New Guide to Phrasal Verbs

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by  Rosset, Eduardo

New Guide to Phrasal Verbs
English to Spanish
Written by/ Escrito por:
Eduardo Rosset
Miembro del Colegio de Licenciados de
Filosoffa y Letras de Euskadi
Published by / Editado por:
Editorial Stanley
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Angela Gomez Martin
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Preface
Guide to Phrasal Verbs has been designed for both English
and Spanish students. In these pages, English speakers will find
an exhaustive list of phrasal verbs along with various sugges-
tions on how to translate them into Spanish. Most of the verbs
are illustrated by example sentences when this clarifies their
meaning and usage.
Spanish speakers - who undoubtedly have difficulty grasping
the meaning of verbs that change completely with the addition
of different prepositions or adverbs - will also benefit from the
many practical examples in both languages.
This book provides a detailed reference guide to phrasal verbs.
For students wishing to master these strange but indispensable
verbs thoroughly, Stanley also publishes a companion volume,
Phrasal Verbs - Exercises, which is complete with answer key.
Prologo
El libro New Guide to Phrasal verbs es un libro disenado tanto
para estudiantes ingleses como espanoles. En estas paginas, los
anglohablantes encontraran una lista exhaustiva de verbos fra-
sales junto con varias sugerencias sobre como traducirlas al
espanol. La mayor parte de los verbos van acompanados por
frases que sirven como ejemplos cuando es necesario clarificar
su significado y uso.
Los hispanohablantes -que, sin duda,tendran dificultades tratan-
do de entender el sentido de verbos que cambian su significado
al anadir diferentes preposiciones o adverbios-, tambien se
beneficiaran de muchos ejemplos practicos en ambos idiomas.
Este libro porporciona una detallada guia de los verbos frasales.
Para los estudiantes que deseen dominar estos verbos, Stanley
ha publicado un libro de ejercicios, Using Phrasal Verbs con
solucionario.
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guide to phrasal verbs add up

A he is acting on instinct, se guia por el
instinto.
• abide soportar, aguantar, tolerar the machine acts on the propeller, la
• abide by acatar; someterse a; atenerse maquina impulsa la helice.
a; cumplir (promesas). • act upon afectar a, atacar, obrar segun.
you have to abide by the rules, tienes drugs act upon the brain, las drogas
que acatar las reglas. afectan al cerebro.
we shall abide by your decision, acid acts upon metal, el acido ataca el
acataremos su decision. metal.
they always abide by their promises, he acts upon principle, obra segun sus
siempre cumplen sus promesas. principios.
they did not abide by the terms of the « act out representar (hasta el final),
treaty, no respetaron los terminos del expresar, vivir.
tratado. he acted out a macabre drama,
• account considerar, creer. represento un drama macabro hasta el
• account for responder de; explicar; final.
justificar; dar razon de; acabar con; • act up travesear (persona), hacer de las
matar; liquidar, destruir. suyas; fallar (coche).
you must account for your acts, debes this computer's acting up again, este
responder de tus actos. ordenador ya esta haciendo de las
/ have to account for every penny I suyas otra vez.
spend, tengo que dar cuentas de cada the children were acting up because
penique que gasto. their mother wasn't there, los nifios
that accounts for it, eso lo explica. estaban dando guerra porque su madre
$800 remains to be accounted for, aun no estaba alii.
no se han dado explicaciones sobre el • acquaint with informar, poner al tanto
destino de 800 dolares. she acquainted him with the facts, le
the torpedo accounted for the boat, el informo de los hechos.
torpedo destruyo el barco. she decided to acquaint herself with all
there's no accounting for taste, sobre the details, decidio familiarizarse con
gustos no hay nada escrito. todos los detalles.
all the passengers are now accounted
• add sumar, anadir, agregar, echar,
for, ya conocemos la suerte de todos
contribuir (fondos).
los pasajeros.
• add in anadir, echar, incluir.
• ache doler. she added in some salt, echo un poco
• ache for suspirar, anhelar, ansiar de sal.
my heart aches for her, suspiro por ella. • add on ampliar.
• ache to anhelar, anorar. they're planning to add on to the gallery,
I'm aching to see her again, estoy estan pensando ampliar la galerfa.
deseando verla de nuevo. the garage was added on at a later
he was aching to confess the truth, se date, el garaje fue construido
moria de ganas de confesar la verdad. posteriormente.
