Phrasal Verbs en Inglés: Guía Práctica con Ejemplos de Catch, Turn, Call, Cut, Bring, Run, Let, Die y Fall

Phrasal Verbs en Inglés: Significados y Ejemplos

TO CATCH

• To catch fire: to begin to burn. No one seems to know how the old building caught fire.
• To catch up: to work to reach the same level or with the purpose. The student was absent for so long that it took her a long time to catch up.
• To catch on: to become popular, or to understand. When the teacher speaks quickly, I don't catch on.

TO TURN

• To turn out: to result, or to appear. Most parents wonder how their children will turn out as adults.
• To turn down: to reduce the volume, or to refuse. Please turn down the radio. The children are sleeping.

TO CALL

• To call for: to require. The members of Congress called for new laws to regulate the banking industry.

TO CUT

• Cut and dried: predictable, boring. The results of the election were cut and dried.
• To cut off: to shorten by cutting the end, or to disconnect. The operator cut our long-distance phone conversation off after two minutes.
• To cut out: to remove by cutting, or to stop doing something. The children like to cut out pictures from the newspaper.
• To cut corners: to save money. With today's economy, I am cutting corners on clothes.

TO BRING

• To bring up: to raise from childhood, or to mention. My parents should bring up my brothers.
• To bring about: to cause to happen. Charlie brought about the accident because he had been drinking alcohol.
• To bring out: to show, or to make available. Ona Saenz brings out new models.
• To bring back: to return a borrowed item. I have to take this book back to the library today.

TO RUN

• To run out of: to not have any more of something. My father ran out of gas in the middle of General Paz.
• To run away: to escape. Julieta and Romeo ran away and got married because their parents wouldn't permit it.
• To run into: to meet someone unexpectedly, or to crash into. The young boy ran into the other car because he hadn't seen it.

TO LET

• To let on: to reveal. The magician never let on about your secret.
• To let up: to slacken, or to relax. Jane should take it easy or she will get exhausted.
• To let alone: and certainly not. He doesn't even speak his own language well, let alone French.

TO DIE

• To die down: to decrease. The hurricane became a less serious tropical storm when its winds died down.
• To die out: to no longer exist. Scientists are still not sure why the dinosaurs died out.

TO FALL

• To fall through: to not succeed. Our plan to travel to Rome last summer fell through.
• To fall behind: to lag. Eve fell behind in her studies and finally had to drop out of school.