Hey buddies! ya se sabe lo valioso que es tiempo, por eso en todos los idiomas hay un sin fin de expresiones que hacen referencia a él. En el post de hoy te mostramos 20 expresiones con time para que no te quedes sin palabras ni sin tiempo!
1. Time flies – el tiempo vuela.
E.g. Time flies when you’re having fun.
2. Time goes by slowly-quickly – el tiempo pasa despacio/deprisa.
E.g. Time went by really quickly while we were on the island.
3. As time goes by – a medida que el tiempo pasa.
E.g. It is something that we will see as time goes by.
4. To lose track of time – perder la noción del tiempo.
E.g. I spent 3 hours searching for information, I was so focused I lost track of time.
5. To spend time – emplear tiempo, pasar tiempo.
E.g. He would like to spend more time with his family.
6. To waste time – malgastar tiempo.
E.g. Don’t waste more time arguing with them.
7. To make time – encontrar tiempo para dedicarle a algo/alguien.
E.g. You’ll need to make time to be with the people you love.
Ojo con la diferencia entre make time y do time!
8. To do time – pasar tiempo en prisión.
E.g. He’s doing time for armed robbery.
9. To kill time – matar el tiempo.
E.g. I had to kill time at the airport because my flight was delayed.
10. To have time to kill – tener tiempo de sobra.
E.g. I have some time to kill before next meeting; shall we go for a coffee?
11. To have the time of your life – pasarlo bien, en grande.
E.g. He’s having the time of his life at University. He loves it!
12. To have a whale of a time – pasarlo bien, en grande.
E.g. Children had a whale of a time at Disney world.
13. To have all the time in the world – tener todo el tiempo del mundo.
E.g. You don’t need to hurry. We’ve got all the time in the world.
14. To do something in the nick of time – hacer algo por los pelos, en el último minuto.
E.g. We just arrived in the nick of time, they were closing the doors.
15. To run out of time – quedarse sin tiempo.
E.g. They’ve run out of time on this project.
16. To be pressed for time – estar presionado por el tiempo, ir con el tiempo justo.
E.g. He was pressed for time because it was an urgent issue.
17. A race against time – carrera contrarreloj.
E.g. Last day to send the information is today; this is actually a race against time.
18. It’s a matter of time – es una cuestión de tiempo.
E.g. It’s only a matter of time before we catch the person who did it.
19. Only time will tell – solo el tiempo lo dirá.
E.g. Only time will tell if the treatment has been successful.
20. Time is up – el tiempo se ha acabado.
E.g. Time is up, you need to finish your exam now.
Time is up! acabamos con esta expresión el post de hoy de expresiones con time. Seguro que algunas ya las conocías y otras puede que sean nuevas, take your time-tómate tu tiempo para irte familiarizando con ellas y poder ponerlas en práctica.
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Hey buddies! Como sabemos que os gustan, os traemos otra entrega de confusing words, palabras que nos resultan confusas cuando las usamos en inglés y es que amigos, no estáis solos, solemos tropezar todos con las mismas piedras jejeje, para ponerle remedio ahí van 20 confusing words.
Vamos a ello!
01. AFTER – LATER
After – significa «después de».
E.g.
We went for a walk after lunch.
After an hour, we got tired of waiting and went home.
I’ll send you a mail after the meeting.
Later – significa «más tarde» , «después».
E.g.
I’ll do it later.
I’ll tell you about it later when I’m less busy.
He came back later and told us he had found his keys.
02. ALLOW – PERMIT – LET
Estos tres verbos tienen un significado parecido «permitir, dar permiso».
Permit es el más formal de los tres, allow es menos formal que permit pero más formal que let. Ahora vamos a ver cómo se usa cada una de estas confusing words
Permit – es frecuente su uso en voz pasiva.
Puedes decir que something is permitted o que someone is permitted to do something
E.g.
Smoking is not permitted in public buildings.
Working from home is permitted in this company.
Employees are permitted to work from home.
Allow – también se utiliza a menudo en voz pasiva, aunque no siempre.
E.g.
My parents don’t allow me to go out on weekdays.
