Irregular verbs of common use

Short list of irregular verbs of common use in daily activities and conversation.

Present and infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle	Translation
arise	arose	arisen	sorgere, insorgere, alzarsi
awake	awoke	awoken	svegliare, svegliarsi
be	was	been	essere
bear	bore	born	sopportare,sostenere, nascere
beat	beat	beaten	battere, vincere, colpire
become	became	become	diventare
begin	began	begun	incominciare
bend	bent	bent	piegare, curvare
bet	bet	bet	scommettere
bid	bade	bidden	comandare, ordinare
bind	bound	bound	legare, congiungere
bite	bit	bitten	mordere, morsicare
bleed	bled	bled	sanguinare
blow	blew	blown	soffiare, gonfiare, scoppiare
break	broke	broken	rompere
breed	bred	bred	allevare, procreare
bring	brought	brought	portare
broadcast	broadcast	broacast	trasmettere
build	built	built	costruire
burn	burned/burnt	burned/burnt	bruciare
burst	burst	burst	scoppiare, irrompere
buy	bought	bought	comprare, acquistare
can	could	been able	potere, essere in grado
cast	cast	cast	lanciare, gettare, votare
catch	caught	caught	afferrare
choose	chose	chosen	scegliere
cling	clung	clung	aggrapparsi, avvinghiarsi
cost	cost	cost	costare
cut	cut	cut	tagliare
dare	dared/durst	dared/durst	osare, azzardare
deal	dealt	dealt	trattare
dig	dug	dug	scavare
do	did	done	fare
draw	drew	drawn	disegnare, attirare
dream	dreamed/dreamt	dreamed/dreamt	sognare
drink	drank	drunk	bere
drive	drove	driven	guidare
dwell	dwelt	dwelt	abitare, dimorare
eat	ate	eaten	mangiare
fall	fell	fallen	cadere
feed	fed	fed	nutrire
feel	felt	felt	sentire
fight	fought	fought	combattere
find	found	found	trovare
fly	flew	flown	volare
forbid	forbade	forbidden	proibire
forget	forgot	forgotten	dimenticare
forgive	forgave	forgiven	perdonare
forsake	forsook	forsaken	abbandonare, rinunciare
freeze	froze	frozen	ghiacciare
get	got	got	ottenere, prendere
give	gave	given	dare
go	went	gone	andare
grow	grew	grown	crescere
hang	hanged/hung	hanged/hung	appendere
have	had	had	avere
hear	heard	heard	sentire
hide	hid	hid	nascondere
hit	hit	hit	colpire
hold	held	held	tenere
hurt	hurt	hurt	ferire
keep	kept	kept	tenere
kneel	knelt	knelt	inginocchiarsi
knit	knit	knit	lavorare a maglia
know	knew	known	conoscere, sapere
lay	laid	laid	stendere
lead	led	led	condurre
lean	leaned/leant	leaned/lent	appoggiarsi
leap	leaped/lept	leaped/lept	balzare
learn	learned/learnt	learned/learnt	imparare
leave	left	left	partire
lend	lent	lent	prestare
let	let	let	consentire
lie	lay	lain	essere sdraiato
light	lighted/lit	lighted/lit	illuminare
lose	lost	lost	perdere
make	made	made	fare, costruire
may	might	–	potere
mean	meant	meant	significare, voler dire
meet	met	met	incontrare, conoscere
mow	mowed	mowed/mown	falciare l’erba
must	had to	–	dovere
ought	–	–	dovere
pay	paid	paid	pagare
put	put	put	mettere
read	read	read	leggere
rid	rid	rid	liberare
ride	rode	ridden	cavalcare
ring	rang	rung	telefonare, suonare
rise	rose	risen	aumentare, alzarsi
run	ran	run	correre
saw	sawed	sawed/sawn	segare
say	said	said	dire
see	saw	seen	vedere
seek	sought	sought	cercare
sell	sold	sold	vendere
send	sent	sent	inviare
set	set	set	mettere, collocare, tramontare
sew	sewed	sewed/sewn	cucire
shake	shook	shaken	agitare, tremare
shall	should	–	dovere
shine	shone	shone	risplendere
shoot	shot	shot	sparare
show	showed	showed/shown	mostrare
shrink	shrank	shrunk	restringere/restringersi
shut	shut	shut	chiudere
sing	sang	sung	cantare
sink	sank	sunk	affondare
sit	sat	sat	sedersi
slay	slew	slain	uccidere
sleep	slept	slept	dormire
slide	slid	slid	scivolare
sling	slung	slung	appendere
smell	smelled/smelt	smelled/smelt	odorare, puzzare
sow	sowed	sowed/sown	seminare, disseminare
speak	spoke	spoken	parlare
speed	speeded/sped	speed/sped	correre, andare di fretta, velocizzare
spell	spelled/spelt	spelled/spelt	significare, fare lo spelling
spend	spent	spent	trascorrere, spendere
spill	spilled/spilt	spilled/spilt	rovesciare, rovesciarsi
spin	spun	spun	girare/far girare
spit	spat	spat	sputare
split	split	split	spaccare, spaccarsi, dividere
spread	spread	spread	diffondersi, espandersi, allargare
spring	sprang	sprung	saltare, zampillare
stand	stood	stood	alzarsi, schierarsi
steal	stole	stolen	rubare
stick	stuck	stuck	conficcare, incollare
sting	stung	stung	pungere, pizzicare
stink	stank/stunk	stunk	puzzare
stride	strode	stridden	camminare ad ampie falcate
strike	struck	struck	ssolpire, urtare
string	strung	strung	incordare, legare
strive	strove	striven	battersi, lottare, sforzarsi
swear	swore	sworn	imprecare, bestemmiare, giurare
sweep	swept	swept	spazzare, scopare
swell	swelled	swelled/swollen	ingrossare, gonfiare, gonfiarsi
swim	swam	swum	nuotare
swing	swung	swung	oscillare, muovere
take	took	taken	prendere, portare, accettare
teach	taught	taught	insegnare
tear	tore	torn	strapparsi, lacerarsi, lacrimare
think	thought	thought	pensare
throw	threw	thrown	lanciare, gettare
tread	trod	trod	camminare, percorrere, calpestare
understand	understood	understood	comprendere
undertake	undertook	undertaken	imtraprendere. impegnarsi
wake	waked/woke	waked/woken	svegliarsi, svegliare
wear	wore	worn	indossare
weep	wept	wept	piangere
wet	wetted/wet	wetted/wet	bagnare
will	would	–	volere
win	won	won	vincere
wind	wound	wound	avvolgere
write	wrote	written	scrivere