Top 200 Arabic Verbs
Here are the top 200 most frequently used Arabic verbs in their dictionary form, 3rd person masculine past tense.
| Word Number | Arabic | English |
| 1 | توافق | agree |
| 2 | حذر | alert, warn, caution |
| 3 | أجاب | answer, reply |
| 4 | ظهر | appear, show |
| 5 | تجادل | argue |
| 6 | رتب | arranged, order |
| 7 | وصل | arrive |
| 8 | سأل | ask |
| 9 | حضر | attend, come |
| 10 | حمم | bathe |
| 11 | كان | be (past, future) |
| 12 | تاكد | be sure |
| 13 | أصبح | become |
| 14 | اعتقد | believe |
| 15 | بدا | begin, start |
| 16 | ولد | born, to be born |
| 17 | يستعير | borrow |
| 18 | كسر | break |
| 19 | أحضر | bring |
| 20 | بنى | built |
| 21 | أحرق | burn |
| 22 | اشترى | buy |
| 23 | تصل | call |
| 24 | قدر | can |
| 25 | استطاع | can, able to |
| 26 | حمل | carry |
| 27 | غير | change |
| 28 | نظف | clean |
| 29 | غلق | close |
| 30 | أمر | commanded |
| 31 | جاء | come |
| 32 | شكى | complain (about) |
| 33 | اتصل | contact |
| 34 | طبخ | cook |
| 35 | كلف | cost |
| 36 | عد | count |
| 37 | قطع | cut |
| 38 | رقص | dance |
| 39 | قرر | decide |
| 40 | غلب | defeat |
| 41 | غادر | depart, leave |
| 42 | وصف | describe |
| 43 | مات | die |
| 44 | توفى | die (pass away) |
| 45 | زعل | disappear |
| 46 | اكتشف | discover |
| 47 | فعل | do |
| 48 | شكك | doubt |
| 49 | رسم | draw |
| 50 | شرب | drink |
| 51 | خفف | ease, lessen |
| 52 | أكل | eat |
| 53 | خلى | empty |
| 54 | دخل | enter |
| 55 | هرب | escape |
| 56 | سوى | even up |
| 57 | وضح | explain |
| 58 | خرج | exit, go out |
| 59 | فشل | fail |
| 60 | سقط | fall |
| 61 | روح | fan, circulate |
| 62 | خاف | fear |
| 63 | شعر | feel |
| 64 | وجد | find |
| 65 | خلص | finish, rescue |
| 66 | نهى | finish |
| 67 | ساءل | flow |
| 68 | طير | fly |
| 69 | تبع | follow |
| 70 | أجبر | force |
| 71 | نسي | forget |
| 72 | جمع | gather |
| 73 | اعطى | give |
| 74 | راح | go |
| 75 | ذهب | go |
| 76 | رحل | go away |
| 77 | نزل | go down, descend, drop |
| 78 | طلع | go up, rise, go up |
| 79 | حدث | happen |
| 80 | كره | hate |
| 81 | متلك | have |
| 82 | سمع | hear |
| 83 | ساعد | help |
| 84 | ضرب | hit |
| 85 | مسك | hold |
| 86 | أمل | hope |
| 87 | زاد | increase, grow |
| 88 | ورث | inherit |
| 89 | قفز | jump |
| 90 | حتقظ | keep |
| 91 | عرف | know |
| 92 | علم | know, teach |
| 93 | قتل | kill |
| 94 | هبط | land, descend |
| 95 | تعلم | learn |
| 96 | ضحك | laugh |
| 97 | ترك | leave |
| 98 | بقي | left it |
| 99 | كذب | lie |
| 100 | استمع | listen |
| 101 | عيش | live |
| 102 | سكن | live (in a place) |
| 103 | وقع | located, to fall |
| 104 | قفل | lock, close |
| 105 | تطلع | look at |
| 106 | نظر | look at |
| 107 | فقد | lose |
| 108 | حب | love |
| 109 | صنع | make |
| 110 | ذكر | mention |
| 111 | تحرك | move |
| 112 | سمى | name |
| 113 | احتاج | need |
| 114 | حصل | obtain, get |
| 115 | فتح | open |
| 116 | نظم | organize |
| 117 | رتب | organize (Clean up) |
| 118 | ملك | own |
| 119 | دفع | pay |
| 120 | زرع | plant |
| 121 | لعب | play |
| 122 | عجب | please, admire |
| 123 | صلى | pray |
| 124 | وعد | promise |
| 125 | وضع | put |
| 126 | رفع | raise, lift |
| 127 | قرأ | read |
| 128 | نقى | refine |
| 129 | ظل | remain, keep |
| 130 | تذكر | remember |
| 131 | كرر | repeat, duplicate |
| 132 | مثل | represent |
| 133 | طلب | request |
| 134 | حجز | reserve |
| 135 | رد | respond |
| 136 | رجع | return |
| 137 | ركب | ride (car, bike) |
| 138 | قام | rise, get up |
| 139 | دور | round, go home |
| 140 | ركض | run |
| 141 | جري | run |
| 142 | خرب | ruin, destroy |
| 143 | حفظ | save, memorize |
| 144 | قال | say |
| 145 | بحث | search, look for |
| 146 | شاف | see |
| 147 | رأى | see |
| 148 | باع | sell |
| 149 | بعث | send |
| 150 | رسل | send |
| 151 | حس | sense, feel |
| 152 | حط | set, land |
| 153 | زلزل | shake |
| 154 | صاح | shout |
| 155 | وقع | sign, place |
| 156 | غنى | sing |
| 157 | قعد | sit |
| 158 | جلس | sit |
| 159 | نام | sleep |
| 160 | شمم | smell |
| 161 | دخن | smoke |
| 162 | تكلم | speak |
| 163 | نفق | spend |
| 164 | مد | spread, stretch |
| 165 | سرق | steal |
| 166 | وقف | stop, stand up |
| 167 | بطّل | stopped (working) |
| 168 | درس | study |
| 169 | نجح | succeed |
| 170 | قترح | suggest |
| 171 | سكر | sweeten, fill |
| 172 | اخذ | take |
| 173 | حكى | tell, narrate |
| 174 | خبر | tell, report |
| 175 | شكر | thank |
| 176 | ظن | think |
| 177 | فكر | think |
| 178 | رمى | throw |
| 179 | تعب | tire |
| 180 | ترجم | translate |
| 181 | سافر | travel |
| 182 | جرب | try, experiment |
| 183 | حاول | try, attempt |
| 184 | فهم | understand |
| 185 | استعمل | use |
| 186 | استخدم | use |
| 187 | زار | visit |
| 188 | انتظر | wait |
| 189 | صحو | wake up |
| 190 | مشى | walk, go |
| 191 | أراد | want |
| 192 | غسل | wash |
| 193 | شاهد | watch |
| 194 | لبس | wear (clothes) |
| 195 | وزن | weigh |
| 196 | فاز | win |
| 197 | تمنى | wish |
| 198 | اشتغل | work |
| 199 | عمل | work |
| 200 | كتب | write |
I just want to correct the translation of the word “Borrow”. It is not “ستعير” it’s “يستعير” with “ي” at the beginning of the word.
Typo edited. Thanks for the correction! شكرا جزيلا