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El verbo to drop /tʊ ˈdrɑp/ puede traducirse como "dejar caer", "soltar", "caerse", "bajar" o "disminuir", dependiendo del contexto.

  • Podemos dejar caer algo, accidentalmente o a propósito. Por ejemplo, "I dropped my phone" puede traducirse naturalmente como "Se me cayó el teléfono" o, de manera más literal, "Dejé caer mi teléfono".
  • Una cantidad, un precio o una temperatura puede bajar. Por ejemplo, "The temperature dropped" significa "La temperatura bajó".
  • La expresión drop someone off significa llevar a una persona a un lugar y dejarla allí. Por ejemplo, "I will drop you off at work" puede traducirse como "Te dejaré en el trabajo".

Drop y fall no siempre se usan de la misma manera. En "I dropped the phone", una persona dejó caer el teléfono. En "The phone fell", el teléfono se cayó. Por eso, "Se me cayó el teléfono" normalmente se expresa en inglés como "I dropped my phone".

Drop es un verbo regular, pero duplicamos la letra p antes de añadir -ed o -ing: dropped y dropping. Dropped se pronuncia /drɑpt/; la terminación -ed produce el sonido /t/ después del sonido sordo /p/. Dropping se pronuncia /ˈdrɑ.pɪŋ/; aunque escribimos dos letras p, pronunciamos un solo sonido /p/.

Simple Tense

Simple Present Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I drop We drop
2ª You drop You drop
3ª He/She/It drops They drop

Drop: /drɑp/, drops: /drɑps/

Simple Past Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I dropped We dropped
2ª You dropped You dropped
3ª He/She/It dropped They dropped

Dropped: /drɑpt/

Simple Future Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I will drop We will drop
2ª You will drop You will drop
3ª He/She/It will drop They will drop

Will drop: /wɪl drɑp/

Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I am dropping We are dropping
2ª You are dropping You are dropping
3ª He/She/It is dropping They are dropping

Dropping: /ˈdrɑ.pɪŋ/

Past Continuous Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I was dropping We were dropping
2ª You were dropping You were dropping
3ª He/She/It was dropping They were dropping

Was dropping: /wəz ˈdrɑ.pɪŋ/, Were dropping: /wɜr ˈdrɑ.pɪŋ/

Future Continuous Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I will be dropping We will be dropping
2ª You will be dropping You will be dropping
3ª He/She/It will be dropping They will be dropping

Will be dropping: /wɪl bi ˈdrɑ.pɪŋ/

Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I have dropped We have dropped
2ª You have dropped You have dropped
3ª He/She/It has dropped They have dropped

Have dropped: /hæv drɑpt/, Has dropped: /hæz drɑpt/

Past Perfect Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I had dropped We had dropped
2ª You had dropped You had dropped
3ª He/She/It had dropped They had dropped

Had dropped: /hæd drɑpt/

Future Perfect Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I will have dropped We will have dropped
2ª You will have dropped You will have dropped
3ª He/She/It will have dropped They will have dropped

Will have dropped: /wɪl hæv drɑpt/