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
grow
grew grown
to grow angry inquietarsi, irritarsi
hang
hanged/hung hanged/hung
appendere, pendere, essere appeso
have
had had
hear
heard heard
sentire
hide
hid hidden
nascondere
hit
hit hit
colpire
hold
held held
tenere, ritenere
hurt
hurt hurt
far male
keep
kept kept
mantenere
kneel
knelt knelt
inginocchiarsi
know
knew known
lay
laid laid
giacere, stare disteso
lead
led led
condurre
lean
leaned/leant leaned/leant
pendere, essere inclinato
learn
learned/learnt learned/learnt
leave
left left
lend
lent lent
prestare
let
let let
lasciare
lie
lay lain
mentire
light
lighted/lit lighted/lit
lose
lost lost
make
made made
mean
meant meant
significare, intendere
meet
met met
pay
paid paid
put
put put
mettere
read
read read
ride
rode ridden
cavalcare
ring
rang rung
rise
rose risen
run
ran run
say
said said
see
saw seen
seek
sought sought
sell
sold sold
send
sent sent
set
set set
shake
shook shaken
shine
shone shone
shoot
shot shot
show
showed showed/shown
shut
shut shut
sing
sang sung
sink
sank sunk
sit
sat sat
sleep
slept slept
slide
slid slid
smell
smelled/smelt smelled/smelt
speak
spoke spoken
speed
speeded/sped speeded/sped
spell
spelled/spelt spelled/spelt
spend
spent spent
spill
spilled/spilt spilled/spilt
spin
spun spun
spit
spat spat
split
split split
spread
spread spread
sping
sprang sprung
stand
stood stood
steal
stole stolen
stick
stuck stuck
sting
stung stung
stink
stank stunk
strike
struck struck
swear
swore sworn
sweep
swept swept
swell
swelled swelled/swollen
swim
swam swum
take
took taken
teach
taught taught
tear
tore torn
tell
told told
think
thought thought
throw
threw thrown
understand
understood understood
undertake
undertook undertaken
wake
waked/woke waked/woken
wear
wore worn
weep
wept wept
wet
wetted/wet wetted/wet
win
won won
wind
wound wound
write
wrote written