Probablemente ya conozcas algunos de los significados de pick up. Es un phrasal verb bastante común y relativamente sencillo porque, aunque tiene diferentes significados, algunos son muy parecidos entre sí. Vamos a repasar 10 de los significados más comunes de pick up con ejemplos para que puedas entenderlos mejor con un poco de contexto.
1 Pick something up – to lift – levantar, coger.
Can you help me pick this chair up?
Please pick up the bags from the floor.
2 Pick up – answer the phone – coger el teléfono, contestar el teléfono.
The phone rang and I picked it up.
I called your office but nobody picked up the phone.
3 Pick up – to buy or get something from a shop – comprar.
We’ll pick up a few things at the supermarket.
This is a souvenir I picked up when I went to China.
4 Pick up – to collect, to get – recoger.
I’ll pick up the tickets on my way home.
He picked up his suit from the dry cleaner’s.
Si no acabas de entender cómo funcionan los phrasal verbs y qué tipos hay, estos trucos para aprender phrasal verbs te pueden interesar.
5 Pick somebody up – recoger, pasar a buscar.
I take children to school and I’ll pick them up too.
She said she will pick me up at the airport.
Importante: dentro de los usos y significados de pick up, con este en concreto, observa que la persona (objeto directo) se coloca en el medio. Por ejemplo, you take the children to school, but you pick them up later. Otros phrasal verbs con take.
6 Pick up – tidy up, clean up – ordenar, colocar.
Help me pick these things up. We have guests coming.
I’ll pick up my room later.
7 Pick up – learn, understand – aprender, entender.
He picked up some Portuguese words on his trip.
She started a cooking course to pick up some basic skills.
8 Pick up – start again, resume – continuar algo por donde se dejó.
We can meet again tomorrow and pick up where we left it.
We’ll pick up this conversation later.
9 Pick up – improve, get better – mejorar.
Our campaign will make that sales pick up during next quarter.
She had a bad year, but her life is picking up slowly.
10 Pick up – pay for – pagar.
I’ll pick this up.
Luckily, my company has agreed to pick up the travel expenses.
Estos son 10 significados del phrasal verb pick up, pero aún nos queda un significado de pick up más, no te lo pierdas.
+1 Pick up – flirt, having a sexual interest in someone – ligar.
He said he’d picked the woman up in a bar.
She went home with some man she picked up in a bar.
No es el único caso de un mismo phrasal verb con varios significados. También el phrasal verb give up puede tener varios significados. Puedes verlo en este post de phrasal verbs con give.
Seguramente algunos de estos significados de pick up te resulten más fáciles que otros, la verdad es que es un phrasal verb bastante común y se puede usar en diferentes contextos, como has visto, así que vale la pena aprender al menos los más comunes y empezar a usarlos.
Hey buddies!! Saber distinguir cuándo usar do y make en inglés no siempre es fácil, hoy te dejamos algunas expresiones comunes que suelen aparecer cuando usamos estos verbos y que os dejamos en la infografía Do VS Make al final del post para que podáis descargarla y recurrir a ella siempre que la necesitéis 😉
Este es un tema más complejo de lo que parece porque hay gente que opina que hay ciertas reglas o patrones o incluso se podría encontrar cierta lógica. Al final lo que está claro es que hay una serie de expresiones que van con do y otras que van con make, pero por si sirve de ayuda algunos usos muy generales de do y make son:
DO
Do se usa para acciones en general (o sin especificar), obligaciones, tareas repetitivas (por ejemplo como en do nothing, do your job, do housework).
MAKE
Make se usa para referirse a cosas que «creamos o construimos» (por ejemplo como en make a cake, make dinner, make a cup of coffee)
Para que lo tengas más fácil y como os prometimos al principio del post, he aquí la infografía Do VS Make con las expresiones más comunes que suelen aparecer con do y make que además podrás descargarte
Infografía Do VS Make
La clave, más que memorizarlos sin más, es ir aprendiendo y poniendo las diferentes expresiones o «collocations» en práctica a través de su uso, de manera que poco a poco sea un proceso más automático y sepas qué aparece con do y con make.
Además, como sabemos que hay otras palabras que también nos suelen resultar confusas, puedes aclarar algunas dudas en este post:
Confusing words: 15 errores Typical Spanish que tienes que empezar a corregir
Como siempre, esperamos que os sea de gran ayuda 😉
Hey buddies, el post de hoy es una recopilación de errores comunes en inglés que cometemos a menudo, a veces porque cambiamos la preposición que toca, o porque nos equivocamos con una palabra o también porque traducimos literalmente. Ponte cómodo porque te detallamos nada más y nada menos que 30 common mistakes que no debes cometer más.
1 We say coworkers, work mates or colleagues, not partners para referirnos a nuestros compañeros de trabajo
My partners are really helpful.
