Phrasal verbs

break
break down	fail to function	romperse, estropearse
	have a physical or mental collapse	sufrir un ataque físico o mental
break in	interrupt a discussion	interrumpir
	burgle	forzar la entrada
	soften with use (shoes)	desgastarse (zapatos)
break off	discontinue (therapy, relationship)	poner fin (terapia, relación)
break out	escape from prison, begin suddenly	fugarse/estallar
break up	end a relationship	cortar (en una relación)

bring
bring about	cause to happen	ocasionar, dar lugar a
bring forth	give birth to	crear, producir, hacer, nacer
bring forward	draw attention to sth	presentar, exponer
bring on	cause to happen or appear	provocar, suscitar, desatar (una acción)
bring round	persuade	convencer, engatusar
	cause to recover consciousness	reanimar
bring up	rear, educate a child	criar, educar
	mention	sacar a relucir
	vomit	vomitar, devolver

call
call back	return a phone call	devolver una llamada
call for	require	pedir, requerir
call in	communicate by phone	llamar (por teléfono)
	consult a specialist	consultar (a un especialista)
call off	cancel	cancelar
call out	read names aloud	llamar
	order workers to strike	convocar (una huelga)
call on	request sb to do sth	hacer un llamamiento
call up	reach by phone	llamar (por teléfono)
	summon for military services	llamar a filas, reclutar

carry
carry away	remove	llevarse, quitar
	inspire, affect emotionally	inspirar, afectar emocionalmente
carry off	take away (by force)	llevarse, robar
	win	sacar adelante, llevar a buen puerto
	remove, degrade (earth)	quitar, degradar
carry on	continue	continuar
carry out	accomplish, make	llevar a cabo, cumplir
carry through	complete	llevar a término
	bring out of difficulties	sostener, ayudar a sobrellevar o a superar

come
come about	happen, to be achieved	suceder, ocurrir
come across	find/meet by chance	encontrarse, toparse con
come after	follow	seguir, ir después
come at	attack	atacar
	reach, discover	llegar a, alcanzar
come back	return	volver
come by	pass, go past, visit	pasarse por
	buy, get	conseguir, adquirir
come down	fall (price)	desmoronarse (precio)
come down to	mean, signify	ser cuestión de
come down with	fall sick with	caer enfermo, pillar (una enfermedad)
come in	enter, be received	entrar
	prove to be	venir al caso
come in for	receive, be object of (criticism)	hacerse acreedor de
come off	become detached	salir de, dejar
come out	become known, be published	salir a la luz
	be removed (stain)	quitarse (mancha)
come over	come from a distance	venir, venirse de
come round	visit sb	visitar (a alguien)
	recover consciousness	volver en sí
come to	amount to	alcanzar (una suma)
	arrive/reach a place	llegar (a un sitio)
come up	be mentioned/discussed	plantear, mencionar
	(problem) arise	surgir (un problema)
come up against	be faced with (problems)	vérselas con (un problema)
come upon	find/meet by chance	toparse con
come up to	match (a standard)	cumplir con
come up with	produce an idea	inventar, elaborar una idea

do
do away with	abolish	eliminar, acabar con
	kill	deshacerse de, cargarse a
do up	dress up	arreglarse
	fasten, secure (clothing)	abrochar
	renovate, repair	remodelar, renovar
do with	need	hacer falta
do without	not require	apañarse sin

fall
fall apart	fall into pieces	caerse a pedazos, deshacerse
fall behind	fail to keep up pace	quedarse atrás
fall for	be in love with	enamorarse de
	be deceived by	dejarse engañar
fall in with	meet by chance	encontrarse, toparse con
	coincide with	quedar de acuerdo con
fall off	decrease	disminuir
	drop from	caerse de
fall out (with)	quarrel	enfadarse, enojarse con
fall through	fail, miscarry	fracasar
fall to	start an activity eagerly	comenzar, ponerse a hacer algo

get
get across	communicate (an idea)	comunicar, hacer entender
get along	be on good terms with somebody	llevarse bien
get away	escape	escapar
get away with	escape (punishment)	salir impune
get by	manage, cope	arreglárselas, apañárselas
get down to	turn one’s attention to sth	observar con atención
get in	enter (car, taxi)	subirse a (coche, taxi...)
get off	disembark (bus, train etc.)	bajar de (autobús, tren)
get on	enter (bus, train etc.)	subir a (autobús, tren)
get out	disembark (car, taxi)	bajarse de (coche, taxi)
get over	recover (illness, upset)	recuperarse, curarse
get through	pass (an exam)	aprobar (un examen)
	be connected on the phone	comunicarse con (por teléfono)
get to	reach	llegar a
get up	rise from bed after sleeping	levantarse

