Phrasal Verb I - TrucosLondres.com

Phrasal Verb
Significado
Ejemplo
ask someone out
invitar a salir
Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a
movie.
add up to something
igualar
Your purchases add up to $205.32.
back someone up
apoyar
My wife backed me up over my decision to
quit my job
blow up
explotar
The racing car blew up after it crashed into
the fence.
break down
parar de funcionar
Our car broke down at the side of the
(máquina, vehículo)
highway in the snowstorm.
break down
disgustarse, romperse
(emocionalmente)
The woman broke down when the police
told her that her son had died.
break in
entrar en un edificio a la
My wife backed me up over my decision to
fuerza
quit my job
break into something
entrar forzosamente
My wife backed me up over my decision to
quit my job
break up
romper una relación
My boyfriend and I broke up before I
moved to America.
break out
escapar
The prisoners broke out of jail when the
guards weren’t looking.
bring someone down
hacer infeliz
This sad music is bringing me down.
bring someone up
criar a un niño
My grandparents brought me up after my
parents died.
bring something up
empezar a hablar sobre un
tema
My mother walks out of the room when my
father brings up sports.
call someone back
devolver una llamada
I called the company back but the offices
were closed for the weekend
call something off
cancelar
Jason called the wedding off because of
the weather.
call on someone
contestar una pregunta
The professor called on me for question 1.
call on someone
visitar a alguien
We called on you last night
Phrasal Verb
Significado
call someone up
llamar
Give me your phone number and I will call
you up when we are in town.
calm down
calmarse
You are still mad. You need to calm down
(después de haber estado
enfadado)
before you drive the car.
continuar
He stopped for a minute and then
carry on
Ejemplo
he carried on doing the dishes
carry something out
hacer, llevar a cabo
They’re carrying out a new experiment
catch up
llegar al mismo punto que
alguien, encontrarse
You’ll have to run faster than that if you
want to catch up with Marty.
check in
registrarte al llegar al hotel o
aeropuerto
We will get the hotel keys when we check
in.
check out
dejar un hotel
You have to check out of the hotel before
11:00 AM.
Check
someone/something
out
Investigar, mirar
cuidadosamente
The company checks out all new
employees.
Check
someone/something
out
mirar (informal)
Check out the crazy hair on that guy!
cheer up
alegrarse
She cheered up when she heard the good
news.
cheer someone up
hacer feliz/alegrar a alguien
I brought you some flowers
to cheer you up.
clean something up
limpiar
Please clean up your bedroom before you
go outside.
come across
something
encontrar inesperadamente
I came across these old photos when I
was tidying the closet.
come apart
separarse de algo
The top and bottom come apart if you pull
hard enough.
come down with
enfermar
My nephew came down with chicken
come from somewhere
originarse en
The art of origami comes from Asia.
come up
surgir (un problema)
Something came up and they couldn’t
attend the meeting
Phrasal Verb
Significado
Ejemplo
come up with
something
producir una idea
My son comes up with the funniest ideas.
count on
confiar
I am counting on you to make dinner
someone/something
while I am out.
cross something out
tachar
Please cross out your old address and
write your new one.
cut back on something
consumir menos
My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets
and fatty foods.
cut something down
hacer caer algo al suelo
We had to cut down the old tree in our
yard after the storm.
cut in
interrumpir
Your father cut in while I was dancing with
your uncle.
cut something off
cortar algo con forma
The doctors cut off his leg because it was
severely injured.
cut something off
dejar de proporcionar
The phone company cut off our phone
because we didn’t pay the bill.
cut someone off
sacar de un testamento
My grandparents cut my father off when
he remarried.
cut something out
eliminar la parte de alguna
cosa (normalmente con
I cut this ad out of the newspaper.
tijeras y papel)
do something over
rehacer
My teacher wants me to do my essay over
because she doesn’t like my topic.
do away with
something
descartar
It’s time to do away with all of these old
tax records.
do something up
abrocharse, abrigarse
Do your coat up before you go outside. It’s
snowing!
dress up
Ir muy bien vestido
It’s a fancy restaurant so we have to dress
up
drop in/by/over
llegar sin cita previa
I might drop in/by/over for tea sometime
this week
Drop
someone/something
off
Tomar a alguien y dejarlo en
otro lugar
I have to drop my sister off at work before
I come over.
Phrasal Verb
Significado
drop out
Saltarse una clase (colegio,
universidad)
I dropped out of Science because it was
too difficult.
end up
hacer/decidir algo (después
We ended up renting a movie instead of
de haber discutido sobre el
lugar en donde ir)
going to the theatre.
romperse a pedazos
My new dress fell apart in the washing
fall apart
Ejemplo
machine.
fall for someone
enamorarse de alguien
I fell for her the minute I saw her
fall for something
ser engañado
He fell for their plan. He’s so naive
fall out
separarse de dentro de algún
objeto
The money must have fallen out of my
pocket.
fall out
perder, caer
His hair started to fall out when he was
only 35.
figure something out
entender, encontrar la
respuesta
I need to figure out how to fit the piano
and the bookshelf in this room.