El verbo get es uno de los más usados en inglés en muchas expresiones habituales y también como verbo «base» para convertir en phrasal verb. Hoy te mostramos algunos de los mejores y más comunes phrasal verbs con get, pero no te preocupes, que a veces es oir la palabra phrasal verb y ya nos ponemos nerviosos y empezamos a sudar. Para te resulten mucho más sencillos te los detallamos, con significado y ejemplos, a continuación:
Get across – to communicate – comunicar, hacer entender
E.g.
I think I didn’t get my message across, they didn’t understand it.
He’s not very good at getting his ideas across.
Get along – to have a good / friendly relationship with someone – llevarse bien.
E.g.
She gets along with everybody, she’s a kind person.
We all get along in the team.
They don’t get along.
También get on with tiene un significado parecido
E.g.
Our boss is very easy to get on with.
I don’t get on with my mother-in-law.
Get at – to reach, to access something- alcanzar
E.g.
The papers are on the higher cabinet and I can’t get at them.
Get at – to suggest something indirectly- ¿A dónde quieres llegar?
E.g.
What are you getting at?
Get away – to go away or to escape – alejarse, escapar
E.g.
Get away from her now!
They got away from the police.
Get away – to have a holiday – irse de vacaciones
E.g.
Let’s get away for a couple of weeks.
We need to get away to a sunny place.
Get by– to have enough to deal with a situation- apañárselas
E.g.
My English is not very strong but I get by.
They try to get by with the little money they have.
We can get by with a few computers now but we’ll need more in the future.
Get down to – to start doing something – ponerse con algo, ponerse a ello
E.g.
Ok, let’s get down to business.
It’s time I get down to serious work.
We will get down to painting the house next spring.
Get on / get off – to go into a car, bus, train – subir a un bus
E.g.
It’s easy to get on a plane.
When we got on, the train left.
You have to get off at next bus stop.
Get out of – to go out -salir de un sitio
E.g.
Let’s get out of this noisy bar.
I got out of bed as soon as the alarm went off.
Get over – to recover from something- recuperarse (de una enfermedad, de una situación)
E.g.
She finally got over her backache.
It’s difficult for them to get over it, it was a shocking experience.
I’m sure you can get over losing your mobile phone.
Get through – to finish, to be successful – acabar, superar (con éxito)
E.g.
It was a lot of work, but I got through it.
I don’t know if he will get through all his exams.
Get together – to meet – reunirse, quedar
E.g.
They will get together for a family meal.
Why don’t we get together for some beers?
Seguro que algunos ya los conocías o te sonaban y aunque la lista podría ser más larga, es un buen punto de partida para empezar a soltarnos un poco con estas combinaciones de phrasal verbs con get. De todos modos y si te has quedado con ganas de más siempre puedes descargarte nuestra guía GRATUITA «Phrasal verbs para el día a día» que encontrarás justo aquí debajo????
¿A qué esperas? Let’s get down to it!