PHRASAL VERBS

PHRASAL VERBS FOR 10°

 to ask for

1. to request 
pedir 

2.  to seek or provoke something negative 
buscarse 

 to break down

1. to stop working; functioning 
dejar de funcionar; estropearse; averiarse 

2. to end negotiations unsuccessfully 
romperse; fracasar 

3. to remove or dismount 
derribar; desmontar; dividir 

4 .to start crying 
venirse abajo; romper a llorar 

 
 to bring up

1. to raise a child 
criar y educar 

 to catch up

1. to bring or get up to date 
ponerse al día; ponerse al tanto; ponerse al corriente 

2. to reach someone or something ahead of you 
alcanzar a; ponerse al mismo nivel que 

 to come back

1. to return 
regresar; volver 

 to find out

to discover; to learn 
averiguar; enterrarse; descubrir 

 to get along \ on

to have a good relationship with someone 
llevarse bien 

 to get in

to arrive 
llegar; volver 

  to get in (into)

to enter 
subirse 

 to get off

1. to exit or leave 
bajarse 

2. to finish or leave 
terminar; salir; plegar 

 to get on (onto)

to enter or to board 
subirse 

 to get out (of)

1.  to leave or exit 
irse; salir; marcharse 

2.  to avoid doing something 
escabullirse o librarse de hacer 

to remove 
quitar(se) 

  to go back

to return 
volver 

to date to an early time, to have a long history 
remontarse a; retroceder 

 to go out

1. to leave 
salir 

2. to be sent 
mandar; enviar 

3. to be transmitted 
comunicarse; transmitirse; emitirse 

to become unfashionable 
pasarse de moda 

 to grow up

to mature, to become an adult 
crecer; hacerse mayor; criarse 

 to hurry up

to rush 
darse prisa; correr 

 
 to look after

to care for; to attend 
cuidar de/a; vigilar a; ocuparse de 

 to look for

to try to find, to search 
buscar a; esperar a 

 to look forward to

to wait for or anticipate something pleasant 
tener ganas de 

 
  to put on

to dress; to start wearing something 
ponerse 

  to put up

to mount; to hang; to raise; to place 
levantar; subir; colgar; montar 

  to run into

to meet by accident 
encontrarse con alguien 

  
 to show off

to behave in a way as to attract attention; to brag 
fardar; lucirse 

 Stop showing off already! It's been over a month since you won the championship. 
¡Deja de fardar ya! Ha pasado más de un mes desde que ganaste el campeonato. 

Sintaxis: intransitive 
Derivados: show-off [n.] (chulo) 

 to show up

to arrive or appear 
presentarse; aparecer 

to embarrass someone 
avergonzar a; dejar a alguien en ridículo 

 to shut up

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to stop talking or making noise 
callarse 

 to sign in

to open and start a computer program; to register 
iniciar una sesión; registrarse 

 to sign out

to close a computer program 
cerrar la sesión 

 to sit down

to sit or take a seat 
sentarse 

  

 to switch off

to disconnect or terminate power to 
apagar; desconectar; cortarse 

 to switch on

to give power to 
encender 

 to take off

to depart or when the plane leaves the ground 
despegar 

to remove 
quitar(se) 

 to take out

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to remove or extract 
sacar 

  to try on

to put on clothing to see how it looks and how it fits 
probarse (ropa) 

  to turn off

to leave 
salirse; desviarse 

 to turn on

to start; to connect 
encender; abrir