A LIST OF SOME COMMON PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal Verb List

A continuación, tenemos una lista de los verbos frasales más comunes.

Verbo frasal	Español	Ejemplo
add up	sumar	The waiter added up the bill.
ask (someone) out	invitar a salir	Steve asked me out last night.
back off	retirarse	I would back off if I were you, I don't think she likes you.
back (someone) up	apoyar, respaldar	You were with me, you can back me up, right?
back up (something)	hacer un copia	Don't forget to back up all of your files.
break down (something)	dejar de trabajar, estropearse, averiarse	Our car broke down while we were driving to the supermarket.
break down (someone)	venirse abajo	It was the most stressful week. By Friday I broke down and cried.
break (something) down	derribar	We had to break down the stage to prepare for the next event.
blow up	explotar	They blew up a building, but luckily nobody was hurt.
break into	forzando la entrada para robar	Someone broke into my apartment while I was on holidays.
break up	separarse, romperse	I can't believe it, Dan broke up with me last night!
bring (somebody) up	criar y educar	I was brought up by my grandmother.
bring (something) up	sacar, mencionar	I hate him. Don't ever bring his name up again!
call back	volver a llamar	He was busy when I called, but he said he would call me back tonight.
call off	suspender, cancelar	Did you hear? Brenda called off the wedding!
call on	preguntar	The teacher called on me in class to answer the question.
calm down	tranquilizarse, calmarse	Calm down, everything is going to be ok.
carry on	seguir haciendo algo	Carry on! You are doing very well.
carry on		She must have loved Spain, she was carrying on about it for days after she returned.
catch up	ponerse al día	Call me, we need to catch up!
check in	registrarse (en)	What time can we check in to the hotel?
check out	pagar y marcharse	They checked out on monday.
check out	quedarse con, mirar	He's checking you out! / Let's check out that new bar.
check up	hacer averiguaciones	I know you have been sick, so I was calling to check up on you.
cheer up	animar(se) a alguien	Sarah is depressed; we have to cheer her up.
close down	cerrar o terminar una actividad	The factory was closed down last month.
come back	regresar, volver	We are coming back next week.
come by	pasarse por	Come by my office and we can talk.
come down with	enfermarse	My son came down with the flu last week.
come from	originarse	His love of music comes from his father.
count on	contar con	Don't worry, you can count on me!
cut back on	bajar	With the crisis we have had to cut back on expenses.
cut off	interrumpir	I don't mean to cut you off, but I have to go now.
cut out	parar de hacer algo	Cut it out! Leave your sister alone.
drop by/in	pasar	I was just dropping by/in to say "hi".
drop off	llevar a, dejar	She dropped off the kids at school before going to work.
drop out	abandonar	He dropped out of school because he was failing all his classes.
end up	acabar + infinitivo	There was no food at home so we ended up going out.
fall apart (something)	deshacerse	The sweater fell apart after so many washings.
fall apart (someone)	derrumbarse	She fell apart when she heard the news.
fall behind	quedarse atrás	Hurry up or you will fall behind.
fall out	caerse	I think my wallet fell out of my purse.
fight back	defenderse	If you don't fight back, they will never stop bullying you.
figure out	determinar	I can't figure out why this isn't working.
fill in/out	rellenar	You must fill in/out the forms completely.
fill up	llenarse	I need to stop at the gas station and fill up the gas tank.
find out	enterrarse	If the teacher doesn't know the answer, she will find it out.
fit in	encajar, integrarse	Despite her efforts, she never fit in with the other kids.
get across	comunicar una idea	He tried everything to get his ideas across, but his boss didn't understand.
get along/on	llevarse	I'm so lucky, my father and my husband get along/on really well.
get around	desplazarse, circular	News really gets around fast!
get away	cogerse un descanso/vacaciones	Work has been so stressful, I need to get away!
get away with	salir impune	She stole my idea, but she won't get away with it.
get back	regresar, volver	They get back from vacation on Thursday.
get (something) back	devolver	I have to get these books back to the library today.
get back at	vengarse de	I'll get back at her for stealing my idea!
get by	sobrevivir	We don't have a lot of money right now, but we'll get by.
get on	subir	He got on the bus for the airport.
get on	seguir	My husband and I have separated, but I must get on with my life.
get out of	irse, salir, marcharse	It's too smoky in here, I have to get out of here.
get over	recuperarse	I'm so upset, I can't get over failing my test.
get through	superar	I'm never going to get through this book with all of these distractions!
get together	quedar, reunir	We are getting together for dinner tomorrow at 8.
get up	levantarse	What time did you get up this morning?
give away	regalar	The millionaire gave away all his money just before he died.
give back	devolver	Can you give me back my book when you have finished reading it?
give in/up	ceder, rendirse	Be strong! Don't give in to temptation
give out	repartir, distribuir	They are giving out free samples at the store.
give up	rendirse, abandonar	Ok, I give up. What's the answer?
go ahead	ir delante	Go ahead, I'll meet you there.
go back	regresar, volver	I'm so embarassed. I can never go back to that restaurant.
go out	salir	Let's go out for a drink.
go out with (someone)	salir con	II hear Michael is going out with Jane.
go over	repasar	Before you submit your thesis, I think we should go over it together.
go through	pasar por	You need to go through the Lincoln Tunnel to get to New Jersey.
go through	sufrir, suportar	I can't believe what you have been through.
grow up	crecer, llegar a hacerse adulto	Alex grew up in France but now he lives in Italy.
hand in	presentar	All homework must be handed in by the end of the day.
hand out	repartir	The teacher will hand out the assignments this afternoon.
hang on	esperar	Hang on, I'm coming.
hang out	Pasar tiempo con	Her favorite thing to do is hang out with her friends.
hang up	colgar el teléfono	I was so angry I hung up on him.
hit on	flirtear, coquetear con	Look at how that guy is hitting on Debbie.
hold back	contenerse	She tried, but she couldn't hold back the tears any longer.
hold on	esperar	Hold on, I'm coming.
hurry up	darse prisa	Hurry up or we will be late.
keep on	seguir	She kept on asking me the same questions.
lay (somebody) off	despedir	With the crises, we have been forced to lay off some staff.
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.
look forward to	tener ganas de	We are really looking forward to your visit!
look out	prestar atención, tener cuidado	Look out! That car almost hit you!
look up	buscar, consultar	You will need to look up some words in the dictionary.
look up to (somebody)	admirar a alguien	She's so brave, I have always looked up to her.
make (something) up	inventar algo	I don't believe you. You're making that up!
make up (somebody)	reconciliarse	Our parents had an argument last night, but they made up this morning.
pick on (somebody)	fastidiar, burlar	When I was young, my brother always picked on me.
put (something) off	posponer, atrasar	You must not want to do it, you keep putting it off.
rely on	contar con, confiar en	I hope I can rely on you to be discreet.
slow down	reducir la velocidad	Slow down please, you are driving too fast!
speak up	hablar alto, subir la voz	Can you please speak up, I can't understand you.
take after (somebody)	parecerse	With that bad temper, he must take after his father.
take over	sustituir, hacerse con el control	If you are tired of driving, I can take over for a while.
take off	despegar	The plane will take off in 5 minutes.
take up	ocupar, empezar una afición	He has taken up tennis in his free time.
tell (somebody) off	echar la bronca, regañar	She told him off after he was late again.
throw out	echar	They should throw that guy out, he's really drunk.