• act representar, hacer el papel; actuar; • add to aumentar, realzar, acrecentar.
fingir. it only added to their problems, solo
• act as hacer las funciones de, actuar aumento sus problemas.
como. • add together sumar.
he was acting as ambassador, estaba you only have to add two and two
de embajador, hacia de embajador. together, solo tienes que sumar dos y
» act for representar a uno, hablar por uno. dos.
he is acting for our firm, actua en • add up sumar, cuadrar, tener sentido.
nombre de nuestra empresa. add up these two numbers!, /suma
» act on actuar sobre, guiarse por, impulsar. estos dos numeros/
acid acts on metal, el acido actua sobre this doesn't add up, esto no tiene
el metal. sentido.
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/ can't get the accounts to add up, the army advanced on the town, el
no consigo que me cuadren las ejercito se dirigio a la ciudad.
cuentas. old age is fast advancing on me, los
add up to sumar, ascender, querer afios se me estan echando encima
decir, equivaler a. rapidamente.
it doesn't add up to much, no asciende
• advise aconsejar, recomendar.
a mucho/no es importante.
* advise of informar de.
what their attitude adds up to is an
he advised us of the event, nos
unwillingness to help, lo que demuestra
informo sobre el acontecimiento.
su actitud es que no quieren ayudar.
please advise us of any change of
address dirigir, dirigirse a. address, sirvase informarnos de
address oneself to ponerse a trabajar, cualquier cambio de direccion.
aplicarse a. have you been advised of your rights?
he addressed himself to the job, se i.le han informado de sus derechos?
puso a trabajar. * advise on ser asesor en.
address as tratar a alguien de, dar un he advises on medical law, es asesor
tratamiento. en jurisprudencia medica.
she addressed him as 'sir', ella le trato
• agree consentir, aceptar, acceder a,
de 'senor'.
estar de acuerdo con.
she likes to be addressed as, Doctor
« agree to acordar, acceder a.
McHugh, le gusta que se dirijan a ella
the bank has agreed to lend me some
como Doctora McHugh.
money, el banco ha accedido a
address by dar a uno el tratamiento
prestarme algun dinero.
debido.
they wanted to get married but their
you must address him by his title,
parents wouldn't agree to it, se querfan
debes darle el tratamiento debido.
casar, pero sus padres no lo consentfan.
adhere adherirse, pegarse. »» agree with
adhere to adhirirse a, observar, cumplir I ate something that didn't agree with
con. me, comi algo que me sento mal.
she has always adhered firmly to Garlic doesn't agree with me, el ajo me
socialist principles, siempre se ha sienta mal.
mantenido fiel a los principios the climate here doesn't agree with
socialistas. me, el clima aquf no me sienta bien.
you must adhere to your promise,
• aim apuntar.
tienes que mantener tu promesa.
* aim at apuntar a, aspirar a, pretender,
admit admitir, dejar entrar, aceptar, ambicionar.
hacer pasar, reconocer, confesar. aim at the white circle, apunta a I
admit of admitir, dar lugar a, permitir, cfrculo bianco.
caber. what are you aiming at?, da que aspiras?
it admits of no other explanation, no the law is aimed at reducing
cabe otra explicacion. unemployment, el objetivo de la ley es
it admits of one interpretation only, disminuir el desempleo.
solo admite una interpretacion. the talks were aimed at ending the
admit to confesarse culpable de. strike, las conversaciones tenfan como
he admits to the crime, se confiesa objetivo acabar con la huelga.
culpable del delito. » aim for dirigirse a, tener como objetivo.
/ admit to feeling ill, confieso que me let's aim for Bristol first, vamos a
siento mal. Bristol primero.
advance avanzar, adelantar, proponer, we're aiming for a share of the market,
exponer, presentar. tenemos como objetivo una porcion del
advance on acercarse de modo mercado.
amenazador. we must aim for total elimination of
he advanced on me, across the room, the disease, nuestro objetivo debe ser
se acerco amenazadoramente a mi. la total erradicacion de la enfermedad.
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guide to phrasal verbs ask along
« aim to aspirar a, tener la intencion de. he's always angling for compliments,
I aim to become a doctor, aspiro a ser siempre esta buscando que le halaguen.
medico. • answer contestar, responder.
we aim to go tomorrow, tenemos la » answer back responder, contestar con
intencion de ir manana. impertinencia.
