The 73 Most Common Verbs in English: Your Definitive Guide

¡Hola! Si estás aprendiendo inglés, sabes que los verbos son el corazón del idioma. Para ayudarte en tu camino, he compilado una lista maestra con los 73 verbos más comunes y útiles que necesitas conocer.

Olvídate de listas duplicadas o incompletas; esta es tu guía definitiva, súper fácil de estudiar, organizada en una tabla sencilla con cuatro columnas clave:

Infinitivo (El verbo en su forma base)
Traducción (Su significado en español)
Presente (3ª persona) (Cómo se conjuga para he, she, it)
Pasado Simple (La forma del verbo en pasado)

Esta estructura te permitirá ver la información más importante de cada verbo de un solo vistazo.

Para maximizar tu aprendizaje, esta lista está organizada por relevancia y frecuencia de uso, iniciando con los pilares del idioma y avanzando hacia las acciones más específicas.

Infinitivo	Traducción	Presente (He/She/It)	Pasado Simple
I. Pilares Fundacionales (Auxiliares y Existencia)
To Be	Ser / Estar	is	was / were
To Have	Tener	has	had
To Do	Hacer	does	did
II. Acciones Centrales de Uso Diario (Workhorse Verbs)
To Get	Obtener / Conseguir	gets	got
To Go	Ir	goes	went
To Make	Hacer / Fabricar	makes	made
To Take	Tomar / Llevar	takes	took
To Come	Venir	comes	came
To See	Ver	sees	saw
To Know	Saber / Conocer	knows	knew
To Think	Pensar	thinks	thought
To Want	Querer	wants	wanted
To Use	Usar	uses	used
To Find	Encontrar	finds	found
To Give	Dar	gives	gave
III. Comunicación e Interacción
To Say	Decir	says	said
To Tell	Decir / Contar	tells	told
To Ask	Preguntar	asks	asked
To Answer	Responder	answers	answered
To Call	Llamar	calls	called
To Speak	Hablar	speaks	spoke
To Hear	Oír	hears	heard
To Listen	Escuchar	listens	listened
To Look	Mirar	looks	looked
To Watch	Mirar / Ver	watches	watched
To Show	Mostrar	shows	showed
IV. Actividades, Trabajo y Estudio
To Work	Trabajar	works	worked
To Study	Estudiar	studies	studied
To Learn	Aprender	learns	learned
To Teach	Enseñar	teaches	taught
To Read	Leer	reads	read (se pronuncia red)
To Write	Escribir	writes	wrote
To Start	Empezar	starts	started
To Finish	Terminar	finishes	finished
To Practice	Practicar	practices	practiced
To Plan	Planificar	plans	planned
V. Vida Cotidiana, Movimiento y Estado
To Live	Vivir	lives	lived
To Sleep	Dormir	sleeps	slept
To Eat	Comer	eats	ate
To Need	Necesitar	needs	needed
To Put	Poner	puts	put
To Open	Abrir	opens	opened
To Close	Cerrar	closes	closed
To Run	Correr	runs	ran
To Walk	Caminar	walks	walked
To Travel	Viajar	travels	traveled
To Arrive	Llegar	arrives	arrived
To Leave	Irse / Salir	leaves	left
To Meet	Encontrarse con	meets	met
To Visit	Visitar	visits	visited
To Bring	Traer	brings	brought
To Send	Enviar	sends	sent
To Keep	Guardar / Mantener	keeps	kept
VI. Emociones, Transacciones y Percepción
To Feel	Sentir	feels	felt
To Believe	Creer	believes	believed
To Remember	Recordar	remembers	remembered
To Forget	Olvidar	forgets	forgot
To Understand	Entender	understands	understood
To Try	Intentar	tries	tried
To Change	Cambiar	changes	changed
To Buy	Comprar	buys	bought
To Sell	Vender	sells	sold
To Pay	Pagar	pays	paid
To Cost	Costar	costs	cost
To Love	Amar	loves	loved
To Like	Gustar	likes	liked
To Hate	Odiar	hates	hated
To Dislike	No gustar	dislikes	disliked
To Enjoy	Disfrutar	enjoys	enjoyed
To Prefer	Preferir	prefers	preferred
To Wish	Desear	wishes	wished

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¡No te limites a memorizar! El verdadero aprendizaje viene con la práctica. Te reto a que elijas 5 verbos de esta lista cada día y escribas una oración con cada uno.

¡Espero que este recurso te sea increíblemente útil! ¿Qué otros temas de gramática inglesa te gustaría ver en el blog?