Verbs With Irregular Participle
| Verb | Participle | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| abrir | abierto | 'open(ed)' |
| cubrir | cubierto | 'covered' |
| decir | dicho | 'said' |
| descubrir | descubierto | 'discovered' |
| escribir | escrito | 'written' |
| -facer1 | -fecho | — |
| hacer | hecho | 'done, made'
"imprimir" "impreso" 'printed' |
| morir | muerto | 'died, dead' |
| poner | puesto | 'put, placed' |
| pudrir | podrido | 'rotten' |
| romper | roto | 'broken' |
| -solver1 | -suelto | — |
| ver | visto | 'seen' |
| volver | vuelto | '(re)turned' |
1The roots -facer and -solver appear only in prefixed forms, e.g. satisfacer, absolver. The adjective suelto means 'loose, free'.
Verbs derived from the stems in the table above have participles similar to those of their "parent" verbs — e.g. devolver → devuelto, describir → descrito. Note, however, that this pattern is not followed by corromper, whose participle is regular (corrompido), nor by bendecir and maldecir (see table below).
Read more about this topic: List Of Spanish Irregular Participles
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