Verbo eat en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to eat significa «comer» 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. Verbo irregular: eat, ate, eaten. Atención con la pronunciación: eat /iːt/, ate /eɪt/ (o /ɛt/ en inglés británico). Se usa sin objeto: Let's eat!
Conjugación de eat en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | eat |
| you | eat |
| he/she/it | eats |
| we | eat |
| they | eat |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am eating |
| you | are eating |
| he/she/it | is eating |
| we | are eating |
| they | are eating |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have eaten |
| you | have eaten |
| he/she/it | has eaten |
| we | have eaten |
| they | have eaten |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | ate |
| you | ate |
| he/she/it | ate |
| we | ate |
| they | ate |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was eating |
| you | were eating |
| he/she/it | was eating |
| we | were eating |
| they | were eating |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had eaten |
| you | had eaten |
| he/she/it | had eaten |
| we | had eaten |
| they | had eaten |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will eat |
| you | will eat |
| he/she/it | will eat |
| we | will eat |
| they | will eat |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have eaten |
| you | will have eaten |
| he/she/it | will have eaten |
| we | will have eaten |
| they | will have eaten |
Conjugación de eat en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would eat |
| you | would eat |
| he/she/it | would eat |
| we | would eat |
| they | would eat |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have eaten |
| you | would have eaten |
| he/she/it | would have eaten |
| we | would have eaten |
| they | would have eaten |
Conjugación de eat en imperativo
Conjugación de eat en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | eating |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | eaten |
Ejemplos
I eat breakfast at seven.
Desayuno a las siete.
She eats a lot of fruit.
Ella come mucha fruta.
We ate at a nice restaurant.
Comimos en un buen restaurante.
Have you eaten yet?
¿Ya has comido?
I don't eat meat.
No como carne.
Let's eat out tonight.
Cenemos fuera esta noche.
She was eating an apple.
Ella estaba comiendo una manzana.
Eat your vegetables!
¡Come tus verduras!
He eats like a horse.
Come como un caballo. / Come muchísimo.
I love eating Italian food.
Me encanta comer comida italiana.
Expresiones
eat humble pie
tragarse el orgullo
eat your words
retractarse / tragarse las palabras
have your cake and eat it too
querer estar en misa y repicando
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He eat en vez de He eats
Correcto: He/She/It eats
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: eated en vez de ate
Correcto: Past simple: ate — Past participle: eaten
«eat» es irregular: sus formas de pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed. Deben aprenderse de memoria.
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You eat? en vez de Do you eat?
Correcto: Do you eat? / Does he/she eat?
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 eat vs I am eating
Correcto: Hábito/general → I eat | Ahora mismo → I am eating
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 eat | yo como |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she eats | él/ella come |
| Present continuous | I am eating | yo estoy comiendo |
| Past simple | I ate | yo comí |
| Present perfect | I have eaten | yo he comido |
| Future simple | I will eat | yo comeré |
| Negative | I don't eat | yo no como |
| Question | Do you eat? | ¿tú comes? |