Los 100 verbos más usados en inglés (con pasado, traducción y ejemplo)

Si tuvieras que aprender solo 100 palabras del inglés, que sean verbos. Los verbos son el motor de la frase: con un puñado de sustantivos que ya conoces (work, house, money, day) y estos 100 verbos, puedes construir miles de oraciones reales. De hecho, los verbos de esta lista aparecen en la gran mayoría de lo que los angloparlantes dicen cada día.

Aquí tienes la lista completa: presente, pasado simple (la forma que más cuesta, porque muchos son irregulares) y un ejemplo corto de la vida real. Al final te explico el método para aprendértelos sin memorizar como loro.

Los 50 verbos esenciales (los que usarás todos los días)

#	Presente	Pasado	Significado	Ejemplo
1	be	was / were	ser, estar	I am tired today. (Estoy cansado hoy.)
2	have	had	tener	She has two children.
3	do	did	hacer	Do you speak English?
4	say	said	decir	He said hello.
5	go	went	ir	We went home early.
6	get	got	obtener, llegar, volverse	I got a new job!
7	make	made	hacer, fabricar	She made dinner.
8	know	knew	saber, conocer	I know that street.
9	think	thought	pensar, creer	I think it's true.
10	take	took	tomar, llevar	Take the bus.
11	see	saw	ver	Did you see that?
12	come	came	venir	Come here, please.
13	want	wanted	querer	I want coffee.
14	use	used	usar	We use this app at work.
15	find	found	encontrar	I found my keys.
16	give	gave	dar	Give me a minute.
17	tell	told	decir, contar	Tell me the truth.
18	work	worked	trabajar	He works at night.
19	call	called	llamar	Call me tomorrow.
20	try	tried	intentar	Try again.
21	ask	asked	preguntar, pedir	Ask the teacher.
22	need	needed	necesitar	I need help.
23	feel	felt	sentir	I feel better today.
24	become	became	convertirse, llegar a ser	She became a doctor.
25	leave	left	salir, dejar	We left at six.
26	put	put	poner	Put it on the table.
27	mean	meant	significar	What does this mean?
28	keep	kept	mantener, guardar	Keep the change.
29	let	let	permitir, dejar	Let me help you.
30	begin	began	empezar	The class begins at nine.
31	help	helped	ayudar	Can you help me?
32	talk	talked	hablar	We talked for an hour.
33	turn	turned	girar, convertirse	Turn left here.
34	start	started	comenzar	Let's start now.
35	show	showed	mostrar	Show me your ticket.
36	hear	heard	oír	I heard a noise.
37	play	played	jugar, tocar (instrumento)	They play soccer on Sundays.
38	run	ran	correr, dirigir	He runs a small business.
39	move	moved	moverse, mudarse	We moved to Texas.
40	live	lived	vivir	She lives alone.
41	bring	brought	traer	Bring your passport.
42	write	wrote	escribir	Write your name here.
43	sit	sat	sentarse	Sit down, please.
44	stand	stood	estar de pie	Stand here.
45	lose	lost	perder	I lost my phone.
46	pay	paid	pagar	I paid by card.
47	meet	met	conocer, reunirse	Nice to meet you.
48	learn	learned	aprender	I learn fast.
49	change	changed	cambiar	People change.
50	understand	understood	entender	I don't understand.