Their boss allows them to work from home.
Employees are allowed to work from home.
Passengers are allowed one item of hand luggage.
Let – es el más informal de los tres y no se usa en voz pasiva.
E.g.
Would you let me go? All my friends are going.
They let us work from home occasionally.
We will let them take the decision.
Let me show you how to do it.
Let me help you with that.
03. ALSO – TOO – AS WELL
Los tres tienen un significado similar «también, además» pero su posición en la frase cambia.
Also – suele situarse entre el sujeto y el verbo auxiliar o entre el verbo auxiliar y el principal (aunque su posición puede variar, es posible encontrar also al inicio de una frase)
E.g.
I think she will also come with us.
It’s a more efficient system and it’s also cheaper.
Frank speaks perfect English. He also speaks German and Italian.
Too – se usa al final de una frase.
E.g.
She will come with us too.
It’s a more efficient system and it’s cheaper too.
Frank speaks perfect English. He speaks German and Italian too.
As well – se usa al final de una frase, es más informal, más propio en el lenguaje hablado.
E.g.
Why don’t you come with us as well?
It’s a more efficient system and it’s cheaper as well.
Frank speaks perfect English. He speaks German and Italian as well.
04. ASSIST – ATTEND
Con estas nos liamos mucho, son confusing words porque son «false friends» o falsos amigos, es decir, se parecen a palabras que usamos en español pero no con el mismo significado.
Assist – significa asistir pero en el sentido de ayudar. (en el lenguaje hablado «help» es más frecuente)
E.g.
I will need someone to assist me on this job.
They have special software to assist them process invoices.
We have specialist to assist senior citizens at home.
Attend – significa asistir en el sentido de ir a un sitio, a un evento, una reunión. (en el lenguaje hablado más informal también se puede utilizar go o come)
E.g.
Only five people attended the meeting.
Please let us know if you are unable to attend.
We couldn’t attend the workshop on new technologies.
Puedes ver más false friends como éstos aquí
05. BESIDES – BESIDE
Besides – significa «además».
E.g.
What other types of music do you like besides rock?
I wanted to help her out. Besides, I needed the money.
People choose jobs for other reasons besides money.
Beside – es una preposición y significa «junto a», «al lado de».
E.g.
Wendy came up and sat beside me.
They were sitting beside the pool, eating breakfast.
There was a small table beside the bed, with some books.
06. DESERT – DESSERT
Dessert – es un postre como un brownie o un cheesecake.
E.g.
For dessert there is brownie or apple crumble.
She made a fabulous dessert with cream and fruits.
Would you like a dessert, Madam? -Yes please, I’ll have the cheesecake.
Desert – es un desierto, como el Sahara.
E.g.
They were lost in the desert for nine days.
We visited the vast Gobi desert in China.
This area of the country is mostly desert.
Ojo! porque la pronunciación es diferente en estas dos palabras
Desert – /ˈdez.ət/ la sílaba fuerte es la primera
Dessert – /dɪˈzɜːt/ la sílaba fuerte es la segunda
Un truqui > ¿cómo sabemos esto si lo miramos en un diccionario? muy fácil ¿veis esa comita o apóstrofe arriba, justo antes de la sílaba? eso indica que es la sílaba más fuerte.
07. ESPECIALLY – SPECIALLY
Aunque en general pueden usarse con el mismo significado «especialmente» y en mucho casos no hay diferencia entre usar uno u otro, hay un pequeño matiz.
Especially – significa especialmente en el sentido de «sobre todo».
E.g.
Paris is always full of tourists, especially in the summer.
Feedback is especially important in learning skills.
You have to be careful what you say, (e)specially if there are children listening.
Specially – significa especialmente en el sentido de «expresamente», con un propósito determinado.
E.g.
This kitchen was specially designed for this space.
He has a collection of shirts specially made for him.
We bought this present specially for you.
08. FEWER – LESS
Fewer – es la forma comparativa de few, por tanto se usa con nombres contables.
E.g.
There are fewer buses on Sunday.
We eat fewer hamburguers than in the past.
There were fewer people than I expected at the concert.
