Irregular Verbs Flashcards
arise
arose arisen
presentarsi, offrirsi, levarsi
(formal) to happen: Should the opportunity arise, I’d go to China. Could you work on Saturday, should the need arise?
(literary) to get out of bed: We arose early on Christmas morning.
abide
abode abode
sopportare soffire
If you can’t abide someone or something, you dislike them very much
I can’t abide her.
be
was been
awake
awoke/awaked awoken/awaked
risvegliare, ridestare, destare, rendersi conto di
(literary) to stop sleeping or to make someone stop sleeping: I awoke at seven. She awoke me at 7.
(2) The chance meeting awoke the old passion between them.
(3) to become familiar with something: Young people need to awake to the risks involved in casual sex.
bear
bore borne/born
Borne: past participle of BEAR
Born: to be born
portare, sostenere, sopportare, produrre, generare, partorire
beat
beat beaten
battere, picchiare, sconfiggere, sbattere
become
became become
diventare
begin
began begun
cominciare, incominciare, iniziare,
bend
bent bent
curvare, piegare
bet
betted/bet betted/bet
scommettere
bid
bid bid
offrire
bind
bound bound
legare, orlare, rilegare, avvolgere, bendare
bite
bit bitten
mordere, pungere, abboccare
bleed
bled bled
sanguinare
blow
blew blown
soffiare, spingere, fischiare, sventolare
break
broke broken
rompere, lacerare, infrangere, violare
bring
brought brought
portare, provocare
broadcast
broadcast broadcast
trasmettere
build
built built
costruire
burst
burst burst
far scoppiare, esplodere, sfondare, straripare, cedere, rompersi
burn
burned/burnt burned/burnt
bruciare, incendiare, scottare
buy
bought bought
comprare
Cast
cast cast
gettare, lanciare
Catch
caught caught
prendere, afferrare, cogliere
Choose
chose chosen
scegliere
Cling
clung clung
to cling to
aggrapparsi a, tenersi stretto a, aderire a
Come
came come
venire, diventare
Cost
cost cost
costare
Creep
crept crept
strisciare, arrampicarsi, avanzare furtivamente
Cut
cut cut
tagliare
Deal
dealt dealt
occuparsi, trattare
Dig
dug dug
scavare
Do
did done
Draw
drew drawn
tirare, tirare fuori, estrarre, attirare
Dream
dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt
Drink
drank drunk
Drive
drove driven
guidare
Dwell
dwelled/dwelt dwelled/dwelt
dimorare
Eat
ate eaten
Fall
fell fallen
Feed
fed fed
nutrire, dar da mangiare
Feel
felt felt
sentire, credere
Fight
fought fought
combattere, lottare, litigare
Find
found found
trovare
Flee
fled fled
fuggire, scappare, rifuggire
fling
flung flung
gettare, lanciare
to fling s.o. in prison gettare qcn in prigione
to fling a remark lanciare un’osservazione
she flung herself into her sister’s arms Si gettò tra le braccia di sua sorella
fly
flew flown
forbid
forbade forbidden
forget
forgot forgotten
forgive
forgave forgiven
freeze
froze frozen
gelare, far molto freddo, irrigidirsi, bloccarsi
get
got got
give
gave given
go
went gone