Language/Spanish/Grammar/Past-Participle

In Spanish, Past Participle is used in present, past and future perfect and some cases with the verb to be. As you know, verbs in spanish are divided in verbs that end in ar, er and ir and each type of verb has their rules to be formed.

Regular Verbs

When you want to form Past Participle with a regular verb, you need to erase ar, er or ir and put the corresponding ending. The next table shows you the endings for each type of verb.

Verb	Verbo	Ending	Participio	Participle
To escape	Escapar	ado	Escapado	Escaped
To walk	Caminar	ado	Caminado	Walked
To lose	Perder	ido	Perdido	Lost
To obtain	Obtener	ido	Obtenido	Obtained
To run away	Huir	ido	Huido	Run Away
To add	Añadir	ido	Añadido	Added

Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs change their base form completely and they are some verbs that end in er and ir (they generally end in o), the next table show you some examples.

Verb	Verbo	Participio	Participle
To do/make	Hacer	Hecho	Done
To put	Poner	Puesto	Put
To open	Abrir	Abierto	Open
To say/tell	Decir	Dicho	Said

Related Lessons

• Negation
• Plurals
• El Verboide
• How to use Ser o Estar (verb to be)
• Comaratives and Superlatives
• Conjugación de verbos difíciles
• The word that cannot be written
• Orientación sobre el uso de Articulos
• Los pronombres personales
• Questions