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/
