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Irregular verbs in the present indicative

Many verbs in Spanish, especially common verbs like conocer, estar, haber, hacer, ir, poner, saber, tener, traer, and venir, are irregular in the present tense, as well as in some or all other tenses and moods. In many respects the irregularities of these verbs have similarities, although these characteristics are relatively unpredictable.

* Verbs that end in -cer or -cir, when these endings are preceded by a vowel, add the consonant -z in the first person singular of the present indicative and in all forms of the present subjunctive.

** The impersonal form of haber, which translates as "there is" or "there are," has an additional irregular form which is hay.

Many other verbs in Spanish that appear irregular are more properly called "stem-changing" verbs or verbs "with changes in spelling."

See also

Irregular verbs in the future and conditional
Irregular verbs in the imperfect
Irregular verbs in the preterite
Irregular verbs in the subjunctive
Verbs