My coworkers are really helpful.
2 We say at work, not in the job en expresiones como
I sometimes surf on the internet in the job.
I sometimes surf on the internet at work.
3 We say hire mejor que contract, cuando contratamos a un empleado
Things are going well, we will contract more employees.
Things are going well, we will hire more employees.
4 We say a business grows, not grows up para decir que el negocio crece
Our business is growing up and increasing sales.
Our business is growing and increasing sales.
Utilizamos grow up para referirnos a las personas cuando crecen / maduran
He’s now a grown up person.
Children grow up really fast.
5 We say I agree, not I am agree para mostrar nuestro acuerdo
I am agree with your idea.
I agree with your idea.
6 We say I think so / I don’t think so, not I think that yes / no para decir creo que sí / no
Would you come? I think that yes / no.
Would you come? I think so / I don’t think so.
7 We say I have no idea, not I don’t have an idea para decir no tengo ni idea
Is she here? I don’t have an idea.
Is she here? I have no idea.
8 We say leave me alone, not leave me in peace cuando queremos que nos dejen en paz
Please, leave me in peace, I’m busy now.
Please, leave me alone, I’m busy now.
9 We say from now on, not since now para decir de ahora en adelante
We will have new regulations since now.
We will have new regulations from now on.
10 We say so far, not until now para decir hasta ahora, hasta este momento
What have they done until now?
What have they done so far?
11 We say it depends on, not it depends of
I don’t know what I’m going to do tomorrow. It depends of the weather.
I don’t know what I’m going to do tomorrow. It depends on the weather.
12 We say related to, not related with
This is a problem related with the internet signal.
This is a problem related to the internet signal.
13 We say contact someone, not contact with someone
I’ll contact with her because I need more information.
I’ll contact her because I need more information.
14 We say trust someone, not trust in someone
I trust in my employees to do a good job when I’m not in the office.
I trust my employees to do a good job when I’m not in the office.
15 We say worry about, not worry for algo o alguien
Her mother worries for her a lot.
Her mother worries about her a lot.
16 We say think about / of, not think in. Si imaginamos algo, utilizamos think of / about, si estamos considerando algo utilizamos think about
I’m thinking in my future and deciding what I want to do.
I’m thinking about my future and deciding what I want to do.
17 We say similar to, not similar than
This app is very similar than another one.
This app is very similar to another one.
18 We say the same as, not the same than or the same to
He’s the same than his father. They have similar personalities.
He’s the same as his father. They have similar personalities.
19 We say in the world, not of the world para decir del mundo
Lionel Messi is one of the best soccer players of the world.
Lionel Messi is one of the best soccer players in the world.
20 We say arrive in/at a place, not arrive to a place
I arrived to work at 9 a.m.
I arrived at work at 9 a.m.
We use arrive in con lugares como ciudades (London, Paris, etc.).
We arrived in Paris last Friday.
We use arrive at al referirnos a un sitio en concreto (the bank, the restaurant, work, home, etc.).
They arrived at the restaurant 20 minutes late.
21 We say go home, not go to home
She decided to go to home after the theatre.
She decided to go home after the theatre.
22 We say parking lot, not parking para referirnos a un aparcamiento
The parking was full, so we parked on the street.
The parking lot was full, so we parked on the street.
23 We say on the bus / train / plane, not in the bus / plane / train
Sometimes I read when I’m in the bus.
Sometimes I read when I’m on the bus.
We say in with cars, vans, trucks, etc.
Let’s get on the car.
Let’s get in the car.
24 We say to miss, not to lose a bus / train / plane
You will lose the train if you don’t hurry up.
You will miss the train if you don’t hurry up.
25 We say waste time, not lose time para decir perder el tiempo
Sam loses a lot of time watching TV.
Sam wastes a lot of time watching TV.
26 We say spend time, not pass time para decir pasar tiempo con
On the weekend, she likes to pass time with her husband.
On the weekend, she likes to spend time with her husband.
27 We say to have (or to throw) a party, not to make or do a party
They are making a party next Saturday.
They are having / throwing a party next Saturday.
28 We say to have a drink, not to take a drink
Let’s take a drink after work.
Let’s have a drink after work.
29 We say to sunbathe, not to take the sun
She loves taking the sun on the beach.
She loves sunbathing on the beach.
30 We say to make mistakes, not to have errors or have mistakes.
My English is okay, but I have a lot of mistakes.
My English is okay, but I make a lot of mistakes.
No te preocupes si te identificas con algunos (o muchos) de ellos, son los errores más comunes que cometemos los hispano hablantes. Anota con los que más te equivocas para repasarlos, pero vuelve a esta lista siempre que lo necesites o tengas dudas.
PS: Si te atreves con más meteduras de pata typical Spanish, lee este post sobre false friends
