Vocabulario Inglés y Voz Pasiva con Causativa: Ejemplos Prácticos

Vocabulario de inglés con traducción

account: informe actual; mismo ad: anuncio; advert: anuncio; advertise: anunciar; advertisement: anuncio; advertising: publicidad; allure: atractivo; ambush: emboscada

appealing: apetecible; billboard: valla publicitaria; boot: maletero; borrow: pedir prestado; budget: presupuesto; contestant: concursante; controversial: controvertido

cut back on: recortar; eviction: desalojo; eye-catching: llamativo; get by: arreglárselas; huge: enorme; improve: mejorar; judge: juez; keep a promise: cumplir una promesa

keep in mind: tener en cuenta; keep track of: anotar; lend: prestar; misleading: engañoso; odd: raro; over the top: exagerado; overcome: superar; pay attention: prestar atención; pay the price: pagar las consecuencias; profit: beneficio; record: grabar; shoot: rodar; sign: letrero; skip: saltarse; sponsor: patrocinador; survey: estudio, encuesta

unfair: injusto; willing: dispuesto.

appeal to: atraer; award: premio; awesome: increíble; be around: estar presente; bizarre: extraño; boo: abuchear; book a ticket: reservar una entrada; call off: cancelar

cheer: aclamar; come down on: ser duro; costume: traje; currently: actualmente; dazzling: deslumbrante; disapprove of: no tener buen concepto de; display: exponer

disturbing: inquietante; encourage: animar; fad: moda; fit in: encajar; for years to come: durante muchos años; front-row seat: asiento en primera fila; go wild: ponerse loco

keep at: insistir; live up to: estar a la altura de; look up to: admirar; lucky break: golpe de suerte; make a comeback: reaparecer; make it: llegar lejos

media exposure: publicidad mediática; onstage: en el escenario; outrageous: extravagante; overnight: de la noche a la mañana; packed: lleno; performance: actuación

put on: representar; rehearse: ensayar; review: crítica; role model: modelo a imitar; sell out: agotarse; set: escenario; show off: presumir; sixth-form student: alumno de bachillerato

stand for: significar; stand out: destacar; stand up for: defenderse; support: apoyar; take off: empezar a tener éxito; trendsetter: persona que marca tendencia

venue: lugar de celebración, escenario; waitress: trabajar de camarero; wealthy: rico; weird: raro; worship: adorar, idolatrar.

Voz pasiva: ejemplos

• I read a book every week → A book is read by me every week.
• She is cooking dinner now → The dinner is being cooked by her now.
• They bought too many vegetables → Too many vegetables were bought by them.
• They were discussing the film → The film was being discussed.
• I have done all the work → The work has been done by me.
• We have been reading that book → That book has been being read.
• She had cleaned everything → Everything had been cleaned by her.
• They had been learning that → That had been being learned by them.
• I will pay that → That will be paid by me.
• He will have finished the work → The work will have been finished.

Estructura causativa: have / get

Fórmula: HAVE/GET + objeto directo + participio

Ejemplos

• Lisa had the photograph signed by the signer.
• I have to get my car washed tomorrow.
• Many artists have their songs written by other musicians. (A muchos artistas les escriben las canciones otros músicos.)
• My friend had her wedding dress made by a designer. (Un diseñador le hizo el vestido de novia a mi amiga.)