100 Phrasal verbs que debes conocer + ejemplos

Cuando por fin nos aprendemos la típica lista de verbos irregulares…llegan los temidos phrasal verbs!
Para el que  no lo sepa, los phrasal verbs son verbos compuestos de un verbo+adverbio, preposición o ambos.  Hacer un buen uso de los phrasal verbs es fundamental si se quiere alcanzar un buen nivel de inglés hablado y escrito.
El inglés esta lleno de phrasal verbs que se utilizan sobretodo en conversaciones. Por lo que estudiarlos es básico para poder hablar con más fluidez.
¿Y cómo se estudian?
Si tratas de traducirlos literalmente usando la lógica estás perdido. Nuestro consejo es que los memorices, y te hagas una lista donde repasarlos a menudo y puedas ir familiarizandote con ellos. Verás que esta lista no para de crecer…Pero también verás como poco a poco los vas utilizando en tus conversaciones. ¡Ojo! Los phrasal verbs son verbos, y por lo tanto pueden ser usados en diferentes tiempos gramaticales.

Aquí tienes 100 phrasal verb muy  comunes para empezar tu lista, ahora ¡A ESTUDIAR! 

1. Ask (someone) out  invitar a salir “Peter asked me out last night”.
2. Back (someone) up  apoyar, respaldar “You were with me; you can back me up, right?”.
3. Back up (something)  hacer un copia “Don’t forget to back up all of your files”.
4. Break down (something)  dejar de trabajar, estropearse, averiarse “Our car broke down while we were driving to the supermarket”.
5. Break down (someone)  venirse abajo “It was the most stressful week. By Friday I broke down and cried.”
6. Break (something)  down derribar, desmontar “We had to break down the stage to prepare for the next event.”
7. Break up  separarse, romperse “I can’t believe it, Dan broke up with me last night!”.
8. Bring (somebody) up  criar y educar “I was brought up by my grandmother”.
9. Bring up  mencionar algo. “Dont bring up the problem we had last year”.
10. Call back  volver a llamar He was busy when I called, but he said he would call me back tonight.
11. Call off  suspender, cancelar Did you hear? Brenda called off the wedding!
12. Carry on   “go on” que significa continuar. “We have to carry on with our work”.
13. Chase up  encontrar. “I’ll chase up Carlos because I need his help with homework”.
14. Check in  registrarse (en) “What time can we check in to the hotel?”.
15. Check out  pagar y marcharse “They checked out on Monday”.
16. Cheer up  animar(se) a alguien “Sarah is depressed; we have to cheer her up”.
17. Close down  cerrar o terminar una actividad  “The factory was closed down last month”.
18. Come across  encontrarse con alguien de manera inesperada. “I went to the mall and I came across Claudio. I hadn’t seen him for ages”.
19. Come up with  cuando quieres expresar que alguien ha propuesto una buena idea o plan. “Brenda came up with a great solution”.
20. Come down with  enfermarse “My son came down with the flu last week”.
21. Cut off  interrumpir “I don’t mean to cut you off, but I have to go now”.
22. Cut out  parar de hacer algo “Cut it out! Leave your sister alone”.
23. Fall behind  quedarse atrás “Hurry up or you will fall behind”
24. Fall out  caerse “I think my wallet fell out of my purse”
25. Get across  comunicar una idea “He tried everything to get his ideas across, but his boss didn’t understand”.
26. Get along/on  llevarse bien “I’m so lucky, my father and my husband get along/on really well”
27. Get around  desplazarse, circular “News really gets around fast!”
28. Get away  cogerse un descanso/vacaciones “Work has been so stressful, I need to get away!”
29. Get away with  salir impune “She stole my idea, but she won’t get away with it”
30. Get back  regresar, volver “They get back from vacation on Thursday”.
31. Get (something) back  devolver “I have to get these books back to the library today”.
32. Get back at  vengarse de  “I’ll get back at her for stealing my idea!”.
33. Get by  sobrevivir “We don’t have a lot of money right now, but we’ll get by”.
34. Get on  subir “He got on the bus for the airport”.
35. Get on  seguir “My husband and I have separated, but I must get on with my life”.
36. Get over  superar, recuperarse “I know it was hard to leave your country but you will get over it”.
37. Get through  conectar a la persona con quien quieras hablar por teléfono. “Sorry, but I couldn’t get through to her, I’ll try in ten minutes again!”.
38. Get together  quedar, reunir “We are getting together for dinner tomorrow at 8″.
39. Get up  levantarse “What time did you get up this morning?”
40. Give away  regalar “The millionaire gave away all his money just before he died”.
41. Give up  rendirse, abandonar “I gave up smoking because it was killing me”.
42. Give out  repartir, distribuir “They are giving out free samples at the store”.
43. Go ahead  ir delante. “Go ahead, I’ll meet you there”.
44. Go back  regresar, volver  “I’m so embarassed. I can never go back to that restaurant”.
45. Go on!  lo mismo que carry on.
46. Go out with (someone)  salir con  “I hear Michael is going out with Jane”.
47. Go over  repasar “Before you submit your thesis, I think we should go over it together”.
48. Grow up  crecer, criarse “Alex grew up in France but now he lives in Italy”.
