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!»
Continuamos con la serie de posts sobre phrasal verbs para que cada vez te resulte más fácil conocerlos y empezar a utilizarlos. Esta vez prestaremos atención a varios phrasal verbs con come de uso habitual. Como siempre, os los presentamos con definiciones y ejemplos para que quede más claro.
Come on, let’s go! Comenzamos! ✏️
Come about – to happen or occur – suceder, ocurrir.
E.g.
How did this situation come about?
How did the fire come about?
Come across – to find by chance / accident – encontrar por casualidad.
E.g.
I came across some old photographs when I cleaned up the attic.
She came across Rob when she was at the bank.
Come along – to develop, to make progress – desarrollar, progresar (o hacer progresos).
E.g.
How is the project coming along?
I think we are coming along, we expect to finish soon.
Come along – to appear or to arrive – llegar, aparecer.
E.g.
A bus should come along any minute now.
An opportunity came along and I took the job.
Come along – to go somewhere with someone – acompañar.
E.g.
We are going to have a coffee. Would you like to come along?
Come back – to return – volver.
E.g.
He’s not here at the moment. Could you come back later?
Come by – to be able to get something difficult – conseguir.
E.g.
Cheap organic food it’s not easy to come by.
How did you come by that wonderful apartment?
Come down with – to become ill – caer enfermo.
E.g.
I’m not feeling well, I think I’m coming down with a cold.
Come forward – to offer to do something, to volunteer – ofrecerse, presentarse voluntario.
E.g.
Only one person of the team came forward to help.
Come over – to visit someone in their house – visitar, pasarse a ver.
E.g.
Will you come over on Friday evening?
His parents are coming over for the weekend.
Come out – to become known- conocerse, salir a la luz.
E.g.
The truth will come out sooner or later.
When is the new edition coming out?
Come (a)round – to change your opinion – cambiar de opinión (dejarse convencer).
E.g.
In the end, we came round and accepted their expert advice.
I think they will come round to our way of seeing things.
Come (a)round – to visit someone – pasarse a ver.
E.g.
Sure, come (a)round! I can show my new collection.
Come round – to recover consciousness – recobrar la consciencia.
E.g.
She was coming round, but she was a bit confused after the surgery.
Come up – appear, happen, occur (unexpectedly) – ocurrir, surgir.
E.g.
I’m sorry I miss the meeting, something came up in the last minute.
Come up with – to think of an idea/ a plan – pensar, dar con una idea o un plan.
E.g.
They came up with a fantastic plan to make processes more efficient.
Los phrasal verbs son un tema recurrente a la hora de aprender inglés y una forma de ampliar vocabulario y comunicarnos como lo haría un hablante nativo, échale un vistazo a otros posts de esta serie sobre phrasal verbs aquí ????
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Es importante aprender a usar los phrasal verbs en un contexto adecuado y también es necesario identificarlos cuando los utilizan los hablantes nativos, así te resultará un poco menos «tricky». Presta atención y observa cómo los usan para después ponerlos en práctica en tu speaking.
Come on! You can do it!
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!
