Verbo swim en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to swim significa «nadar» 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 swim en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | swim |
| you | swim |
| he/she/it | swims |
| we | swim |
| they | swim |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am swimming |
| you | are swimming |
| he/she/it | is swimming |
| we | are swimming |
| they | are swimming |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have swum |
| you | have swum |
| he/she/it | has swum |
| we | have swum |
| they | have swum |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | swam |
| you | swam |
| he/she/it | swam |
| we | swam |
| they | swam |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was swimming |
| you | were swimming |
| he/she/it | was swimming |
| we | were swimming |
| they | were swimming |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had swum |
| you | had swum |
| he/she/it | had swum |
| we | had swum |
| they | had swum |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will swim |
| you | will swim |
| he/she/it | will swim |
| we | will swim |
| they | will swim |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have swum |
| you | will have swum |
| he/she/it | will have swum |
| we | will have swum |
| they | will have swum |
Conjugación de swim en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would swim |
| you | would swim |
| he/she/it | would swim |
| we | would swim |
| they | would swim |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have swum |
| you | would have swum |
| he/she/it | would have swum |
| we | would have swum |
| they | would have swum |
Conjugación de swim en imperativo
Conjugación de swim en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | swimming |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | swum |
Ejemplos
I swim every day.
Yo nado todos los días.
He swims regularly.
Él nada regularmente.
We swim together.
Nosotros nadamos juntos.
I swam yesterday.
Yo nadé ayer.
I have swum.
Yo he nadado.
I will swim tomorrow.
Yo nadaré mañana.
I am swimming right now.
Yo estoy nadando ahora mismo.
I like to swim.
Me gusta nadar.
You should swim more often.
Deberías nadar más a menudo.
Can you swim?
¿Puedes nadar?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He swim en vez de He swims
Correcto: He/She/It swims
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: swimed en vez de swam
Correcto: Past simple: swam — Past participle: swum
«swim» es irregular: sus formas de pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed. Deben aprenderse de memoria.
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You swim? en vez de Do you swim?
Correcto: Do you swim? / Does he/she swim?
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 swim vs I am swimming
Correcto: Hábito/general → I swim | Ahora mismo → I am swimming
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 swim | yo nado |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she swims | él/ella nada |
| Present continuous | I am swimming | yo estoy nadando |
| Past simple | I swam | yo nadé |
| Present perfect | I have swum | yo he nadado |
| Future simple | I will swim | yo nadaré |
| Negative | I don't swim | yo no nado |
| Question | Do you swim? | ¿tú nadas? |