
speak spoke hablar
stand stood pararse
start started comenzar
state stated afirmar
stay stayed quedarse / permanecer
stick sticked pegar
stop stopped parar / detener
study studied estudiar
succeed succeeded tener exito
suffer suffered sufrir
suggest suggested sugerir
suit suited quedar / venirle bien
supply supplied suministrar
support supported mantener
suppose supposed suponer
survive survived sobrevivir
take took tomar / llevar
talk talked hablar
teach taught enseñar
tell told decir
tend tended tener tendencia
test tested probar
thank thanked agradecer
think thought creer
throw threw tirar
to be used to was/were used estar acostombrado a
to
touch touched tocar
train trained entrenar

11. travel travelled viajar
treat treated tratar
try tried intentar
turn turned voltear
understand understood entender
use used usar
visit visited visitar
vote voted votar
wait waited esperar
walk walked caminar
want wanted querer / desear
warn warned advertir
wash washed lavar
watch watched ver
wear wore llevar puesto
win won ganar
wish wished desear
wonder wondered preguntarse
work worked trabajar
worry worried preocupar
write wrote escribir