Dominando los Phrasal Verbs: Lista Completa y Ejemplos

Lista de Phrasal Verbs Comunes

A continuación, se presenta una lista de phrasal verbs comunes en inglés, junto con sus traducciones y sinónimos:

• Admirar a alguien: to look up to somebody
• Agarrarse a algo: to hold on to something = to hang on to something
• Alcanzar a alguien: to catch up with somebody
• Buscar (en un libro, etc.): to look up
• Causar: to bring on/about something
• Ceder ante: to give in to something
• Ceñirse a: to stick to something = to follow something
• Chocar contra: to crash into = to bump into = to drive into = to collide with
• Continuar con: to get on with something = to carry on with something
• Convertirse en: to turn into + sustantivo = to become + sustantivo/adjetivo
• Convertir a alguien en: to turn somebody into something
• Cuidar de: to look after somebody = to care for somebody
• Deprimir a alguien: to get somebody down = to make somebody depressed
• Desanimar a alguien (a hacer algo): to put somebody off (doing something)
• Desmoronarse, venirse abajo (emocionalmente): to break down = to collapse
• Despedirse de (en el tren, aeropuerto, etc.): to see somebody off = to say goodbye to somebody
• Destacar, enfatizar: to point out = to highlight = to emphasize
• Dirigirse a: to head for = to make for
• Discutir con alguien: to fall out with somebody = to have a row/argument with somebody
• Distraer: to put somebody off
• Durar: to go on = to last
• Emplear: to take on somebody = to employ somebody
• Encontrarse con alguien/algo por casualidad: to come across somebody/something = to bump into somebody = to meet somebody by chance
• Enfrentarse a: to cope with = to deal with = to face
• Engañar a alguien: to take somebody in = to lie to somebody
• Estallar (enfermedad, guerra): to break out
• Extinguirse: to die out = to become extinct
• Fracasar en los estudios: to drop out of school = to leave school
• Hacer llegar (mensaje): to get across
• Importar: to care about = to be worried about
• Inventar (historia): to make up
• Llevar a cabo: to carry out
• Mantenerse informado de la actualidad: to keep up with the news/current affairs
• Montar (un negocio): to set up a business
• Morir, fallecer: to pass away
• Ocurrirse: to come up with = to think of (idea, plan)
• Presumir de: to show off = to boast about = to brag about
• Quedarse sin: to run out of
• Rechazar: to turn down = to reject
• Recoger a alguien: to pick somebody up = to collect somebody = to meet somebody
• Reducir: to cut down on something = to reduce something
• Rendirse: to give in = to surrender
• Sacar un producto al mercado: to come out = to bring out
• Sacar/mencionar un tema: to bring up = to mention
• Solucionar: to sort out = to solve
• Subir (intransitivo): to go up = to rise
• Subir (transitivo): to put up = to raise
• Suceder, pasar: to go on = to happen = to occur
• Tener éxito: to catch on = to become successful
• Vivir de: to live on