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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Phrasal verbs para hablar de la familia en nuestro post de hoy. Porque queremos a nuestra familia y no podemos vivir sin ellos, aunque a veces tengamos nuestros más y nuestros menos, sobre todo después de pasar un tiempo juntos. Para hablar de la familia y sobre muchas de las cosas que pasan en las relaciones familiares en este post veremos algunos phrasal verbs frecuentes.
Comenzamos con el phrasal verb para hablar de la familia más bonito!
Get together – reunirse, juntarse, pasar tiempo juntos.
E.g.
The whole family usually gets together at Christmas.
We usually get together on Saturdays.
Y seguimos con otros phrasal verbs que también son muy comunes cuando hablamos de relaciones familiares
Get along / on with (someone) – llevarse bien con alguien, tener una buena relación.
E.g.
I get along with my mother-in-law.
She doesn’t get on with some of our cousins.
Put up with (someone or something) – tolerar, “aguantar”.
E.g.
I can’t put up with him and his silly jokes.
Grandma is really kind and puts up with children making noise.
Grow apart – distanciarse, cuando no hay una relación cercana.
E.g.
As we got older we just grew apart.
Nothing happened, but they were growing apart.
Look up to (someone) – sentir respeto y admiración por alguien.
E.g.
They have always looked up to their grandmother.
He really looks up to his uncle Rob.
Look down on (someone) – menospreciar, mirar por encima del hombro.
E.g.
I don’t understand people who look down on others.
She looks down on him because he doesn’t have a degree.
???? Otros phrasal verbs con look
Grow up – crecer, madurar, criarse.
E.g.
Their children have all grown up and left home now.
I grew up in a large family.
Bring up – criar.
E.g.
He was brought up by his grandparents.
Her aunt brought them up the best she could.
Look after (someone) – cuidar de alguien.
E.g.
It’s hard work looking after three children all day.
She’s getting old and she needs someone to look after her.
Take after (someone) – parecerse a alguien.
E.g.
Dan’s very tall, he takes after his father.
Jennifer really takes after her mother.
???? Más phrasal verbs con take
Name after (someone) – poner el mismo nombre que a alguien.
E.g.
Alan was named after his grandfather.
Our baby Sammy was named after my husbands’ sister.
Tell (someone) off – reñir, regañar.
E.g.
He told the children off for making so much noise.
Our mum will tell us off if we don’t tidy our room.
Make up – hacer las paces después de una pelea.
E.g.
We got angry but we quickly made up.
Ok, kids, stop fighting, now kiss and make up.
???? Mira este post si quieres entender mejor cómo funcionan los phrasal verbs
Break up – romper una relación, separarse.
E.g.
The couple broke up last year.
They broke up after 20 years together.
Split up – romper una relación, un matrimonio, separarse.
E.g.
Her parents split up a few months ago.
My parents split up when I was I child.
Para finalizar y aunque no queremos acabar con una nota triste, la vida es así y desafortunadamente también en ocasiones necesitaremos decir que alguien ha fallecido, con este phrasal verb queda un poco menos “agresivo” o directo que decir “die”, especialmente porque es un tema delicado.
Pass away – fallecer.
E.g.
Our grandfather passed away 3 months ago.
Did you know his mother passed away recently?
En fin, lo importante es aprovechar esos momentos en los que nos reunimos, get together con la familia, y llevarse bien con ellos get along with them, aunque a veces haya peleas, siempre nos sentiremos mejor después de hacer las paces, make up. Porque a todos nos gusta sentirnos queridos, cuidar y que nos cuiden, to look after and to be looked after.
Y aunque hoy los hemos agrupado para hablar de la familia, muchos de estos phrasal verbs los podemos utilizar perfectamente en otros contextos diferentes.
Para saber cómo hablar de todos los miembros de tu familia (sobrinos, primas, cuñados, suegras…) en este post puedes ampliar tu vocabulario de la familia.
Fun y funny son palabras que usamos muy a menudo cuando hablamos en inglés. Tienen significados parecidos aunque estas palabras nos resultan confusas cuando las tenemos que utilizar en una frase.
Common mistakes:
My weekend was funny, I had a funny time with my friends.
My weekend was fun. I had a fun time with my friends.
Our trip to London was funny and exciting, we did lots of funny activities.
Our trip to London was fun and exciting, we did lots of fun activities.
We went to see a comedian, he was really fun.
We went to see a comedian, he was really funny.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre fun y funny?
Fun es un nombre incontable (uncountable noun) que significa que algo nos hacer sentir bien y disfrutar, o lo que es lo mismo «you enjoy doing it» «you have a good time doing it»
E.g.
We had so much fun together at the theatre.
It was fun to go to a theme park with all my friends.
Playing games is not my idea of fun.
Time flies when you are having fun.
Have fun!
Fun también se utiliza como adjetivo de manera informal, sobre todo en inglés hablado (informal spoken English)
E.g.
It was a fun day with all my friends. We did lots of fun activities and we had a great time.
Jake is a fun guy, I always have a good time with him.
El comparativo y superlativo de fun en este caso sería:
Riding a bicycle is more fun than skating.
Travelling is one of the most fun things you can do.
Funny es un adjetivo que significa divertido, porque algo te hace reír, «it makes you laugh» (pueder ser una persona o una situación, una broma…)
E.g.
We watched a comedy last weekend, it was really funny, we laughed a lot.
We all laughed when he started telling jokes, he’s a funny comedian.
Do you know any funny jokes?
I find some comedians very funny.
A funny thing happened in the office the other day.
Jake is a funny guy (he makes me laugh)
El comparativo y superlativo de funny sería:
His new book is funnier than the previous ones.
She’s the funniest person I know, she knows many jokes.
Se puede usar fun y funny también en frases negativas
E.g.
Going to a dentist is not fun!
Doing a long boring exam is not fun.
Nobody laughed because his joke was not funny.
An accident is never funny. (Well, it’s not supposed to be funny)
Funny puede tener también el significado de extraño, sorprendente, inesperado o difícil de explicar (‘strange’, ‘surprising’, ‘unexpected’ or ‘difficult to explain or understand’)
She was wearing a funny hat (strange, weird).
That’s funny (strange, surprising), I think my glasses were here a minute ago.
I have this funny feeling that something is going to happen (difficult to explain).
This place smells funny (strange, weird).
He has some funny ideas about love (strange, difficult to understand)
What’s that funny noise (strange, unexpected)?
In short, en resumen
Fun things > make you happy / make you feel good.
Funny things / people > make you laugh.
Y ahora una pequeña prueba, a little test
Are the following situations fun or funny?
A party with your friends is…
A clown is…
Playing a game is…
Visiting new places is…
A friend tells you a great joke. The joke is…
VER RESPUESTAS CORRECTAS
A clown is funny.
Playing a game is fun.
Visiting new places is fun.
A friend tells you a great joke. The joke is funny.
Bueno pues esperamos que os haya gustado el post and you had a fun time reading it. 😉
PD: si quieres conocer otros errores comunes que cometemos los hispano-hablantes te recomendamos este post 30 errores comunes en inglés que no debes cometer más
Be happy and have fun!
Son geniales tus consejos. Estoy estudiando inglés por mi cuenta, pero me cuesta bastante y tus consejos me ayudan mucho.
Gracias, un saludo,
Marta