Spanish - Irregular verbs in the Preterite Tense

The preterite tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past - it implies the action has a definite beginning and end. However, most of the common verbs used in Spanish are irregular. Luckily, a number of these have the same endings:

-e
-iste
-o
-imos
-isteis
-ieron

Verbs ending in 'cir' end in:

  • je
  • jiste
  • jo
  • jimos
  • jisteis
  • jeron
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Andar = To walk
Anduve, anduviste, anduvo, anduvimos, anduvisteis, anduvieron
1 of 16
Caber = To fit
Cupe, cupiste, cupo, cupimos, cupisteis, cupieron
2 of 16
Dar = To give
Di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron
3 of 16
Decir = To say
Dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijieron
4 of 16
Estar = To be
Estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron
5 of 16
Haber = To have
Hube, hubiste, hubo, hubimos, hubisteis, hubieron
6 of 16
Hacer = To make/do
Hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron
7 of 16
Poder = To be able to
Pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudisteis, pudieron
8 of 16
Poner = To put
Puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusiteis, pusieron
9 of 16
Querer = To want
Quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisisteis, quisieron
10 of 16
Saber = To know
Supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supisteis, supistieron
11 of 16
Tener = To have
Tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron
12 of 16
Traer = To bring
Traje, trajiste, trajimos, trajisteis, trajeron
13 of 16
Venir = To come
Vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron
14 of 16
Ver = To see
Vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron
15 of 16
Ir = To go AND Ser = To be
Fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
16 of 16

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Cupe, cupiste, cupo, cupimos, cupisteis, cupieron

Back

Caber = To fit

Card 3

Front

Di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijieron

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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