catch on



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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
catch on vi phrasal informal (person: understand)captar vtr
  comprender, entender vtr
  (figurado, coloquial)agarrar vtr
  (figurado, coloquial)pescar vtr
 I told her that he'd poisoned his wife with arsenic, but she didn't catch on.
 Le comenté que él había envenenado a su esposa con arsénico, pero ella no lo captó.
  (MX, AR, CL, coloquial)cachar vtr
  (AR, coloquial, figurado)cazar vtr
  (ES, coloquial)pillar vtr
 Le comenté que él había envenenado a su esposa con arsénico, pero ella no lo cachó.
catch on vi phrasal informal ([sth]: become popular)ponerse de moda loc verb
  (figurado, coloquial)pegar vi
  (figurado, coloquial)prender vi
 Do you think that the practice of people sewing their own clothing will ever catch on again?
 ¿Crees que la costumbre de que la gente se cosa su propia ropa alguna vez se pondrá de moda de nuevo?
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
catch up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep figurative, informal (compensate for time lost)ponerse al día con expr
 Audrey sighed when she saw that she had to catch up on a huge pile of work.
 Audrey suspiró cuando se dio cuenta de que tenía que ponerse al día con una enorme pila de trabajo.
catch up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep figurative, informal (get up to date)ponerse al día con, ponerse al día de loc verb + prep
  poner al tanto de loc verb + prep
 I phoned my brother to catch up on the latest news back home.
 Hablé por teléfono con mi hermano y me puse al día con todas las novedades y los chismes del pueblo.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
catch fire,
catch on fire,
also UK: catch light,
catch alight,
also US: take fire
v expr
(ignite)prender fuego loc verb
  prender en llamas loc verb
 Gasoline can catch fire very easily.
 If you knock that candle onto the rug, it will catch on fire.
 La gasolina puede prender fuego fácilmente.
  incendiarse v prnl
  prenderse fuego loc verb
 La gasolina puede incendiarse fácilmente.
catch fire,
catch on fire
v expr
figurative (create enthusiasm) (figurado)prender fuego loc verb
  entusiasmar vtr
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