63 ESSENTIAL PHRASAL VERBS (Spanish - English)

SPANISH
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ESTAR DE ACUERDO ESTAR A PUNTO DE REGRESAR QUEDARSE SIN TERMINARSE ESTAR LEVANTADO ESTALLAR (UNA BOMBA) INFLAR AVERIARSE

ENGLISH
AGREE WITH BE ABOUT TO BE BACK BE OUT OF BE OVER BE UP BLOW UP BLOW UP BREAK DOWN CALL BACK

SAMPLE SENTENCES
"All women are bad drivers." "I don't agree with you." I was about to leave the house when my friends arrived. I'm working late at the office tonight so I won't be back until 10. We're out of eggs so we can't make a tortilla. When the football match was over, we went to the pub. "Phil isn't up yet: he's still in bed. Phone again in ten minutes." The bomb blew up killing six people. We blew up at least a hundred balloons for the Christmas party. My car broke down on the way to Motril. "I'm afraid the manager isn't here at the moment. Could you call back later?" 1

10 VOLVER A LLAMAR

63 ESSENTIAL PHRASAL VERBS (Spanish - English)

11 SEGUIR, CONTINUAR 12 CUMPLIR (UNA PROMESA) 13 LLEVAR A CABO 14 PONER EN ORDEN 15 ENCONTRAR, DAR CON 16 REGRESAR 17 ENTRAR 18 VAMOS!, DATE PRISA! 19 CONSUMIR MENOS 20 CORTAR, DESCONNECTAR 21 CORTAR EN PEDAZOS 22 ABROCHAR, ATAR CARRY ON CARRY OUT CARRY OUT CLEAR UP COME ACROSS COME BACK COME IN COME ON CUT DOWN ON CUT OFF CUT UP DO UP I'm sorry if I interrupted you. Please carry on. The President carried out his promise to reduce taxation. The execution was carried out at seven o'clock in the morning. It took four hours to clear up after the party. I came across an old friend on the metro in Madrid. I'm going to England for two weeks. I'm coming back on the fifth. "Good morning. Come in and sit down." Come on. We're going to be late. You must cut down on cholesterol or you'll have a heart attack. When we didn't pay the bill, the electricity was cut off. We cut up the birthday cake and gave everyone a slice. I was five before I knew how to do up my shoelaces. 2

63 ESSENTIAL PHRASAL VERBS (Spanish - English)

23 TENER ALGO QUE VER CON, TENER RELACIN CON DO WITH DO WITHOUT DRAW UP GET BACK GET IN(TO) GET OFF GET ON GET UP GIVE BACK GIVE UP GIVE UP GO AHEAD "What's MS DOS?" "It's got something to do with computers." The shops are shut so we'll have to do without sugar. The car drew up at the zebra crossing. Cinderella had to get back by twelve o'clock. I lost my keys and so I couldn't get into the house. You have to get off the bus at the next stop if you want the station. Quick! Get on the train, it's about to leave. When I got up this morning it was still dark. If you don't like the dress, the shop will give you your money back. If you find phrasal verbs difficult, don't give up. You'll get cancer if you don't give up smoking. "Can I use the telephone?" "Yes, go ahead." 3

24 PASARSE SIN, PRESCINDIR DE 25 PARARSE 26 VOLVER, REGRESAR 27 ENTRAR 28 BAJAR (DE UN AUTOBUS, TREN) 29 SUBIR (A UN AUTOBUS, TREN, MOTO) 30 LEVANTARSE 31 DEVOLVER 32 PERDER LA ESPERANZA, RENDIRSE 33 DEJAR (DE FUMAR, BEBER) 34 SIGA!

63 ESSENTIAL PHRASAL VERBS (Spanish - English)

35 IRSE, MARCHARSE 36 VOLVER, REGRESAR 37 BAJAR 38 SALIR (POR LA CALLE) 39 SUBIR 40 ESPERAR 41 COLGAR (EL TELFONO) 42 MANTENERSE (A LA ALTURA DE) 43 DERRIBAR, ATROPEAR, DEMOLER 44 OLVIDAR, DEJAR 45 DEJAR ENTRAR 46 CUIDAR GO AWAY GO BACK GO DOWN GO OUT GO UP HANG ON/HOLD ON HANG UP KEEP UP WITH KNOCK DOWN LEAVE BEHIND LET IN LOOK AFTER Are you going away for Christmas, or are you staying at home. Although she's forty, she's going back to University to study French. The price of fruit goes down in the summer. I always go out and have a few drinks on Saturday night. The price of cigarettes went up in January 1992. Hold on for a minute as Pablo will be back in five minute. My ex-girlfriend hung up when I phoned her. I can't keep up with my father when we go cycling as he goes too fast. My grandfather's old house was knocked down and a bank was built. When I got to the airport, I realised I had left my passport behind. She opened the door and let in the cat. My mother looks after the children when we go away. 4

63 ESSENTIAL PHRASAL VERBS (Spanish - English)

47 BUSCAR 48 ESPERAR CON ILUSIN 49 TENER CUIDADO, OJO! 50 BUSCAR ALGO (EN UN LIBRO, DICCIONARIO) 51 METER, INTRODUCIR 52 ENCENDER 53 PONERSE (LA ROPA) 54 QUEDARS SIN ALGO 55 PONERSE EN CAMINO 56 PARECERSE A 57 DESPEGAR 58 QUITARSE LA ROPA LOOK FOR LOOK FORWARD TO LOOK OUT LOOK UP PUT IN PUT ON PUT ON RUN OUT OF SET OFF I spent two hours looking for my glasses before I found them. I'm looking forward to the Easter holidays. Look out! - There's a car coming. If you don't understand the word, look it up in a dictionary. Put ten pence in the machine and you will get a cup of coffee. Put on the light, it's getting dark. Put your coat on or you'll get cold. We ran out of petrol so we had to get the bus. We set off to Madrid at five o'clock to avoid the traffic. Pablo takes after his mother: they are both optimistic. The flight was delayed for two hours and the plane eventually took off at 6 p.m. Take off your coat and make yourself comfortable. 5

TAKE AFTER TAKE OFF TAKE OFF

63 ESSENTIAL PHRASAL VERBS (Spanish - English)

59 EXTRAER, SACAR 60 TIRAR (EN LA BASURA) 61 BAJAR (EL VOLUMEN) 62 PONER EL VOLUMEN MS FUERTE 63 ENCENDER (TELEVISIN, LUCES, ETC.) TAKE OUT THROW AWAY TURN DOWN TURN UP TURN ON He took out a cigarette and lit it. Don't throw these papers away: they're important. Turn down the radio: it's too loud. Turn up the radio. I can't hear it. Turn on the television, please, I want to see the news.