B1 Phrasal Verbs: Tu Clave para el Inglés Intermedio
Los phrasal verbs pueden parecer un laberinto en tu camino hacia el nivel B1 Preliminary, pero en realidad, son una de las herramientas más valiosas para sonar natural y seguro. Se forman al combinar un verbo con una preposición o un adverbio, y aunque su significado cambia, dominar su uso es más sencillo de lo que crees. La práctica es la clave, y esta guía es el punto de partida perfecto.
Phrasal Verbs con Base, Be y Break
Base on (basarse en)
I received a scholarship based on my high school grades.
Your final grade will be based on how well you perform on the assessments.
Be over (terminarse)
Final exams are over! It's time for summer vacation.
After the storm was over, we saw a giant tree had fallen.
Break down (descomponerse)
If John's car ever breaks down in the woods, he'll be in trouble.
We need to break down the problem into smaller parts to solve it.
Phrasal Verbs con Break y Bring
Break in (entrar por la fuerza)
Julian turned over the church break-in investigation to the police.
The thieves managed to break in and steal all the jewels.
Break up (separarse, terminar)
We don’t want to break up your party, so we’ll leave soon.
They decided to break up after a long discussion.
Bring up (criar, mencionar)
She has a great sense of humor and can riff on any topic we bring up.
It's far more harmful to be brought up in a hostile environment.
Phrasal Verbs con Call y Carry
Call for (requerir, pedir)
The safest option is to call for assistance over the radio.
You’ve passed your exam! This calls for a celebration.
Call in (pedir ayuda, negociar)
There were no other experts we could call in quickly enough.
I want to get her out of there before I call in the cops.
Carry on (continuar)
Newman made a concerted effort to carry on a normal conversation.
We must carry on our work despite the challenges.
Carry out (poner en práctica)
They would go to any length to carry out their plans.
She would rely on someone to carry out her wishes.
Phrasal Verbs con Check, Come, Cross y Cut
Check in (registrarse en un hotel)
Graham went to the reception desk to check in.
I handed him a note as he arrived at the check-in desk.
Check out (verificar, salir de un hotel)
We have to check out new routes instead of enjoying them.
That evening, I went to check out Cheryl’s bosses.
Come on (progresar, ¡ánimo!)
As Sam walked in, Touchstone watched the lights come on.
Come on, we are running out of time!
Cross out (tachar)
He crossed out "fellow-subjects" and wrote "fellow citizens".
The exam consisted of crossing out the wrong answers.
Cut up (cortar en trozos)
She went up on the sidewalk and cut up a lorry.
Every day, I had to get dressed and have my food cut up for me.
Phrasal Verbs con Deal, Depend y End
Deal with (lidiar con, actuar sobre)
Her mind hadn’t had time to deal with the broader implications.
Someone must enter the sewer to deal with the rats.
Depend on (depender de)
In her difficult years, she depended on her husband.
She was a fiercely independent woman who refused to depend on others.
End up (acabar, terminar)
She wouldn’t have been the first person to end up on a criminal’s arm.
It could end up costing her a small fortune in the long run.
Phrasal Verbs con Fill y Find
Fill in (rellenar)
Then you’ll be able to afford a memory to fill in the gaps.
You’ll have to fill in the blanks.
Fill up (llenar)
Tax now accounts for nearly 75% of the cost of filling up at the pump.
It’s good for us, he’d insisted, holding out his glass for a fill-up.
Find out (averiguar, descubrir)
Of course, Marianne would find out in the end.
We can’t get through to find out what’s going on.
Phrasal Verbs con Get
Get along with (llevarse bien con alguien)
I don’t really get along with my sister’s husband.
But you must learn to get along with the other guests.
Get back (regresar)
It shows how much your wife loves you that she kept pleading with you to get back together.
He would no longer fit in were he to put his chef whites on again and get back in the kitchen.
Get down (bajar algo)
I’m back in time’s ever-moving stream, which means we should probably get down to work.
