100 Most Common Spanish Verbs (List with Conjugation)

These are the 100 most common Spanish verbs, ranked by how often they are used. The order comes from Spanish frequency dictionaries, which are built from large collections of written and spoken texts. The end of the list adds everyday verbs such as comer, dormir and jugar: they rank a little lower in those texts, but you need them from day one.

Each verb comes with its meaning and three key forms: the yo form in the present tense (Presente), the yo form in the preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) and the past participle (Participio). These three forms show at a glance whether a verb is regular. Tap any verb to open its full conjugation table in every tense.

Filters show only the irregular verbs or one verb group: -ar, -er, -ir.
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Forms: present (yo) · preterite (yo) · past participle. Tap a verb to see its full conjugation.

Top 10 most common Spanish verbs

#	Verb	Meaning	Forms
1	serirregular	to be (essence)	soyfuisido
2	estarirregular	to be (state, location)	estoyestuveestado
3	haberirregular	auxiliary; there is/are	hehubehabido
4	tenerirregular	to have	tengotuvetenido
5	hacerirregular	to do, to make	hagohicehecho
6	poderirregular	to be able to, can	puedopudepodido
7	decirirregular	to say, to tell	digodijedicho
8	irirregular	to go	voyfuiido
9	verirregular	to see	veovivisto
10	darirregular	to give	doydidado

Spanish verbs 11-25

#	Verb	Meaning	Forms
11	saberirregular	to know (facts, how to)	sésupesabido
12	quererirregular	to want, to love	quieroquisequerido
13	llegar	to arrive	llegolleguéllegado
14	pasar	to pass, to happen	pasopasépasado
15	deber	must, ought to; to owe	debodebídebido
16	ponerirregular	to put, to place	pongopusepuesto
17	parecerirregular	to seem	parezcoparecíparecido
18	quedar	to stay, to arrange to meet	quedoquedéquedado
19	creerirregular	to believe, to think	creocreícreído
20	hablar	to speak, to talk	hablohabléhablado
21	llevar	to carry, to take, to wear	llevollevéllevado
22	dejar	to leave, to let, to allow	dejodejédejado
23	seguirirregular	to follow, to continue	sigoseguíseguido
24	encontrarirregular	to find, to meet	encuentroencontréencontrado
25	llamar	to call, to name	llamollaméllamado

Spanish verbs 26-50

#	Verb	Meaning	Forms
26	venirirregular	to come	vengovinevenido
27	pensarirregular	to think	piensopensépensado
28	salirirregular	to leave, to go out	salgosalísalido
29	volverirregular	to return, to come back	vuelvovolvívuelto
30	tomar	to take, to drink	tomotométomado
31	conocerirregular	to know (people, places), to meet	conozcoconocíconocido
32	vivir	to live	vivovivívivido
33	sentirirregular	to feel, to be sorry	sientosentísentido
34	tratar	to treat, to try	tratotratétratado
35	mirar	to look, to watch	miromirémirado
36	contarirregular	to count, to tell	cuentocontécontado
37	empezarirregular	to begin, to start	empiezoempecéempezado
38	esperar	to wait, to hope	esperoesperéesperado
39	buscar	to look for, to search	buscobusquébuscado
40	existir	to exist	existoexistíexistido
41	entrar	to enter, to go in	entroentréentrado
42	trabajar	to work	trabajotrabajétrabajado
43	escribirirregular	to write	escriboescribíescrito
44	perderirregular	to lose, to miss	pierdoperdíperdido
45	producirirregular	to produce, to cause	produzcoprodujeproducido
46	ocurrir	to happen, to occur	ocurroocurríocurrido
47	entenderirregular	to understand	entiendoentendíentendido
48	pedirirregular	to ask for, to order	pidopedípedido
49	recibir	to receive, to get	reciborecibírecibido
50	recordarirregular	to remember, to remind	recuerdorecordérecordado

