3. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
They are made up of a verb plus a particle:
Verbo +Preposición Verbo +Adverbio
Give up
come back
dar Hacia arriba
(Rendirse) venir atrás
(Regresar)
Don´t give up!
¡No te rindas!
I usually come back late
Yo usualmente regreso tarde
Don´t surrender!
¡No te rindas!
I usually return late
Yo usualmente regreso tarde
4. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
Verbo + partícula
come back
(regresar)
put on
(ponerse algo)
look after
(cuidar de)
find out
(averiguar)
look up
(mejorar)
take off
(retirarse algo)
break up
(romper)
run away
(escapar)
run up against – (enfrentar, afrontar) put up with – (telerar)
5. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
Verbo + partícula
come back
(regresar)
put on
(ponerse algo)
look after
(cuidar de)
find out
(averiguar)
I usually come back late.
Yo usualmente regreso tarde
put on your tie.
Ponte tu corbata.
put your tie on.
Ponte tu corbata.
put on it. / póntelo put iton. / póntelo
6. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
Transitivos
It requires an object that
receives the action.
Intransitivos
It does NOT require an object
that receives the action.
Turn off / (apagar)
That? Whom?
pick up / (recoger)
I always turn off the light.
Yo siempre apago la luz.
She Picks up my brothers.
Ella recoge a mis hermanos.
Break down/ (averiarse)
run away / (escapar)
It broke down. Esto se averió.
We have to run away.
Nosotros tenemos que huir.
7. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
Intransitivos
Break down
(averiarse)
Run away
(escapar)
wake up
(despertarse)
come back
(regresar)
It broke down
Esto se averió.
We have to run away.
Nosotros tenemos quehuir.
I usually come back late.
Yo usualmente regreso tarde.
They wake up early.
Ellos despiertan temprano.
Inseparables
8. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
Transitivos
I always turn off the light.
Yo siempre apago la luz.
I always turn the light off.
Yo siempre apago la luz.
She picks up my brothers.
Ella recoge a mis hermanos.
She picks my brothers up.
Ella recoge a mis hermanos.
SEPARABLES
turn off
(apagar)
pick up
(recoger)
I always turn it off.
Yo siempre lo apago.
I always turn off it .
Yo siempre apago.
it them
She picks them up.
Ella los recoge.
She picks up them .
Ella los recoge.
9. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
Transitivos
Can you look after my cat?
¿Puedes cuidar mi gato?
Can you look my cat after?
¿Puedes cuidar a mi gato?
We can get over this.
Podemos superar esto.
We can get this over.
Podemos superar esto.
INSEPARABLES
look after
(cuidar de)
get over
(superar)
10. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
We have some phrasal verbs that consist of
three parts:
run up against
(enfrentar, afrontar)
put up with
(telerar)
look up to
(admirar)
Remember that almost all of them have a
synonym that is a normal verb:
come in!/ entra Enter! / entra!
My sister look up to you.
Mi hermana te admira
My sister admire you.
Mi hermana te admira
11. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
The vast majority have more than one meaning:
My father´s business is picking up
El negocio de mi padre esta mejorando.
(mejorar)
(recoger)
Some Phrasal verbs can be transitive or intransitive
depending on their meaning.
pick up./ (mejorar)
I have to pick his up
Tengo que recogerlo.
pick up./ (recoger)
Intransitivo Transitivo
12. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
It is recommended to learn the phrasal verbs in
context:
pick up
(mejorar)
Sometimes the verb and the particle will already give
you a hint of the meaning:
call back
(devolver la llamada)
My father´s business is picking up
El negocio de mi padre esta mejorando.
llamar de nuevo get away
(alejarse)
conseguir lejos
13. PHRASAL VERBS Verbos Frasales
There are also meanings of phrasal verbs that have nothing to
do with the meaning of their parts:
give up
(rendirse)
You must learn the phrasar verbs knowing if they are
separable or inseparable so that you can use them
easily:
dar arriba