(sí, people es contable en inglés porque es el plural de person)
Less – es la forma comparativa de little y se usa con nombres incontables.
E.g.
I do less exercise than I used to do.
These light bulbs use less electricity.
People today seem to have less time for each other.
Aunque es común encontrar frases como éstas, se considera incorrecto.
There are less people buying house these days.
There are fewer people buying house these days.
You find less children playing in the street.
You find fewer children playing in the street.
09. HOUSE – HOME
House – usamos house cuando nos referimos a casa como edificio, construcción.
E.g.
They live in a beautiful house on the countryside.
She is going to buy a new house next year.
We went to their house to have dinner with them.
Home – usamos home cuando queremos decir que es nuestro hogar.
E.g.
There’s no place like home.
I like to stay at home and relax at the weekend.
Are you coming home early today?
10. IT’S – ITS
It’s – es la contracción de it is (o de it has).
E.g.
It’s a very beautiful place with parks and lakes.
It’s been raining all day long. (it has)
I hope it’s ok to call you at this time.
Its – es un pronombre posesivo, que solemos utilizar para cosas o animales.
E.g.
Their city is famous for its beautiful buildings.
Every house in the street has its own garage.
Our dog was chasing its tail.
11. LUCK – LUCKY
Luck – es un sustantivo contable. No podemos decir simplemente to have luck, pero sí podemos usarlo si ponemos algo más delante como to have good/bad luck.
E.g.
We didn’t have luck.
We didn’t have a very good luck.
I’m sure they will have good luck on the competition.
It was a question of having bad luck.
Lucky – es un adjetivo, para decir tener suerte en inglés diríamos to be lucky.
E.g.
She was lucky and passed the exam.
It’s your lucky day! I have a present for you.
We were not very lucky, we lost our money.
12. MUCH – MANY
Ésta es una de las más importantes cuando hablamos de confusing words, y aunque la sabemos, siempre se nos olvida, así que un recordatorio rápido
Much – se usa con sustantivos incontables.
E.g.
How much money do you need?
I don’t have much time, I’m busy today.
There wasn’t much traffic yesterday.
How much coffee do you drink?
Many – se usa con sustantivos contables.
E.g.
I read many books at university.
She doesn’t have many friends here.
How many euros do you have in your pocket?
I’ve drunk many cups of coffee today.
13. NEAR – CLOSE TO – NEXT TO
Near – significa «cerca» (de), pero cuidado! porque en inglés no necesita de una preposición como of/to.
E.g.
I have a bus stop near to my home.
I have a bus stop near my home.
There’s a river near here.
You can find many restaurants near the city centre.
Close to – utilizamos close to para indicar proximidad, también en sentido figurado.
E.g.
I saw a bakery close to the office.
I don’t mind where we go on vacation as long as it’s close to a beach.
Are you very close to her? (Are you good friends?)
Next to – significa «al lado de», «junto a».
E.g.
She was sitting next to me.
Our company is located next to the bank.
The hotel was right next to the airport.
14. OTHER – ANOTHER
El caso de other, another, the other, others como confusing words da para mucho más pero para no hacerlo más complicado, hoy te dejamos una explicación breve para que entiendas lo más básico.
Other – significa otro en el sentido de diferente pero también de adicional, por ejemplo
E.g.
Do you have this t-shirt in other colours? (different)
There are other problems we need to solve. (additional and/or different)
Do you have any other questions? (additional)
También podemos usar «the other» para referirnos a otros elementos como «el resto» o «los otros»
E.g.
The other hotels were full.
All the other children were studying languages.
I bought these jacket because the other was more expensive.
Another – puede significar «otro más», o también «otro diferente». Observa los ejemplos
E.g.
Would you like another cup of tea? (one more cup of tea)
I will bring another chair for you. (one more chair)
Is there another restaurant near? I don’t like this one very much. (a different restaurant)
15. QUIET – QUITE
Cuidado con estos dos porque además de tener distintos significados, se escriben diferente y su pronunciación es también diferente, vamos que tienen todo para ser confusing words.
Quiet – es un adjetivo que significa «tranquilo».