Los 50 que te hacen sonar natural

#	Presente	Pasado	Significado	Ejemplo
51	speak	spoke	hablar	She speaks three languages.
52	watch	watched	mirar	We watched a movie.
53	follow	followed	seguir	Follow me.
54	stop	stopped	parar, detenerse	Stop talking.
55	read	read	leer	I read the news every day.
56	spend	spent	gastar, pasar (tiempo)	We spent the weekend at the beach.
57	grow	grew	crecer	Children grow fast.
58	open	opened	abrir	Open the door.
59	walk	walked	caminar	They walked to school.
60	teach	taught	enseñar	She teaches English.
61	offer	offered	ofrecer	They offered me the job.
62	remember	remembered	recordar	I remember you.
63	love	loved	amar, encantar	I love music.
64	consider	considered	considerar	Consider the price.
65	buy	bought	comprar	He bought a car.
66	wait	waited	esperar	Wait for me.
67	serve	served	servir, atender	Dinner is served at seven.
68	die	died	morir	The phone died. (Se quedó sin batería.)
69	send	sent	enviar	Send me the address.
70	build	built	construir	They built a house.
71	stay	stayed	quedarse	Stay here tonight.
72	fall	fell	caer	He fell off the ladder.
73	cut	cut	cortar	Cut the paper here.
74	reach	reached	llegar, alcanzar	We reached the hotel at night.
75	kill	killed	matar (también: apagar/doler en dichos)	My feet are killing me.
76	remain	remained	permanecer	Please remain seated.
77	eat	ate	comer	We ate pizza.
78	drink	drank	beber	Drink some water.
79	sleep	slept	dormir	I slept eight hours.
80	drive	drove	manejar, conducir	She drives to work.
81	sing	sang	cantar	He sang at the party.
82	wear	wore	llevar puesto	She wears glasses.
83	catch	caught	atrapar, tomar (transporte)	Catch the 8 o'clock train.
84	choose	chose	elegir	Choose one.
85	break	broke	romper	Don't break it.
86	hold	held	sostener, celebrar	Hold my hand.
87	win	won	ganar	Our team won.
88	sell	sold	vender	They sell cars.
89	listen	listened	escuchar	Listen to me.
90	look	looked	mirar, parecer	Look at this. / You look tired.
91	close	closed	cerrar	Close the window.
92	smile	smiled	sonreír	She smiled at me.
93	arrive	arrived	llegar	We arrived late.
94	study	studied	estudiar	He studies at night.
95	wash	washed	lavar	Wash your hands.
96	clean	cleaned	limpiar	Clean your room.
97	visit	visited	visitar	We visited my mother.
98	return	returned	regresar, devolver	Return the book tomorrow.
99	agree	agreed	estar de acuerdo	I agree with you.
100	explain	explained	explicar	Explain it again, please.

El error que comete casi todo el mundo con esta lista

Intentar memorizarla en orden, del 1 al 100, en una semana. El cerebro no guarda listas: guarda frases. Por eso la tabla incluye un ejemplo por verbo, y por eso el método correcto es este:

El método de los 10 verbos por día, en frase. Cada día elige 10 verbos y construye UNA frase verdadera sobre tu vida con cada uno, en presente y en pasado: "I work at night. I worked last night too." Escríbelas y léelas en voz alta. En 10 días cubres la lista; en 20, la repasas con frases nuevas. Los irregulares (go/went, take/took, see/saw) se fijan solos cuando los usas hablando de ayer, que es justamente donde más los necesitas.

Y un atajo honesto: los primeros 25 de la lista hacen el trabajo pesado. Si hoy solo tienes 15 minutos, domina be, have, do, say, go, get, make, know, think, take, see, come, want, find, give, tell, work, ask, need, feel, leave, mean, keep, let y begin. Con esos 25 ya puedes decir sorprendentemente mucho.

Esta lista, lista para imprimir y practicar con audio

Leer la lista es el paso uno; tenerla a la mano y escucharla es lo que la convierte en habla. Nuestra Tabla de Verbos Esenciales trae estos verbos en formato imprimible (presente, pasado y significado), y viene acompañada de las 100 Frases Esenciales de Inglés para la Vida Real, cada una con su significado en español y el consejo de "di lo así" para sonar natural. Si prefieres estudiar escuchando, el Paquete Completo agrega el audio de 80 frases para practicar en el carro, en el trabajo o en casa. Todo estará muy pronto en nuestra tienda; mientras tanto, practica gratis cada día con nosotros en TikTok (@englishyamor).

Sigue con el siguiente paso natural: nuestro artículo de frases en inglés para conversar pone estos verbos a trabajar dentro de conversaciones completas, y el de pasado simple explicado te da las reglas para usar los pasados de esta tabla sin dudar.