When you get down from there, come see me; we’ll get some doughnuts.
Get in (entrar, llegar)
I’ve seen women much heavier than you strut around and dare the world to get in their way.
I’m afraid an earlier attempt to get in touch with Signorina Minetti also met a conspicuous lack of success.
Get off (salir)
When Taggart went to get off, he found the doors blocked.
Make enough for both of us and have it ready to eat by the time you get off watch.
Get on (continuar)
Perhaps Lucy was a truly strong personality, capable of putting the past behind her and get on with her life.
Then they were forced to get on more trucks.
Get rid of (deshacerse de algo)
Difficult to smuggle the transceiver aboard, equally difficult to get rid of the cardiac unit.
She’d made a serious mistake in inviting him up here, and she didn’t know how to get rid of him.
Get up (levantarse)
She was barely on her feet and contemplated getting up to turn off the light.
But I never expected you to get up at night and care for the children.
Phrasal Verbs con Give
Give back (devolver)
We’ve found a new home here, and the family is overjoyed to be able to give back to England.
It’s worth it because you get given back so much more.
Give in (ceder, rendirse)
She jammed on her brakes with her determination not to give in.
His voice was almost rough with the beat of his blood, his hunger, the rushing need he refused to give in.
Give out (revelar, repartir)
I’m sorry, but I’m not allowed to give out any information about our guests.
They liked to give out his phone number to the attractive clerks he robbed.
Give up (rendirse, entregar)
To make room for them, he had to give up his own little hidey-hole.
Harrell would be there, just waiting, knowing he couldn’t or wouldn’t be allowed to give up.
Give way (romperse, colapsar)
Despite employer concerns, she also gives away a minimum wage.
You must also give way, often in odd or seemingly unfair situations.
Phrasal Verbs con Go
Go for (intentar conseguir algo)
The temptation to go for high melodrama was almost overwhelming.
So I’m going to look at the house where I have to go for the money.
Go off (explotar, irse)
I took a lot of flak for letting the two of you go off without first informing the brigade.
If we break up, I can go off on long, moody drives.
Go on (continuar)
She is about to put the bit in her teeth and go on the offensive.
He had no doubt Lirael would choose to go on without him.
Go out (salir, apagarse)
It was all money due to go out to the shipowners in the New Year.
He certainly did not have to look far to find a woman who would go out with him.
Go with (acompañar, combinar bien)
He makes me feel special, just like when you go with Jason.
I want my wife’s body returned to Kansas City, and I’ll go with her.
Phrasal Verbs con Hand y Hang
Hand in (entregar)
Please hand in your keys when you leave the hotel.
All essays must be handed in by Tuesday.
Hand out (repartir)
She knew Alex didn’t like people to hand out information about him.
The CIOB throws a bash to hand out its Building Manager of the Year award.
Hang out (pasar el rato)
My roommates and I used to hang out together a lot last semester.
We play on the seventeenth, hang out, and then play again on the nineteenth.
Hang up (colgar)
He hung up the phone after the call.
We had to hang up on them because they were unable to complete the task.
Hold up (retrasar)
An accident is holding up traffic.
Sorry I’m late, but my train was held up.
Phrasal Verbs con Keep y Knock
Keep in (contener)
He had to battle just to keep the current in place.
Weatherby would have wanted him to keep in touch.
Keep on (continuar)
How long she would keep on getting away with it, she didn’t know.
The speaker kept on talking for two more hours.
Keep up (mantenerse)
To keep up with him, Mary-Lou stuffed the blazer into her coat pocket.
Keep up the good work!
Knock down (demoler)
They knocked down the old church and built a block of flats.
I will knock down the taxes that we overpay.
Phrasal Verbs con Lie, Look, Pick y Put
Lie down (acostarse)
If you eat so much, the surplus lies down as fat.
I’m exhausted, so I’m going to lie down for an hour.
Look after (cuidar de)
It entails building a special enclosure for you to experience life in the wild while still being looked after.
They are very good at looking after each other as a tribe.