Spanish verbs 51-100

#	Verb	Meaning	Forms
51	terminar	to finish, to end	terminoterminéterminado
52	permitir	to allow, to permit, to let	permitopermitípermitido
53	aparecerirregular	to appear, to show up	aparezcoaparecíaparecido
54	conseguirirregular	to get, to achieve, to manage to	consigoconseguíconseguido
55	comenzarirregular	to begin, to start	comienzocomencécomenzado
56	servirirregular	to serve, to be useful	sirvoservíservido
57	sacar	to take out, to get	sacosaquésacado
58	necesitar	to need	necesitonecesiténecesitado
59	mantenerirregular	to maintain, to keep, to support	mantengomantuvemantenido
60	resultar	to turn out, to result	resultoresultéresultado
61	leerirregular	to read	leoleíleído
62	caerirregular	to fall	caigocaícaído
63	cambiar	to change, to exchange	cambiocambiécambiado
64	presentar	to present, to introduce, to submit	presentopresentépresentado
65	crear	to create, to set up	creocreécreado
66	abririrregular	to open	abroabríabierto
67	considerar	to consider, to regard	consideroconsideréconsiderado
68	oírirregular	to hear	oigooíoído
69	acabar	to finish, to end; to have just	acaboacabéacabado
70	convertirirregular	to convert, to turn into	conviertoconvertíconvertido
71	ganar	to win, to earn, to gain	ganoganéganado
72	formar	to form, to make up, to train	formoforméformado
73	traerirregular	to bring	traigotrajetraído
74	partir	to leave, to split	partopartípartido
75	moririrregular	to die	mueromorímuerto
76	aceptar	to accept	aceptoaceptéaceptado
77	realizar	to carry out, to achieve	realizorealicérealizado
78	suponerirregular	to suppose, to assume	supongosupusesupuesto
79	comprender	to understand; to comprise	comprendocomprendícomprendido
80	lograr	to achieve, to manage to	logrologrélogrado
81	explicar	to explain	explicoexpliquéexplicado
82	preguntar	to ask (a question)	preguntopreguntépreguntado
83	tocar	to touch; to play (an instrument)	tocotoquétocado
84	reconocerirregular	to recognize; to acknowledge	reconozcoreconocíreconocido
85	estudiar	to study	estudioestudiéestudiado
86	alcanzar	to reach; to catch up to; to be enough	alcanzoalcancéalcanzado
87	nacerirregular	to be born; to come into the world; to arise	nazconacínacido
88	dirigir	to direct; to lead; to manage	dirijodirigídirigido
89	correr	to run; to hurry; to flow	corrocorrícorrido
90	utilizar	to use; to utilize; to employ	utilizoutilicéutilizado
91	pagar	to pay; to pay for; to settle	pagopaguépagado
92	comer	to eat	comocomícomido
93	gustar	to like (to be pleasing)	gustogustégustado
94	jugarirregular	to play (a game, sport)	juegojuguéjugado
95	dormirirregular	to sleep	duermodormídormido
96	aprender	to learn	aprendoaprendíaprendido
97	comprar	to buy, to purchase	comprocomprécomprado
98	escuchar	to listen (to)	escuchoescuchéescuchado
99	ayudar	to help	ayudoayudéayudado
100	usar	to use	usouséusado

How to learn these 100 verbs

Start with the top 10. Ser, estar, haber, tener, hacer, poder, decir, ir, ver, dar appear in almost every conversation. With them you can already build simple sentences: Tengo que ir (I have to go), ¿Puedes hacerlo? (Can you do it?).
Learn 10 verbs a day. Turn on Hide translations, go through one block from top to bottom and come back to the ones you missed. Bookmark this page: you will cover the whole list in 10 days.
Learn each verb with its yo form. The irregularity almost always shows up there: tener → tengo, tuve. Once you know the three forms in the table, the other tenses come much more easily.
Learn short phrases, not single words: hacer la compra (to do the grocery shopping), tomar un café (to have a coffee), dar las gracias (to say thank you).

Irregular verbs on the list: what to watch for

Almost half of the verbs on this list are irregular, but their irregularities follow patterns. A few groups cover most of them:

Pattern	Example	Verbs on the list
-go in the yo form	tengo, hago, pongo	tener, hacer, poner, salir, venir, decir, traer, caer, oír, suponer, mantener
-zco in the yo form	conozco, parezco	conocer, parecer, aparecer, producir, reconocer, nacer
e → ie	pienso, quiero	querer, pensar, empezar, comenzar, entender, perder, sentir, convertir
o → ue (u → ue)	puedo, vuelvo, juego	poder, encontrar, volver, contar, recordar, dormir, morir, jugar
e → i	pido, sigo	pedir, seguir, servir, conseguir
Special preterite stem	tuve, hice, dije	estar, haber, tener, hacer, poder, decir, poner, venir, querer, saber, traer, producir, mantener, suponer
Irregular past participle	hecho, dicho, visto	hacer, decir, ver, poner, escribir, abrir, volver, morir, suponer

Ser and ir are a case of their own: they share the same preterite forms (fui, fuiste, fue), and the context tells you which verb is meant.

Don't confuse irregular verbs with spelling changes. In llegué, busqué, empecé only one letter changes to keep the sound before e: g → gu, c → qu, z → c. These verbs are conjugated like regular ones.

Rules for each tense: Present, Preterite (Indefinido) and Past participle. Not sure which past tense to use? See Preterite vs Imperfect. Every irregular pattern by tense: Spanish irregular verbs. All verbs on the site: verb list.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common Spanish verbs?

The top 10 by frequency are ser, estar, haber, tener, hacer, poder, decir, ir, ver and dar. They show up in almost every conversation, and all of them are irregular.

How many Spanish verbs do I need to know?

The first 100 are enough to get started: they account for most of the verbs used in everyday speech. After that, it is easier to grow your vocabulary by topic: work, travel, food.

How many verbs on this list are irregular?

48 out of 100, and two of them, leer and creer, change only their spelling (leyó, creyó). The irregularities repeat in groups: -go in the yo form (tengo, hago), stem vowel changes (quiero, puedo, pido) and special preterite stems (tuve, hice, dije). The Irregular filter shows only these verbs.

What is the difference between regular and irregular Spanish verbs?

Regular verbs follow the standard endings of their group, -ar, -er or -ir: hablar → hablo, hablé, hablado. Irregular verbs change their stem or ending in at least one tense: tener → tengo, tuve; hacer → hago, hice, hecho.

Which Spanish verbs should beginners learn first?

Start at the top of this list: it is sorted by frequency, so the first verbs are the ones you will need soonest. A comfortable pace is 10 verbs a day, using Hide translations to test yourself.