Sufijos, Prefijos, Conectores, Idioms y Phrasal Verbs en Inglés: Vocabulario Esencial con Traducción

Sufijos

Sufijos de adjetivos

original, graphic, personal, valuable, protective, furious, harmless, useful, heroic, dangerous, educational, effective, psychological, traditional, admirable, tragic, predictable, national, considerate, beautiful, painless, contemptible, attractive, dangerous

Sufijos de sustantivos

decision, darkness, difference, relationship, information, possibility, invitation, appointment, environmentalist, popularity, disability, friendship, badership, heartship, education, evaluation, personality, agreement, argument, scientist, pianist, sailor, actor, runner, conclusion, obedience, annoyance, strength, liar, beggar

Prefijos

disadvantage, irrelevant, impossible, unfair, inconvenient, illogical, international, overpopulated, reviewed, ex-president, misunderstood, underestimate.

Conectores

• and (y), also, too, as well (también)
• moreover, furthermore, in addition, besides, what's more (además)
• as well as, besides, in addition to (además de)
• but, yet (pero)
• however, nevertheless (sin embargo)
• on the one hand (por un lado) / on the other hand (por otro lado)
• while, whereas (mientras que)
• although, though, even though, in spite of the fact that, despite the fact that (aunque)

British / American English (B/A)

• lift – elevator
• garden – yard
• pavement – sidewalk
• ground floor – first floor
• flat – apartment
• shop – store
• shopping centre – mall
• cinema – movie theater
• high street – main street
• downtown – in the city centre
• parking lots – car parks

Idioms

• Threw in the towel – tirar la toalla (rendirse)
• The ball's in your court – te toca a ti actuar
• Hitting below the belt – golpe bajo (cruel)
• Learn the ropes – entender cómo funcionan las cosas
• Had a head start – empezar antes que los demás
• Let the cat out of the bag – revelar un secreto
• A fish out of water – alguien o algo que no encaja
• Hold your horses – espera un momento
• Kill two birds with one stone – matar dos pájaros de un tiro
• Smelled a rat – sospechar que algo va mal
• Caught him red-handed – pillarlo in fraganti
• Rip-off – precio excesivamente alto, timo
• Sticky fingers – tendencia a robar

Phrasal Verbs

B

• Break down – estropearse, averiarse, echarse a llorar, descomponerse
• Break up – separarse, romper
• Bring along – traerse, traer consigo, llevarse, llevar consigo
• Break back – traer a la memoria, recordar
• Break up – criarse, plantear

C

• Carry on – continuar
• Come back – regresar, volver
• Come to – ascender a, sumar
• Cut down – reducir, recortar

F

• Feel like – apetecer, tener ganas de
• Find out – descubrir, averiguar

G

• Get along – llevarse bien
• Get back – volver, regresar
• Get on – llevarse bien, subir, montar
• Get over – reponerse, superar
• Get rid of – librarse, deshacerse de
• Get to – tener la oportunidad de
• Get up – levantarse, subir
• Give out – agotarse, acabarse, repartir, distribuir
• Go on – durar, continuar
• Go out – salir
• Grow apart – distanciarse
• Grow up – criarse, crecer

L

• Look after – cuidar de
• Look around – mirar alrededor
• Look for – buscar
• Look forward to – esperar con ansia, tener muchas ganas de
• Look out – tener cuidado
• Look up – buscar, ir a visitar, mejorar
• Look up to – admirar, respetar a

M

• Make up – componer

P

• Pick out – elegir, escoger
• Pick up – aprender, adquirir, recoger, mejorar, reponerse

R

• Run away – escaparse, huir
• Run out – quedarse sin

S

• Set back – retrasar
• Set off – provocar, desencadenar
• Set up – crear, fundar
• Shop around – ir de tienda en tienda comparando precios
• Snap up – no dejar escapar
• Start out – empezar
• Start over – volver a empezar
• Start up – montar (un negocio)
• Stock up on – abastecer, comprar

U

• Use up – agotar, gastar

W

• Wipe out – exterminar