Look at (mirar)
She looks at her boyfriend.
They look at those photos.
Look for (buscar)
Look for compromise, which means that both you and he must give some ground.
Look for and trim any hanging growth on climbers to prevent further damage.
Look forward to (esperar con ilusión)
When you look forward to something, you usually get smacked in the face.
It may not appear to be a chore, but rather something to look forward to.
Look out (tener cuidado)
Blazak begged everyone watching to look out for his daughter.
You should look out for yourself from now on.
Look up (buscar en un listado)
If you don’t know the meaning of a word, you can look it up in the dictionary.
I went online and looked up her phone number.
Pick up (recoger)
This afternoon, I’ll be picking up my sister from the train station.
I need to pick up the books I lent my cousin.
Put away (guardar)
She turned around after she finished putting away the milk.
Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.
Put down (anotar, apuntar)
Never put down anything that could be used as evidence against you later.
We’ve put down that we’d like to take some technology classes.
Put off (aplazar)
Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers.
The Association has put off the event until October.
Phrasal Verbs con Put, Ring, Run y Set
Put on (ponerse ropa)
They knew where the Fat Man’s suspicions lay, the significance he put on six months.
She had put on weight, too, now that she was eating a diet.
Put out (apagar)
We put out the bonfire before leaving the camp.
The firefighters quickly put out the fire.
Put through (comunicar por teléfono)
We managed to put through the deal.
Could you put me through to the library manager, please?
Put up (construir, instalar)
They are putting up new street signs.
In our family, we put up our Christmas tree on the first day of December.
Ring back (devolver la llamada)
Tell her I’ll ring back in a few minutes.
Either ring back or ask callers to ring back at a specified time.
Ring up (llamar por teléfono)
Let me ring up my mother to ask her for the recipe.
Whenever I’m depressed, he goes and gets the phone so that I can ring up a friend.
Run out (terminarse)
She desperately wanted to hold her son again, but she had run out of time.
Luck that can last indefinitely or run out at any time.
Set off (desencadenar, salir de viaje)
The president’s comments set off a debate on education.
She set off on these trips, often in the small hours of the morning.
Set out (comenzar un viaje)
The manager set out his plans for the coming year.
I packed my suitcase and set out on a journey.
Set up (configurar, ajustar)
The set of icons depends on how the manufacturer set up your computer.
Attachments can be limited by the person who set up the forum.
Phrasal Verbs con Sit, Split, Stay, Take y Tidy
Sit down (sentarse)
Please, sit down so we can start the class.
She left me standing for a few minutes but then invited me to sit down.
Split up (separarse)
She was due to fly to Barcelona on their first holiday since she and Julie’s dad split up.
Posy and Lola decided to split up and go for either end of the bar.
Stay behind (quedarse atrás)
I had to stay behind to finish my work after class.
The last few students stayed behind to talk to the teacher.
Take off (despegar, quitarse)
The plane took off ten minutes after the last passenger had sat down.
Please take off your shoes before entering the house.
Take up (asumir, empezar un hobby)
Almost all of you have mentioned the Convention, which will take up a great deal of our attention.
He decided to take up painting after he retired.
Tidy up (ordenar)
I really must start tidying up the place.
He tried to tidy up because he didn’t want the maid to see the mess.
Try on (probarse ropa)
In the last few weeks, he’d seen her try on and discard a slew of them.
Jessica emerged from behind the curtain in the dark red gown Sherrie insisted she try on.
Phrasal Verbs con Turn
Turn into (convertirse en)
The caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly.
The landfill may turn into a future environmental liability.
Turn off (apagar)
Make sure to turn off the lamp before performing maintenance.
When you’re finished, turn off the lights, the television, and the computer.
Turn on (encender)
Automatic escalators turn on only when approaching riders.
I couldn’t find the light switch to turn them on.
Turn up (subir el volumen, aparecer)
There is every reason to turn up the pressure several notches.
I hope my friend turns up for the party.
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