Locuciones verbales
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| bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (revise knowledge of) | ponerse al día en loc verb + prep |
| | If you're going to be that picky, I'd better bone up on basic grammar. |
| | Si vas a ser tan selectiva, yo preferiría ponerme al día con la gramática básica. |
| | (ES, coloquial) | empollar⇒ vtr |
| bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (learn about) | repasar⇒ vtr |
| | | revisar⇒ vtr |
| | (MX) | actualizar⇒ vtr |
| | The students boned up on psychology terms before the exam. |
| | (ES) | ponerse al día en loc verb + prep |
| brush up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (refresh knowledge of [sth]) | repasar⇒ vtr |
| | Janice joined the course to brush up on her maths skills. |
| | Janice se anotó en el curso para repasar sus conocimientos de matemáticas. |
| 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. |
| check up on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (observe progress) (AmL) | chequear⇒ vtr |
| | | controlar⇒ vtr |
| | When it's very hot, remember to check up on your elderly neighbors every couple of hours. |
| | Cuando haga mucho calor, acuérdate de chequear a tus vecinos más mayores cada dos horas. |
clue [sb] in on [sth],
also UK: clue [sb] up on [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (inform) | poner a alguien al tanto de loc verb |
| | Can you clue me in on what's going on? |
| creep up on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (approach stealthily) | acercarse sigilosamente v prnl + adv |
| | She startled her sister by creeping up on her and shouting "Boo!" |
| | Asustó a su hermana acercándose sigilosamente y gritando "¡Bu!". |
| creep up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (fact, situation: arrive unforeseen) | sorprender⇒ vtr |
| | | agarrar desprevenido loc verb |
| | You had better start working now; don't let the deadline creep up on you. |
| | Mejor que empieces a trabajar ahora, no dejes que la fecha de entrega te sorprenda. |
| ease up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (treat less harshly) | dejar ser a alguien loc verb |
| | You may find if you ease up a bit on the child she will behave better. |
| | Es posible que si la dejas ser, la niña se comporte mejor. |
| | | tratar mejor a alguien loc verb |
| | Es posible que si la tratas mejor, la niña se comporte mejor. |
| follow up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (investigate) | investigar⇒ vtr |
| | | estudiar⇒ vtr |
| | The detective followed up on the lead. |
| | El detective investigó la pista. |
| gang up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | informal (attack as group) | atacar en grupo loc verb |
| | Every time the teacher makes a mistake, the students gang up on her to point it out. |
| | Cada vez que el profesor se equivoca, los estudiantes lo atacan en grupo. |
| gen up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (become informed about) | ponerse al día con loc verb |
| | | informarse sobre v prnl + prep |
| give up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (abandon: [sb]) | perder la esperanza en loc verb + prep |
| | | abandonar a vtr + prep |
| | Don't give up on me! I just need a little more encouragement. |
| | No pierdas la esperanza en mí; solo necesito algo de ánimo. |
| give up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (abandon: a cause) | abandonar⇒ vtr |
| | (figurado) | dejar atrás loc verb |
| | You should never give up on your dreams. |
| | Nunca debes abandonar tus sueños. |
| hang up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (end phone call) | colgar el teléfono a loc verb + prep |
| | | colgar a vtr + prep |
| pick up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (detect) | percatarse de v prnl + prep |
| | (coloquial) | pillar⇒, captar⇒ vtr |
| | | darse cuenta de loc verb + prep |
| | I made an error in my calculations, but nobody picked up on it. |
| | Nadie se percató del error que cometí en mis cálculos. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Creo que no ha pillado la indirecta, así que tendrás que hablar con ella. |
| pick up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (talk about: [sth] mentioned) | retomar⇒ vtr |
| | Denise picked up on Laura's comment about working mothers. |
| | Denise retomó el comentario de Laura sobre las madres que trabajan. |
| read up on [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (research) | investigar⇒, estudiar⇒ vtr |
| | | documentarse sobre, informarse sobre v prnl + prep |
| | I like to read up on a subject before expressing an opinion. |
| | Me gusta investigar un tema antes de expresar una opinión. |
| sneak up on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (approach stealthily) | acercarse sigilosamente a loc verb |
| | | acercarse a alguien con sigilo loc verb |
| | My brother sneaked up on me and tapped my shoulder, making me jump. |
| sneak up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (arrive unexpectedly) (figurado) | echarse encima de alguien loc verb |
| | | tomar a alguien por sorpresa loc verb |
| | The deadline for the paper will sneak up on students who haven't read the syllabus. |
| | La fecha límite se les echará encima a aquellos estudiantes que no hayan leído el programa. |
| sneak up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (be unexpectedly successful) | ser un éxito inesperado, sorprender por su éxito loc verb |
| | That movie sneaked up on everyone; no one expected it to be so popular. |
| | La película fue un éxito inesperado para todo el mundo. Nadie esperaba que fuese tan popular. |
| stock up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (buy a lot of) | abastecerse de, aprovisionarse de v prnl + prep |
| | | surtirse de v prnl + prep |
| | Andy went to the supermarket to stock up on wine for the party. |
