List with the most used Phrasal Verbs translated into Spanish and with examples

Los verbos compuestos son construcciones verbales muy comunes en inglés, donde a un verbo le siguen una o más partículas (preposiciones o adverbios) para crear un significado específico. Los verbos compuestos a veces pueden resultar confusos para los estudiantes de inglés debido a la variedad de significados que pueden tener. A continuación se muestran algunos ejemplos de verbos compuestos comunes :

• Get on – Subir.
  They got on the train.
• Get on – Progresar.
  Sue is getting on very well in her new job.
• Get on for – Llegar a una edad.
  He must be getting on for seventy.
• Get across – Ser entendido.
  I had the feeling I wasn’t getting the meaning across.
• Get at – Dar a enterder, coloquial.
  What are you getting at exactly?
• Get down to – Ponerse con algo en serio.
  It’s time we got down to some real work.
• Get off with – Evitar un castigo.
  They were lucky to get off with such light sentences
• Get over – Sorprenderse.
  I couldn’t get over how well she looked.
• Get over with – Terminar algo que no nos gusta.
  I’ll be glad to get this awful business over with.
• Get round to – Encontrar tiempo para hacer algo.
  Sorry, but I haven’t got round to fixing the tap yet.

• Get up to – Tramar algo.
  The children are getting up to something in the garden

Phrasal verbs list con TAKE

• Take in – Engañar.
  Don’t be taken in by her apparent shyness.
• Take (it) out on – Hacer a alguien sufrir por nuestro propio sufrimiento.
  I know you are unhappy, but don’t take it out on me!
• Take off – Imitar.
  Dave takes off the Prime Minister really well.
• Take on -Adquirir una nueva actividad o hábito.
  My grandmother has taken on a new lease of life since her operation.
• Take on – Hacer algo extra.
  She has taken on too much with a full-time job as well.
• Take out – Firmar un seguro.
  Ann has taken out life insurance.
• Take over – Tomar el control.
  The army tried to take over the country.
• Take to someone – Desarrollar apreciación por alguien.
  You’ll soon take to your new boss, I’m sure.
• Take away – Llevarse.
  She took the envelope away
• Take up – Ocupar tiempo.
  The meeting took up a whole morning.

Phrasal verbs list con LOOK

• Look up – Buscar una referencia.
  Look up the term online.
• Look someone up – Visitar.
  If you’re passing through Athens, look me up.
• Look after – Cuidar de.
  She looked after her grandmother.
• Look into – Investigar.
  The police have promised to look into the problem.
• Look on – Considerar.
  We look on this town as our real home.

Phrasal verbs list con GO

• Go after – Perseguir.
  She is going after a great job.
• Go back on – Romper una promesa.
  The management has gone back on its promise.
• Go in for – Convertir algo en hábito.
  I don’t go in for that kind of thing.
• Go in for – Entrar en una competición.
  Are you thinking of going in for the race?
• Go off – Un alimento se pone malo.
  This milk has gone off.
• Go on – Suceder.
  Something funny is going on.
• Go round – Ser o tener suficiente.
  There weren’t enough life-jackets to go round.
• Go through with – Completa una promesa o plan.
  When it came to actually stealing the money, Nora couldn’t go through with it.

Phrasal Verbs list con COME

• Come after – Seguir a alguien.
  A dog came after me when I started running.
• Come about – Suceder.
  Let me explain how the situation came about.
• Come down to – Resumir o concluir un argumento.
  It all comes down to whether you are prepared to accept less money.
• Come in for – Recibir críticas o culpa.
  The government has come in for a lot of criticism over the decision.
• Come off – Suceder con éxito.
  I’m afraid that deal didn’t come off after all.
• Come out – Aparecer.
  All the flowers have come out.
• Come up – Suceder algo problemático.
  Look, something has come up, and I can’t meet you.
• Come up against – Encontrarse con una dificultad.
  We’ve come up against a bit of a problem.
• Come up to – Cumplir expectativas.
  The play didn’t come up to expectations.
•   Come up with – Pensar en un plan o solución.
  We still haven’t come up with a solution to the problem.

Phrasal Verbs list con TURN

• Turn down – Rechazar.
  Another company offered me a job but I turned them down.
• Turn out – Algo que resulta al final.
  He turned out to be an old friend of Helen’s.
• Turn out – Reunirse o formar un grupo.
  Thousands of fans turned out to welcome the team.
• Turn up – Descubrir por causalidad.
  Don’t worry about that missing book, it’s bound to turn up sooner or later.
• Turn up – Llegar o aparecer.
  Not many people turned up for the lesson.

Phrasal Verbs list con MAKE

• Make after – Perseguir.
  She made after the bus but could not reach.
• Make for – Resultar o facilitar.
  The power steering makes for easier parking.
• Make off with – Escapar.
  The thief made off with a valuable necklace.
• Make out – Pretender.
  Tim made out that he hadn’t seen the No Smoking sign.
• Make out – Ver o entender.
  I couldn’t quite make out what the notice said.
• Make someone out – Comprender la conducta de alguien.
  Janet is really odd. I can’t make her out.
• Make up – Inventar.
  I think you made up the whole story!
• Make up for – Compensar por algo.
  Our success makes up for all the hard times.

Phrasal Verbs list con SET

• Set in – Establecerse en el tiempo.
  I think this rain has set in for the day.
• Set out – Dar detalles escritos.
  This document sets out all the Union demands.
• Set out – Preparar.
  I’ve set out the refreshments in the hall.
• Set out – Comenzar algo.
  Sue set out to write a biography but it became a novel.
• Set up – Establecer.
  An inquiry into the accident has been set up.
• Set (up) on – Atacar.
  We were set upon by a gang of hooligans.