E.g.
We found a quiet place to sit under a tree.
He’s usually a quiet person.
Our hotel room was comfortable and quiet.
Quite – es un adverbio que usamos para decir «bastante».
E.g.
They have been quite busy this week.
The place was quite romantic.
She’s doing quite well at her new job.
Cuidado con el spelling, o lo que es lo mismo, la ortografía a la hora de escribirlos. Y ojo además con la pronunciación de estas confusing words porque es distinta
Quiet – se pronuncia /kwaɪət/
Quite – se pronuncia /kwaɪt/
16. REMEMBER – REMIND
Está claro que nuestra memoria hay días que no da para más, pero si tienes que acordarte de algo o necesitas que alguien te lo recuerde, aquí tienes unas pistas.
Remember – significa «recordar», «acordarse de»
E.g.
I can’t remember her exact words.
Do you remember that day?
I’m not sure I will remember to do everything.
Remind – también significa recordar, pero más en el sentido de pedirle a alguien que nos recuerde algo
E.g.
Can you remind me to call her later?
Yes, I’ll be there. Thanks for reminding me.
Let me remind you the last day to present you work is tomorrow.
17. THERE – THEIR – THEY’RE
Con éstos nos liamos porque suenan igual a la hora de pronunciarlos, pero se refieren a cosas distintas.
There – es un adverbio para indicar lugar o posición (como opuesto a here). También se usa en la construcción there is/are para indicar que hay algo o que algo existe.
E.g.
Is he there with you?
I left my keys on the table over there.
There is no more time.
Their – es un adjetivo posesivo, es decir indica pertenencia («su», de ellos).
E.g.
Have you met their parents?
They came to pick up all their things.
She thank them for their dedication at work.
They’re – es la forma corta de they are.
E.g.
I think they’re ready.
They’re very happy with thier new place.
They’re all members of the same family.
18. WAKE UP – GET UP
Estos verbos nos pueden resultar confusos cuando los utilizamos en un contexto similar como por ejemplo, despertarse o levantarse por la mañana. Aquí pueden ser parecidos, aunque hay un ligera diferencia de significado, porque puedes despertarte primero y al cabo de un rato ya te levantas de la cama, o bien puede que te levantes sin estar aún muy despierto 😉
Wake up – significa «despertarse», no estar dormido.
E.g.
What time do you usually wake up?
I woke up very early this morning.
We like to wake up late on Sundays.
Get up – significa «levantarse».
E.g.
Do you usually get up early?
They didn’t get up until lunchtime.
She got up after the alarm went off for the second time.
19. WELL – GOOD
Podemos hacer las cosas bien, o podemos hacer un buen trabajo, verdad? pues ésta es la clave de estas confusing words para diferenciar well y good.
Well – significa bien y es un adverbio, lo que quiere decir que modifica a un verbo.
E.g.
He speaks English well.
I think they work well together.
The festival was well organized.
Good – significa bueno y es un adjetivo, al ser un adjetivo tiene que acompañar a un sustantivo.
E.g.
He speaks a very good English.
She has a good level of English.
I think they did a good job together.
The festival was great thanks to a good organisation.
20. WHAT – WHICH
Los dos son pronombres interrogativos. Además en este caso, ambos pueden ser también pronombres relativos, pero hoy nos vamos a ocupar solo de la diferencia cuando son pronombres interrogativos.
What – lo usamos para hacer preguntas más generales en las que las opciones de respuestas son más abiertas o incluyen un amplio número de posibilidades
E.g.
What is your favorite food?
What would you like to drink?
What jacket will you wear to the event?
Which – podemos usar which (aunque también what) cuando el número de respuestas en más limitado o está más definido.
E.g.
Which is your favourite food Chinese or Italian?
Which would you like beer or wine?
Which jacket will you wear the blue one or the black one?
Hasta aquí la recopilación de confusing words de hoy, recordad que en algunos casos hay más detalles a tener en cuenta de los que damos aquí. Aunque esperamos que con estos ejemplos y breves explicaciones hayas podido ver las diferencias y que no te confundan más. Hay más palabras que encuentres confusas? déjanos un comentario y las tendremos en cuenta en la próxima entrega.
