Verbos en ingles: guia completa con los mas usados

Los verbos en ingles: por donde empezar

Los verbos son el motor de cualquier oracion. Sin verbos, no podes decir nada. Pero el ingles tiene miles de verbos y no todos son igualmente importantes.

Esta guia organiza los verbos en ingles por categoria y frecuencia, para que puedas concentrarte en los que realmente necesitas y construir tu vocabulario de forma eficiente.

Los 20 verbos mas usados en ingles

Estos verbos aparecen constantemente en conversaciones, emails y reuniones:

Verbo	Significado	Ejemplo
be	ser/estar	I am a developer.
have	tener	I have a question.
do	hacer	I do my best.
say	decir	She said yes.
go	ir	Let's go.
get	obtener/conseguir	I got the job.
make	hacer/crear	We make software.
know	saber/conocer	I know the answer.
think	pensar/creer	I think it's correct.
take	tomar/llevar	It takes time.
come	venir	Come to the meeting.
see	ver	I see what you mean.
want	querer	I want to improve.
look	mirar/parecer	It looks good.
use	usar	We use Slack.
find	encontrar	I found the bug.
give	dar	Give me feedback.
tell	decir/contar	Tell me more.
work	trabajar/funcionar	It works!
call	llamar	Let's call them.

Verbos de accion en el trabajo

Estos verbos son los mas valiosos para comunicarte en entornos profesionales:

Para gestionar y liderar: manage, lead, coordinate, oversee, supervise, delegate, plan, organize, prioritize

"I manage a team of eight developers." "She leads the product strategy." "We coordinate with three different departments."

Para comunicar: present, explain, discuss, clarify, confirm, report, suggest, recommend, propose

"I presented the results to the board." "Can you clarify what you mean?" "I recommend we postpone the launch."

Para crear y construir: develop, build, design, create, implement, launch, produce, write

"We developed a new onboarding process." "They launched the product last quarter."

Para analizar y resolver: analyze, review, evaluate, assess, identify, solve, improve, optimize

"I analyzed the data and found a pattern." "We need to improve our response time."

Para negociar y acordar: agree, negotiate, approve, reject, accept, confirm, decide, commit

"We agreed on a delivery date." "The client approved the design."

Verbos frasales (phrasal verbs) esenciales

Los phrasal verbs son combinaciones de verbo + preposicion que tienen un significado propio. Son muy usados en el ingles informal y semiformal:

Phrasal verb	Significado	Ejemplo
bring up	mencionar	She brought up a good point.
carry out	ejecutar/realizar	We carried out a survey.
come up with	idear/proponer	He came up with a solution.
deal with	manejar/tratar	I'll deal with it.
figure out	entender/resolver	I can't figure out the problem.
follow up	hacer seguimiento	Let me follow up on that.
look into	investigar	We're looking into it.
put off	posponer	They put off the meeting.
set up	configurar/organizar	Can you set up a call?
take on	asumir/contratar	She took on more responsibility.

Verbos auxiliares y modales

Los auxiliares son verbos que "ayudan" a otros verbos a expresar tiempo, negacion, pregunta o modalidad:

Auxiliares primarios: be, have, do

• Forman tiempos compuestos y pasivas
• I have finished. / Was it approved?

Verbos modales: expresan posibilidad, obligacion, permiso, etc.

• Para una guia completa, lee verbos modales en ingles

Verbos regulares e irregulares

Regulares: forman el pasado con -ed. work → worked, manage → managed, decide → decided

Irregulares: forman el pasado de manera imprevisible. go → went, write → wrote, buy → bought

Para la lista completa de irregulares, consulta nuestra guia de verbos irregulares.

Errores comunes con verbos en ingles

Error 1: Confundir "make" y "do"

Make se usa para crear o producir algo: make a decision, make a plan, make a mistake Do se usa para actividades y tareas en general: do your homework, do research, do your best

Error 2: Traducir "saber" siempre como "know"

Know = saber (un hecho, a una persona) Can = saber (una habilidad)

"I know Spanish." (correcto) "I can speak Spanish." (correcto, habilidad) "I know swim." (incorrecto) "I can swim." (correcto)

Error 3: Confundir "say" y "tell"

Say no necesita objeto: He said he was busy. Tell necesita objeto: He told me he was busy.

Ejercicios practicos

Completa con el verbo correcto:

1. Can you _______ (make/do) a presentation for Friday?
2. I _______ (know/can) play the guitar.
3. She _______ (say/tell) the client about the delay.
4. We need to _______ (carry out/put off) the user research.
5. I _______ (agree/accept) with your proposal.

Respuestas:

1. make (make a presentation)
2. can (skill)
3. told (tell + objeto)
4. carry out (ejecutar)
5. agree (agree with = estar de acuerdo)

En el contexto laboral: verbos para cada situacion

Para tu LinkedIn: "I develop scalable web applications. I lead cross-functional teams. I analyze user behavior to drive product decisions."

Para emails profesionales: "I am writing to follow up on our last conversation. I wanted to confirm the meeting for Thursday and share the agenda."

Para entrevistas: "I managed a team of five. I built the entire backend from scratch. I reduced costs by 20% through process optimization."

Para reuniones: "I suggest we postpone this to next week. Can we discuss the budget first? I'd like to propose a different approach."

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