¿Cómo se conjuga el verbo to do en inglés? ¿Cuáles son las diferentes definiciones y traducciones de este verbo? ¿Cómo utilizarlo en phrasal verbs y expresiones idiomáticas, o sustituirlo por los sinónimos adecuados?

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Tablas de conjugación de to do en inglés

Conjugación del verbo do en indicativo

Verbo do en present simple

I do
You do
He/she/ it does
We do
You do
They do

Verbo do en present continuous

I am doing
You are doing
He/she/it is doing
We are doing
You are doing
They are doing

Verbo do past simple

I did
You did
He/she/it did
We did
You did
They did

Verbo do en past continuous

I was doing
You were doing
He/she/it was doing
We were doing
You were doing
They were doing

Verbo do en present perfect

I have done
You have done
He/she/it has done
We have done
You have done
They have done

Verbo do en present perfect continuous

I have been doing
You have been doing
He/she/it has been doing
We have been doing
You have been doing
They have been doing

Verbo do en past perfect

I had done
You had done
He/she/it had done
We had done
You had done
They had done

Verbo do en past perfect continuous

I had been doing
You had been doing
He/she/it had been doing
We had been doing
You had been doing
They had been doing

Verbo do en future

I will do
You will do
He/she/it will do
We will do
You will do
They will do

Verbo do en future continuous

I will be doing
You will be doing
He/she/it will be doing
We will be doing
You will be doing
They will be doing

Verbo do en future perfect

I will have done
You will have done
He/she/it will have done
We will have done
You will have done
They will have done

Verbo do en future perfect continuous

I will have been doing
You will have been doing
Habrá estado haciendo
We will have been doing
You will have been doing
They will have been doing

Conjugación del verbo do en condicional

Verbo do en conditional present

I would do
You would do
He/she/it would do
We would do
You would do
They would do

Verbo do en conditional present continuous

I would be doing
You would be doing
He/she/it would be doing
We would be doing
You would be doing
They would be doing

Verbo do en conditional perfect

I would have done
You would have done
He/she/it would have done
We would have done
You would have done
They would have done

Verbo do en conditional perfect continuous

I would have been doing
You would have been doing
He/she/it would have been doing
We would have been doing
You would have been doing
They would have been doing

Otras formas

El infinitivo de do

to do

Participio presente de do

doing

Participio pasado de do

done

Imperativo de do

do
let’s do

Al igual que to cut, to bear, to sing, to lose e to go, to do es un verbo irregular. Por lo tanto, debes prestar especial atención a las terminaciones en pasado.

Definición de do en inglés

¿Qué significa el verbo do en español?

El Cambridge Dictionary ofrece varias definiciones del verbo do.

Veamos las principales:

1. To perform, take part in, or achieve something

What are they doing this afternoon?
→ ¿Qué van a hacer esta tarde?

2. To act or take action

Stop complaining and do something!
→ ¡Deja de quejarte y haz algo!

3. To deal with or be responsible for something

I’ll do the drinks before cooking the food.
→ Me ocuparé de las bebidas antes de hacer la comida.

4. To study a subject

I think I will do sociology as a third choice.
→ Creo que estudiaré sociología como tercera opción.

5. To make, produce, or create something

She’s a very gifted artist, she does amazing sculptures.
→ Es una artista con mucho talento, hace esculturas extraordinarias.

Para consultar la página completa del Cambridge Dictionary, haz clic aquí.

¿Qué significa el auxiliar do en español?

¡Cuidado! En inglés, do también es un auxiliar. Como tal, no tiene un significado específico, pero se utiliza en varias construcciones gramaticales. Por lo tanto, solo se utiliza en 3 formas:

do
does
did

El auxiliar do se utiliza para construir distintos tipos de frases:

1. Oraciones interrogativas

Ejemplo: Do you like basketball?
→ ¿Te gusta el baloncesto?

2. Oraciones negativas

Ejemplo: I don’t like basketball.
→ No me gusta el baloncesto.

3. Oraciones interrogativas en negativo

Ejemplo: Don’t you like basketball?
→ ¿No te gusta el baloncesto?

4. Oraciones que expresan una prohibición

Ejemplo: Don’t play basketball at 2am!
→ ¡No juegues al baloncesto a las 2 de la madrugada!

El auxiliar do también se utiliza para dar énfasis y para dar una respuesta breve:

I do like basketball! → ¡Sí, me gusta mucho el baloncesto!
Do you like basketball? Yes, I do! → ¿Te gusta el baloncesto? ¡Sí!

Phrasal verbs con do en inglés

Recordatorio: los phrasal verbs (o “verbos con partícula”) son verbos que, al ir seguidos de otra palabra (la partícula), completan o modifican su significado inicial.

Estos son los phrasal verbs formados a partir del verbo do:

Do (someone) good → Hacer algo bueno por alguien
Do (someone) in → Matar a alguien, liquidar a alguien (coloquial).
Do away with → Deshacerse de alguien, eliminar a alguien (coloquial)
Do up → Reformar, renovar
Do well for (oneself) → Hacer bien a uno mismo, arreglárselas
Do without (something) → Prescindir de algo

Sinónimos de do en inglés

Dependiendo del contexto, puedes sustituir el verbo to do por uno de los siguientes verbos:

accomplish → lograr, conseguir
achieve → lograr
act → actuar
complete → terminar, acabar
create → crear
execute → ejecutar
make → fabricar
produce → producir

Expresiones con do en inglés

Te dejo una lista no exhaustiva de expresiones idiomáticas con el verbo do:

do a double take → hacer una doble toma
do a number on someone → jugar una mala pasada a alguien
do an about face → dar media vuelta
do justice to something → hacer honor a alguien
do one’s duty → cumplir con su deber
do one’s part → poner de su parte
do or die → es todo o nada
do the honors → hacer los honores
do the trick → hacer el truco, servirá

En resumen

el verbo to do en inglés: conjugación, sinónimos y phrasal verbs

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