Hey buddies, hoy toca post de phrasal verbs, I know, they can be hard y no siempre es fácil entenderlos y luego ponerlos en práctica. Hoy nos centramos en los 15 Phrasal verbs con take que ya tendrías que conocer. No worries, si aún no los conoces te los explicamos con significado y ejemplos, uno por uno.
To take after someone – to look like someone, to have a similar appearance or personality- parecerse a alguien
E.g.
Mike takes after his mother; they both have the same blue eyes and blond hair.
Everybody says Beth takes after her grandmother, they have a talent for art.
To take something apart – to disassemble, to separate something into smaller parts- desmontar
E.g.
He’s always taking apart all types of mechanical toys.
I think I should take apart my computer and clean it properly.
To take away something – to separate, to remove – apartar, quitar, llevarse
E.g.
Could you take away this old chair? I don’t want it anymore.
If you don’t study harder, we’ll have to take away your telephone.
To take something back
1) to return something – devolver algo
E.g.
He bought some shoes but they don’t fit. He will ned to take them back.
2) to admit that you did/say something wrong – retirar (algo que has dicho)
E.g.
Sorry for saying those words to you, I take it back.
To take something down
1) to separate something into parts – desmontar
E.g.
After the concert finished, the crew took down the stage.
2) to write on paper – escribir, tomar nota de algo
E.g.
Let me take down your phone number, just in case.
To take someone in – to let someone stay in your house – dejar que alguien se quede en tu casa.
E.g.
He was having a hard time finding an apartment, so we took him in for a month.
You are so nice to take me in, I cannot thank you enough.
To take something in – to assimilate or understand information – comprender o asimilar información.
E.g.
The speaker said interesting things but it was a lot to take in.
I’m reading this manual and I can’t take it in.
To take off
1) to rise in the air (an airplane) – despegar (un avión)
E.g.
The plane will take off in 30 minutes.
2) also to become successful or popular very fast – despegar en sentido figurativo.
E.g.
Recently, their blog has taken off and now they are very popular.
Her career took off when she started working in publicity.
To take something off
1) to remove (clothes) – quitarse (ropa)
E.g.
As soon as I get home I take off my shoes and change my clothes.
2) not to work for a period of time – tener un día/semana libre (sin ir al trabajo)
E.g.
She took a week off to visit her family in France.
I’ll take two days off next week.
To take someone on – to hire someone – contratar a alguien.
E.g.
We need to take on a new cleaning lady.
Our company is taking on more employees next month.
To take something on – to accept some work or responsibility – aceptar/asumir responsabilidades
E.g.
Do you have time to take on a new project?
She took on more tasks in order to get promoted.
To take (it) out on someone – to make someone feel bad, because you are feeling bad too – tomarla con alguien
E.g.
Hey, I understand that you’ve had a horrible day, but don’t take it out on me.
I was stressed and I took it out on him.
To take over something – to take control of something – asumir el control de algo
E.g.
His real intention was to take over the company.
A large holding has taken over our company and there will be some changes.
To take up something
1) to fill space or time – ocupar espacio o tiempo
E.g.
These books are taking up all the space in my room.
This project is taking up more time than I expected.
2) to start doing something regularly – comenzar un nuevo hábito
E.g.
I’ve recently taken up yoga.
Why did you took up golf?
To take somebody up on something – to accept an offer- aceptar una invitación.
E.g.
You’re always welcome to stay with us when you’re in Paris.
Thank you, I’ll take you up on that the next time I come to France.
Esperamos que no haya sido demasiado para asimilar, a lot to take in y que te animes a poner algunos de ellos en práctica, verás que tu confianza con los phrasal verbs pronto despega, it will soon take off, y si por el contrario te has quedado con ganas de más phrasal verbs aquí tienes «Los mejores phrasal verbs con get, descúbrelos!»
Son geniales tus consejos. Estoy estudiando inglés por mi cuenta, pero me cuesta bastante y tus consejos me ayudan mucho.
Gracias, un saludo,
Marta