Verbo drive en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to drive significa «conducir» en español. Es un verbo irregular, lo que significa que sus formas de pasado simple y participio pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed y deben memorizarse.
Conjugación de drive en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | drive |
| you | drive |
| he/she/it | drives |
| we | drive |
| they | drive |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am driving |
| you | are driving |
| he/she/it | is driving |
| we | are driving |
| they | are driving |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have driven |
| you | have driven |
| he/she/it | has driven |
| we | have driven |
| they | have driven |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | drove |
| you | drove |
| he/she/it | drove |
| we | drove |
| they | drove |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was driving |
| you | were driving |
| he/she/it | was driving |
| we | were driving |
| they | were driving |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had driven |
| you | had driven |
| he/she/it | had driven |
| we | had driven |
| they | had driven |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will drive |
| you | will drive |
| he/she/it | will drive |
| we | will drive |
| they | will drive |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have driven |
| you | will have driven |
| he/she/it | will have driven |
| we | will have driven |
| they | will have driven |
Conjugación de drive en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would drive |
| you | would drive |
| he/she/it | would drive |
| we | would drive |
| they | would drive |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have driven |
| you | would have driven |
| he/she/it | would have driven |
| we | would have driven |
| they | would have driven |
Conjugación de drive en imperativo
Conjugación de drive en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | driving |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | driven |
Ejemplos
I drive every day.
Yo conduzco todos los días.
He drives regularly.
Él conduce regularmente.
We drive together.
Nosotros conducimos juntos.
I drove yesterday.
Yo conduje ayer.
I have driven.
Yo he conducido.
I will drive tomorrow.
Yo conduciré mañana.
I am driving right now.
Yo estoy conduciendo ahora mismo.
I like to drive.
Me gusta conducir.
You should drive more often.
Deberías conducir más a menudo.
Can you drive?
¿Puedes conducir?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He drive en vez de He drives
Correcto: He/She/It drives
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Regularizar el pasado: driveed en vez de drove
Correcto: Past simple: drove — Past participle: driven
«drive» es irregular: sus formas de pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed. Deben aprenderse de memoria.
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You drive? en vez de Do you drive?
Correcto: Do you drive? / Does he/she drive?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I drive vs I am driving
Correcto: Hábito/general → I drive | Ahora mismo → I am driving
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Sinónimos
Antónimos
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I drive | yo conduzco |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she drives | él/ella conduce |
| Present continuous | I am driving | yo estoy conduciendo |
| Past simple | I drove | yo conduje |
| Present perfect | I have driven | yo he conducido |
| Future simple | I will drive | yo conduciré |
| Negative | I don't drive | yo no conduzco |
| Question | Do you drive? | ¿tú conduces? |