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Spanish irregular verbs: a chart with audio

The present, pretérito indefinido and participle of the most useful irregular verbs, with translations. Tap a form to hear it, then test yourself in the trainer.

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Spanish irregular verbs chart

First-person (yo) forms and the participle. Search by any form or translation; tap a word or the speaker to hear it.

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Spanish irregular verbs chart
InfinitivoPresente (yo)Indefinido (yo)ParticipioTranslation
to open
to thank
to have lunch
to walk
to look for
to fit
to fall
to close
to take, to catch
to begin
to drive
to know (be familiar with)
to get, to achieve
to build
to count; to tell
to correct
to grow
to believe
to cover
to give
to say, to tell
to discover
to undo, to unpack
to give back
to sleep
to choose
to start
to find
to understand
to write
to be (state, place)
to fry
to have (auxiliary); there is
to do, to make
to go
to play
to read
to arrive
to rain
to maintain
to measure
to die
to show
to move
to be born
to obtain
to offer
to hear
to smell
to pay
to seem
to ask for; to order
to think
to lose
can, to be able
to put
to predict
to prefer
to try; to taste
to produce
to propose
to want; to love
to remember
to reduce
to laugh
to repeat
to solve
to break
to know
to take out
to go out, to leave
to satisfy
to follow; to continue
to feel
to be
to serve
to dream
to suppose
to have
to touch; to play (music)
to translate
to bring
to be worth
to come
to see
to dress
to fly
to return

Present and indefinido are the yo form: the trainer accepts them without “yo”. The participle with haber makes the pretérito perfecto: he hecho, has visto.

How to remember them: verb groups

Most Spanish irregular verbs follow a few patterns. Learn them in groups.

  • e → ie

    pensar – pienso, querer – quiero, empezar – empiezo, entender – entiendo, sentir – siento

  • o → ue

    poder – puedo, dormir – duermo, volver – vuelvo, encontrar – encuentro; jugar – juego

  • e → i

    pedir – pido, repetir – repito, seguir – sigo, servir – sirvo, vestir – visto

  • -go / -zco

    tener – tengo, hacer – hago, poner – pongo, salir – salgo; conocer – conozco, conducir – conduzco

  • preterite -uv-, -is-, -j-

    tener – tuve, estar – estuve, andar – anduve; hacer – hice, querer – quise; decir – dije, traer – traje

  • ser / ir

    Identical in the indefinido: fui, fuiste, fue — context tells them apart: Fui a Madrid / Fue un día bonito

  • participle

    Irregular: abrir – abierto, decir – dicho, escribir – escrito, hacer – hecho, poner – puesto, ver – visto, volver – vuelto, romper – roto

Trainer: test yourself

10 verbs per round. After each answer the right forms are read aloud and shown.

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How to learn irregular verbs

  • Start with the top 34: ser, estar, tener, ir, hacer, poder, querer and decir — they’re in every conversation.
  • Learn verbs by pattern (e → ie, -go, preterite with -uv-), not alphabetically.
  • In the present the vowel changes only when stressed: pienso, piensas, piensa, but pensamos, pensáis.
  • 10 verbs a day: listen, repeat aloud and go through the trainer.

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Which Spanish verbs are irregular?

Those whose stem or ending changes: stem-changers (pienso, puedo), verbs with -go or -zco in the yo form (tengo, conozco), verbs with an irregular preterite (tuve, hice) and with an irregular participle (escrito, hecho). The most common ones — ser, estar, ir, tener, hacer — are irregular in almost every tense.

What are the pretérito indefinido and the participle?

The pretérito indefinido is the past tense for completed actions: Ayer hice la tarea. The participle forms the pretérito perfecto (he hecho) and the passive. That’s why the chart shows these forms plus the present.

Why only the yo form?

To keep the chart compact: the yo form is most often the irregular one (tengo, hago, conozco), and the others are easy to build from it. For full conjugation in every tense, see “Spanish verb conjugation”.

How can I learn these verbs fast?

By pattern (e → ie, o → ue, -go, preterite with -uv-), 10 a day, reviewing in the trainer a day and a week later. Using them in your own sentences locks them in — that’s what we do in lessons.

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