go
go against	be contrary to (principles, rules)	ir en contra de
go along with	take the same view	estar de acuerdo con
go away	depart	irse
go down	become less	disminuir
	decrese in price	caer (precio)
	sink (ship)	hundirse (barco)
	set (sun)	ponerse (el sol)
go for	pick up, go and get	ir por algo
go off	explode	explotar
	deteriorate (food)	echarse a perder, pasarse (comida)
	begin to sound (alarm)	sonar, dispararse (alarma)
go on	continue	continuar
go out	leave the house	salir, irse
	on strike	declararse (en huelga)
go over	inspect the details of sth	examinar, revisar
go past	pass	pasar por delante
go round	visit informally	pasarse por
go through	deal with	llevar algo a cabo
	discuss in detail	repasar, revisar
	experience sth (usually bad)	sufrir, aguantar, soportar
go up	increase in price	subir (precio)
	explode	estallar
go with	match	combinar con, hacer juego con

keep
keep away	prevent from / avoid being near	mantener alejado
keep back	withhold	contener
keep down	not to increase	no levantar
keep off	avoid (a topic)	evitar (un tema)
	stay away	mantenerse fuera de
keep on	not stopping doing sth	seguir, continuar (haciendo)
keep up	continue, carry on	seguir, continuar
keep up with	not to fall behind sb	seguir el ritmo de

look
look after	take care of	ocuparse de
look down on	regard with a feeling of superiority	menospreciar (a alguien)
look for	seek	buscar
look forward to	anticipate with pleasure	estar deseando
look into	investigate (a crime)	investigar
look on	be a spectator	mirar (como espectador)
	regard	considerar
look out	be careful	tener cuidado
look over	inspect hastily	echar una ojeada
look through	pretend not to see	ignorar (a alguien)
	examine the contents of sth	registrar, buscar entre
look up	consult a reference book	buscar (una palabra)
look up to	respect	respetar, admirar

make
make for	have/produce a particular effect	dar lugar a, provocar
make off	run away	huir, escapar
make out	recognise, distinguish	reconocer, distinguir, divisar
make up	constitute, form	componer
	invent a lie	inventarse (algo)
	put together, prepare	hacer, preparar
make up for	compensate	compensar
	regain (time)	recuperar (tiempo perdido)

put
put across	express in an understandable way	expresar (de forma clara)
put back	put sth to its proper place	colocar de nuevo en su sitio
	lay money aside for the future	ahorrar (dinero)
	move back the hands of a clock	retrasar (el reloj)
put by	save for later use	apartar, ahorrar
put down	repress	reprimir, sofocar
	write down	anotar, apuntar
	store (food)	almacenar (comida)
put down to	give as a reason, attribute to	atribuir a
put forward	move forward the hands of a clock	adelantar (el reloj)
	suggest, propose	proponer
put in for	be a candidate for an election	solicitar (empleo)
put on	dress oneself with	ponerse (ropa)
	tease	engañar
	gain (weight)	engordar
put off	postpone	posponer
put out	extinguish (a fire, light)	apagar (fuego, luz)
put through	connect sb by phone	poner en línea, pasar, comunicar con (teléfono)
put up	build	construir
	raise (hand)	levantar (la mano)
	provide accomodation for	alojar, hospedar
	offer for sale	poner a la venta
put up with	tolerate, accept	tolerar

run
run after	chase	perseguir
run away	escape, flee	escapar
run down	knock down, collide with	atropellar
	feel weak due to overwork	desgastarse
run in	imprison	detener (encarcelar)
run into	meet by chance	toparse con
run off	escape, flee	escapar, huir
run out	run outside	salir corriendo
	become used up	agotarse
run out of	exhaust one’s stock	quedarse sin
run over	overflow	rebosar, derramarse
	study quickly	leer por encima
	pass over, knock down	atropellar
run up against	meet with difficulties	tener que vérselas con alguien

set
set aside	reserve for later use	reservar, guardar
set back	hinder, slow down a progress	retrasar
set down	write down	dejar por escrito
set off	cause to explode	hacer estallar
	start a journey	partir
set out	set an activity with a particular aim	disponer
set up	start business	poner en marcha (un negocio)

take
take after	follow sb as an example	tener a alguien de ejemplo
	resemble in appearance	parecerse a
take down	write down	apuntar
take in	understand (meaning)	entender
	deceive	tomar el pelo
take off	undress	quitarse (la ropa)
	begin flight (plane)	despegar (avión)
take to	develop a habit	aficionarse a, tomar la costumbre de
take up	continue, proceed	continuar con
	become interested in	involucrarse en
take up with	begin to associate with	unirse, juntarse (con alguien)

turn
turn down	diminish the intensity	bajar (el volumen)
	reject	rechazar
turn in	hand in	entregar
turn off	switch off	apagar
turn on	switch on	encender
turn out	switch off	apagar
turn over	bring the reverse side up	dar la vuelta (a algo)
turn up	increase the intensity	aumentar, subir (el volumen)
	make an appearance	aparecer