• allow permitir, conceder, asignar, children at school mustn't answer back,
aplicar, dar, pagar, autorizar. en el colegio los ninos no deben
allow for tener en cuenta, dejar un replicar/ser impertinentes.
margen para. » answer for responder de, ser
allowing for his inexperience, he has responsable de.
done very well, teniendo en cuenta they've got a lot to answer for, son
su falta de experiencia, lo ha hecho responsables de muchas cosas.
muy bien. they will have to answer for what
we must allow for expenses, debemos they've done, van a tener que
dejar un margen para gastos. responder de lo que han hecho.
they had not allowed for this additional his parents have a lot to answer for,
expense, no habfan previsto este gasto sus padres tienen mucha culpa.
extra. • answer to responder a, corresponder a,
buy a large one to allow for shrinkage, obedecer a.
compra uno grande por si encoge. it answers to the description,
corresponde a la descripcion.
• amount to sumar, equivaler, venir a ser,
the cat answers to the name of Squeak,
significar; ascender, alcanzar, llegar a.
el gato responde al nombre de Squeak.
your argument doesn't amount to
much, tu argumento no vale mucho. • apply aplicar, poner, echar, recurrir,
it amounted to millions, sumaba emplear.
millones. • apply for solicitar.
you'll never amount to anything, nunca he applied for a job, solicito un puesto
llegaras a ser nada. de trabajo.
production amounted to a hundred tons, they applied to a charitable
la produccion ascendio a cien toneladas. organization for help, pidieron ayuda a
this speech amounts to a declaration of una organizacion benefica.
war, este discurso viene a ser una • argue discutir, razonar, sostener, arguir,
declaracion de guerra. mantener.
it all amounts to the same thing, viene • argue around convencer.
a ser lo mismo. they managed to argue me around,
her silence amounted to an admission consiguieron convencerme.
of guilt, su silencio era practicamente • argue into convencer, persuadir.
una admision de culpabilidad. they argued him into joining them, le
• angle ladear, sesgar. convencieron para que se uniese a ellos.
« angle towards presentar bajo una luz • argue out discutir.
especial. you'll have to argue the details out
the article is angled towards non- with her, vas a tener que discutir los
specialists, el articulo esta dirigido a detalles con ella (hasta llegar a un
los no profesionales. acuerdo).
the story was angled towards showing • ask preguntar, demandar, pedir.
their actions in the best possible light, • to ask after preguntar por, interesarse
el articulo estaba sesgado a favor de por.
su gestion. she was asking after you, pregunto
• angle for tratar de conseguir por ti.
he's clearly angling for the job, esta he asked after your health, se intereso
tratando de conseguir el trabajo. por tu salud.
she's been angling for an invitation to • ask along invitar.
the party, ha estado intentando que la we were asked along, nos invitaron a ir
inviten a la fiesta. con ellos.
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to ask around invitar a casa. I must just attend to the cooking,
/ asked them around for a meal, los tengo que ocuparme de la comida.
invite a comer. • average out salir a una media de.
to ask back invitar a casa. the expenses averaged out at twenty
/ asked her back for a coffee, la invite pounds a day, el promedio de gastos
a casa a tomar un cafe. fue de veinte libras diarias.
to ask for pedir, preguntar por. our speed averaged out at about 60 mph,
/ asked for another book, pedi otro hicimos una media de 60 millas por hora.
libro. they average out to the same figure,
how much are they asking for the dan de promedio la misma cifra.
house?, <Lcuanto piden por la casa? it all averages out in the end, al final,
she asked her brother for the key, le una cosa compensa la otra.
pidio la Have a su hermano.
ask in invitar a entrar, hacer pasar.
we were all asked in, nos invitaron a B ..- ••:•-
B
pasar a todos.
to ask out invitar a salir.
• back apoyar, respaldar, defender,
have you asked her out yet?, <Lya la
favorecer.
has invitado a salir?
back away dar un paso hacia atras.
it was the first time he asked her out, era
they backed away afraid, retrocedieron
la primera vez que la invitaba a salir.
asustados.
ask round invitar.
he backed away from the dog,
she asked me round to dinner, me
retrocedio, apartandose del perro.
invito a cenar.
back down rajarse, echarse atras,
• arrange arreglar, ordenar, organizar, volverse atras.
disponer, fijar, senalar, decidir, planear, they backed down, se rajaron.
adaptar, tomar medidas, concertar. she never backs down, even when it's
arrange for asegurarse que sucede, obvious she's wrong, nunca cede, aun
hacer que algo suceda, pedir. cuando es evidente que esta equivocada.
he arranged for a car to meet her at back off dar marcha atras, retirarse,
the station, hizo que la esperara un dejar en paz.
coche en la estacion. back off, will you?, <Lquieres dejarme
you can arrange for a telephone in en paz?
your room, puede pedir que le instalen they backed off, se retiraron.
un telefono en su habitacion. back on to dar a.
