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forbid

/fərˈbɪd/

prohibit

Formas del verbo

Forma base

forbid

/fərˈbɪd/

Past Simple

forbade

Past Participle

forbidden

Frases de ejemplo

Forma base · forbid

  • Many schools forbid mobile phones in class.

Past Simple · forbade

  • Her parents forbade her from staying out late.
  • Did you forbid it before lunch?
  • I forbade it as soon as I possibly could.
  • We forbade it together earlier this week.

Past Participle · forbidden

  • Smoking has been forbidden in restaurants since 2007.
  • She has just forbidden the very same thing.
  • By the time we arrived, they had forbidden everything.
  • We have never forbidden anything quite like it.

Tiempos clave

Presente SimplePasado SimplePresente Perfecto
I forbid
he / she / it forbids
I forbadeI have forbidden
Presente Continuo:I am forbiding  ·  he / she / it is forbiding

Guía gramatical

The verb "forbid" is fully irregular — all three principal parts are distinct: the base form "forbid", the past simple "forbade", and the past participle "forbidden". The ABC group contains many of the most common and important verbs in English, so learning them is essential for fluency.

Use the past simple "forbade" for actions, events, or states that were completed at a definite point in the past. It is the main verb in the clause and needs no auxiliary: "We forbade the whole project in three days." Typical time markers include yesterday, last week, ago, when, and at + a specific time. The past simple is the most frequently used past tense in spoken and written English.

The past participle "forbidden" is never used on its own as a main verb. It appears in: (1) the present perfect with have/has — "I have never forbidden anything like it before"; (2) the past perfect with had — "She had already forbidden before I arrived"; (3) passive voice with a form of be — "The final version was forbidden by the whole team." These three structures together cover the great majority of perfect and passive constructions in English.

The ABC group demands the most memorisation because each verb has three unique forms to learn. Focus first on the highest-frequency verbs: be (was/were/been), do (did/done), go (went/gone), know (knew/known), take (took/taken), see (saw/seen), give (gave/given), and write (wrote/written). Regular reading and listening is the most effective way to make ABC verb forms automatic — passive exposure reinforces the patterns far better than drills alone.

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Patrón de conjugación

Las tres formas son diferentes: este grupo requiere más práctica.

Verbos con el mismo patrón

forbid — forbade — forbidden | Verbo irregular en inglés · English Road