| swot up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (study [sth] hard) | estudiarse todo loc verb |
| | Ron needs to swot up on the Tudor period if he wants to do better in his next history test. |
Compound Forms:
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| beat up on yourself v expr | US, informal (feel guilty or bad) | autoflagelarse⇒ v pron |
| catch [sb] up on [sth] v expr | informal (update [sb] on [sth]) | poner al día a alguien de, poner al día a alguien sobre loc verb |
| | | poner al tanto a alguien de, poner al tanto a alguien sobre loc verb |
| | Lisa's colleagues caught her up on the staff changes that had taken place while she was off sick. |
| choke up on [sth] v expr | (baseball bat: hold higher up) (literal) | sostener el bate más alto loc verb |
| | The player claimed he had better control when he choked up on the bat. |
clued in on [sth],
also UK: clued up on [sth] expr | (well-informed about) | bien informado sobre loc adj |
| end up on the scrap heap v expr | informal, figurative (be discarded) (figurado) | terminar en la basura, acabar en la basura loc verb |
| | | ir a parar a la basura loc verb |
| end up on the scrap heap of history v expr | informal, figurative (be forgotten) | caer en el olvido expr |
| | His well-intentioned efforts have ended up on the scrap heap of history. |
| | Los esfuerzos de sus buenas intenciones han caído en el olvido de la historia. |
| gen [sb] up on [sth] v expr | UK, informal (brief [sb] about [sth]) | poner al día expr |
get out of bed on the wrong side,
get up on the wrong side of the bed v expr | figurative, informal (be irritable) | levantarse con el pie izquierdo expr |
| | | estar irritable loc verb |
| get up on [sth] vi + prep | (move onto [sth], as a stage) | subir a vi + prep |
| | (escena) | salir a vi + prep |
| | An audience member got up on the stage and grabbed the singer's microphone. |
| | Un miembro del público se subió al escenario y agarró el micrófono del cantante. |
| give up on doing [sth] v expr | (abandon: an effort) | dejar de vtr + prep |
| | I gave up on trying to find a good example. |
| | Dejé de buscar un buen ejemplo. |
| have a leg up on [sb] v expr | figurative, informal (have an advantage: over [sb]) | tener ventaja sobre, tener una ventaja sobre loc verb |
| | She's got a leg up on most of the kids in the team, as her dad's a professional player. |
| | Tiene ventaja sobre los demás niños del equipo, ya que su padre es un jugador profesional. |
| hung up on [sth] expr | figurative, slang (preoccupied) (coloquial) | obsesionado con adj + prep |
| | | preocupado por adj + prep |
| | There's no need to get hung up on details - I just want a general overview of the situation. |
| | No hay que estar obsesionado con los detalles, sólo quiero una mirada general de la situación. |
| hung up on [sb] expr | figurative, slang (infatuated) (coloquial) | obsesionado con adj + prep |
| | | no poder sacarse de la cabeza a loc verb |
| | She's still hung up on him after all these years. |
| | Todavía está obsesionada con él después de todos estos años. |
| jacked up on v expr | (stimulated by) (coloquial) | acelerado por participio + prep |
| | | estimulado por participio + prep |
| | | alterado por participio + prep |
| | We were so jacked up on caffeine we had no trouble staying awake during the test. |
| | Estábamos tan acelerados por la cafeína, que no tuvimos problema en quedarnos despiertos durante el examen. |
| let up on [sth] v expr | (stop doing [sth]) | dejar⇒ vtr |
| | | parar⇒ vtr |
| | | abandonar⇒ vtr |
| | The strikers have stated that they will not be letting up on their campaign of action. |
| | Los huelguistas dijeron que no iban a dejar su campaña de acción. |
| let up on [sb] v expr | (stop making difficulties for [sb]) (coloquial) | hacérsela fácil a loc verb |
| | The boss has just given Charlie another pile of work; she never lets up on him. |
| | La jefa le acaba de dar a Charlie otra pila de trabajo, nunca se la hace fácil. |
| mug up on [sth] v expr | UK, informal (study) (figurado, coloquial) | empollar⇒ vtr |
on the up and up,
on the up adv | UK, informal (increasingly successful) | cada vez mejor loc adv |
| | (figurado) | el cielo es el límite expr |
| | Y de ahí en más ya no hay quien nos pare, y el cielo es el límite. |
| | (ES) | subir como la espuma expr |
| | Su fama sube como la espuma. |
| on the up and up adv | US, informal (legitimate, not illegal) | honesta y respetablemente loc adv |
| | Cumplió su pena en la cárcel y cuando salió formó una familia y abrió un negocio y trabajó el resto de su vida honesta y respetablemente. |
be one up on [sb],
be one-up on [sb] v expr | informal (have an advantage over [sb]) | tener ventaja sobre loc verb |
| | | correr con ventaja sobre loc verb |
get one up on [sb],
get one-up on [sb] v expr | informal (obtain an advantage over [sb]) | sacar ventaja de loc verb |
| | | obtener ventaja de loc verb |
pull [sb] up on [sth],
pull [sb] up for [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (reprimand for [sth]) | regañar a alguien por algo, reprender a alguien por algo vtr + prep |
| | (AR, BO, UY) | retar a alguien por algo vtr + prep |
| | Ruth pulled her son up on his bad language. |
| | Ruth regañó a su hijo por su lenguaje inapropiado. |
put on makeup,
put on make-up v expr | (apply cosmetics) | maquillarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (coloquial) | pintarse⇒ v prnl |
| | While driving is not a good time to put on makeup. |
| | Si estás manejando no es precisamente el momento de maquillarse. |
| take [sb] up on [sth] v expr | (accept offer of) | aceptar la oferta de loc verb |
| | | tomar lo que alguien ofrece loc verb |
| | You'll do the work for just £20? Great - I'll take you up on that offer! |
| | ¿Harás el trabajo por solo veinte libras? Bien, acepto tu oferta. |
| | ¿Harás el trabajo por solo veinte libras? Bien, tomo lo que ofreces. |