I arranged for a taxi to pick them up, my house backs on to the park, mi
pedf un taxi para que los recogiera. casa da al parque.
• attend asistir. the hotel backs on to the river, la parte
attend to atender, verse las caras, de atras del hotel da al no.
ocuparse de. back out salir marcha atras; retirarse,
she is attending to a customer, esta volverse atras.
atendiendo a un cliente. he backed his car out of the garage,
I'll attend to you later, luego nos salio del garaje marcha atras.
veremos las caras. it's too late to back out now, ya es
a nurse attended to the wounded, una demasiado tarde para volverse
enfermera atendia a los heridos. atras.
attend on/upon servir, estar al servicio all his partners backed out, todos sus
de. socios se retiraron.
the waiter is attending on/upon that * back up dar marcha atras; respaldar
table, el camarero esta sirviendo esa defender; retrasar, demorar.
mesa. you can back up another two yards,
/ must get this tooth attended to, puedes retroceder otras dos yardas.
tengo que hacerme ver esta there is nobody backing us up, no nos
muela. respalda nadie.
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guide to phrasal verbs bargain away
they didn't back up my story, no he was banging about the kitchen,
apoyaron mi version de los hechos. andaba por la cocina haciendo ruido.
he backed up his theory with hard « bang away disparar estrepitosamente;
facts, presento hechos concretos que dar martillazos, aporrear.
respaldan su teoria. he was banging away at the piano,
her account is backed up by evidence, estaba aporreando el piano.
hay pruebas que confirman su version. he's been banging away at the
• bail afianzar, poner en libertad bajo typewriter all day, se ha pasado todo el
fianza; achicar; empacar, embalar, dfa dale que dale con la maquina de
hacer fardos. escribir.
• bail out saltar en paracaidas. the big guns banged away, los canones
he bailed out of the burning plane, se tronaban.
» bang down colgar el telefono de golpe,
tiro en paracaidas del avion en llamas.
he was bailed out, salio bajo fianza. dejar caer con fuerza.
I'll bail you out, te echare un cable. he banged down the receiver, colgo el
he bailed the water out of the boat, telefono de golpe.
achico el agua del bote. he banged the book down on the table,
arrojo el libro sobre la mesa.
• balance mantener el equilibrio.
« bang into chocarse.
•• balance out compensar(se).
they banged into each other, se
it all balances out in the end, a I final
chocaron.
una cosa compensa la otra.
he stumbled and banged into the wall,
the losses and the gains balance one
tropezo y se dio contra la pared.
another out, las perdidas y las
• bang out tocar ruidosamente.
ganancias se compensan.
the village band banged out the music,
• band atar, fajar, poner bandas en, rayar. la banda del pueblo tocaba
her hair was banded with a ribbon, ruidosamente la musica.
llevaba el pelo sujeto or recogido con bang together hacer chocar.
una cinta. I'll bang your heads together, os voy a
band together juntarse, asociarse, dar un coscorron a los dos.
formar pandillas. • bang up estropear.
all the boys banded together, todos los the whole business was banged up,
chicos formaron una pandilla. todo el negocio se fue a pique.
• bandy cambiar, intercambiar. • bank ladearse; depositar, ingresar.
• bandy about rumorearse, hacer circular. ». bank on contar con.
the rumors being bandied about are we're banking on you, contamos
untrue, los rumores que circulan por contigo.
ahi no son ciertos. the decision may go our way, but I
it's a phrase that's bandied about a lot wouldn't bank on it, puede que decidan
nowadays, es una frase que se maneja a nuestro favor, pero yo no me
mucho hoy en dfa. confiarfa demasiado.
/ don't know who the new manager will he was banking on her to get him out
be, but several names are being of the mess, confiaba en que ella lo
bandied about, no se quien sera el sacarfa del apuro.
nuevo director, pero se estan we were banking on them accepting
barajando varios nombres. our offer, contabamos con que
• bang volar, hacer estallar; dar golpes aceptarfan nuestra oferta.
en, golpear. • bank up amontonarse.
bang about/around maltratar; clouds are banking up, se estan
moverse ruidosamente. amontonando las nubes.
don't bang the radio about, no golpees • bargain regatear; negociar; ofrecer;
la radio. trocar.
don't bang about the place, no metas « bargain away regalar, echar por la
tanto ruido. borda.
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