49. Hand in  presentar, entregar  “All homework must be handed in by the end of the day”.
50. Hand out  repartir “The teacher will hand out the assignments this afternoon”.
51. Hang on  esperar “Hang on,  I’m coming”.
52. Hang out  pasar tiempo con “Her favorite thing to do is hang out with her friends”.
53. Hang up  colgar el teléfono “I was so angry I hung up on him”.
54. Hit on  flirtear, coquetear con “Look at how that guy is hitting on Debbie”.
55. Hold back  contenerse “She tried, but she couldn’t hold back the tears any longer”.
56. Hold on!  esperar. Común en inglés hablado. “Hold on” Es como WAIT FOR ME. “Esperenme”.
57. Hurry up  darse prisa “Hurry up or we will be late”.
58. Keep on  seguir “She kept on asking me the same questions”.
59. Lay (somebody) off  despedir “With the crises, we have been forced to lay off some staff”.
60. Let (somebody) down  defraudar, decepcionar “I don’t want to let you down, but I don’t think I can come with you to the party tomorrow”.
61. Look forward to tener ganas de “We are really looking forward to your visit!”.
62. Look out prestar atención, tener cuidado Look out! “That car almost hit you!”.
63. Look up  encontrar algo como en una agenda, en Internet o en algún catálogo. “Can you look up their address on the Net?”.
64. Look up to (somebody) admirar a alguien “She’s so brave, I have always looked up to her”.
65. Look after  cuidar. “I have to travel next week. Can you look after mu dog?”.
66. Look into  investigar. “I’ll look into it right away and come back to you as soon as possible!”.
67. Make (something) up inventar algo “I don’t believe you. You’re making that up!”.
68. Make up (somebody)  reconciliarse “Our parents had an argument last night, but they made up this morning”
69. Make out  Reconocer o distinguir detalles “I just couldn’t make out what she was saying!”.
70. Pick on (somebody)  fastidiar, burlar “When I was young, my brother always picked on me”.
71. Put (something) off  posponer, atrasar “You must not want to do it, you keep putting it off”.
72. Point out  señalar o hacer notar “Braulio pointed out that their department hadn’t done early shifts for a good while”.
73. Pull over  detenerse (también usado cuando estas en el carro y detienes el carro llevandolo a un lado de la carretera) “Can you pull over?. I think we hit a dog”.
74. Put down  escribir, anotar “Hold on, I’ll put it down, let me just find a piece of paper!”.
75. Put forward  proponer una idea. “Can I put forward something?”.
76. Put off  posponer o dejar para mas tarde “I don’t want to clean my house today,I’ll put it off till tomorrow”.
77. Put through – transferir una llamada “Can you put me through to the sales department, please?.
78. Rely on contar con, confiar en “I hope I can rely on you to be discreet”.
79. Run out of  agotarse, acabarse “We just ran out of milk, can you buy some more, please?”
80. Run off  imprimir copias de un de algo como un documento “Can you run off a few more survey sheets, please?”
81. Set up  fundar, establecer, instalar “I’ve always dreamt of setting up my own business!”.
82. Show off   presumir “Michael always likes showing off in front of girls, that’s the way he is!”
83. Show up   aparecer (como cuando llegas a una reunión y llegas tarde)“Well, well, look who decided to show up!”  or “He showed up late, and the game had already started without him”.
84. Slow down  reducir la velocidad  “Slow down please, you are driving too fast!”.
85. Sort out  resolver un problema “ Bill, please do something about the problem. OK, Ok I’ll sort it out”.
86. Stand for  representar “What does AWOL stand for?” “What does J.K. stand for in J.K. Rowling’s name?”.
87. Stand up for  defender tus derechos. “I’ll definitely stand up for my rights to take summer holidays this year as I haven’t had them for four years!”.
88. Stay on  quedarse en algo o en algun lugar mas de lo esperado. “Are you staying on today as well?”.
89. Stick together  estar juntos (cuando 2 o mas personas paran juntos) “We should stick together, you know, it’ll be much easier as everyone else seems to be on their own!”.
90. Take after (somebody)  parecerse “With that bad temper, he must take after his father”
91. Take over  sustituir, hacerse con el control “If you are tired of driving, I can take over for a while”
92. Take off  despegar “The plane will take off in 5 minutes”.
93. Take up  ocupar, empezar una afición “He has taken up tennis in his free time”
94. Talk down to  hablar con menosprecio haciendo a la otra persona que es es inferior. “He is his boss but he should talk down to Juan”
95. Tell (somebody) off  echar la bronca, regañar “She told him off after he was late again”
96. Throw out  echar “They should throw that guy out, he’s really drunk”
97. Turn down   rechazar “I’ll never forget how she turned down my invitation!”
98. Turn up   significa llegar o aparecer. “Has Michael turned up today. I haven’t seen him?”
99. Turn out   cuando algo sale diferente a lo que esperado “It turned out that I actually knew that guy from my
100. Watch out!   tener cuidado. “Watch out! “The floor is slipery. You might fall”.

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