100 phrasal verbs esenciales: lista completa con ejemplos y PDF

100 phrasal verbs esenciales: domina el inglés cotidiano

Los phrasal verbs son la clave para sonar como un nativo. Combinaciones como give up, look forward to o run out of aparecen constantemente en series, conversaciones y textos. En esta guía definitiva encontrarás los 100 phrasal verbs más usados, organizados por temas y con ejemplos reales.

🎯 En este post aprenderás: La lista completa con significados y ejemplos, cómo agruparlos para memorizarlos mejor, los errores más comunes al usarlos, y 5 ejercicios prácticos para fijar el aprendizaje. Además, encontrarás enlaces a nuestras guías sobre separables vs inseparables y transitivos vs intransitivos.

🔍 ¿Qué son los phrasal verbs y por qué son esenciales?

⚡ Verbo + preposición = nuevo significado

Un phrasal verb es la combinación de un verbo con una preposición (o adverbio) que cambia completamente el significado original. Por ejemplo, look significa «mirar», pero look after significa «cuidar», y look for significa «buscar».

Dato clave: Los nativos usan phrasal verbs en el 70% de las conversaciones informales. Sin ellos, tu inglés sonará muy formal o incluso robótico.

💡 Estrategia de aprendizaje: No intentes memorizar los 100 de golpe. Agrúpalos por categorías: rutina diaria, emociones, trabajo, viajes, etc. En nuestra guía cómo aprender phrasal verbs rápido encontrarás métodos probados para retenerlos.

📋 Lista completa: 100 phrasal verbs esenciales

Los he organizado en 5 grupos para facilitar su estudio. Al final encontrarás una tabla resumen con todos.

1. Rutina diaria y acciones cotidianas (20 phrasal verbs)

get up levantarse
I get up at 7 am every day.

wake up despertarse
She woke up late this morning.

get dressed vestirse
He got dressed quickly.

put on ponerse ropa
Put on your jacket, it’s cold.

take off quitarse ropa
Take off your shoes.

go out salir (de casa/de fiesta)
Let’s go out tonight.

come back volver
When will you come back?

get back regresar
I got back home at 10 pm.

sit down sentarse
Please sit down.

stand up levantarse (de la silla)
Everyone stood up.

turn on encender
Can you turn on the TV?

turn off apagar
Turn off the lights.

pick up recoger
I’ll pick you up at 8.

drop off dejar (a alguien)
She dropped me off at the station.

hurry up darse prisa
Hurry up or we’ll be late.

slow down reducir la velocidad
You need to slow down.

work out hacer ejercicio / resolver
I work out three times a week.

eat out comer fuera
Let’s eat out tonight.

clean up limpiar
Clean up your room.

chill out relajarse
I just want to chill out.

2. Emociones, relaciones y comunicación (20 phrasal verbs)

give up rendirse
Never give up on your dreams.

look after cuidar
She looks after her little brother.

look for buscar
I’m looking for my keys.

look forward to esperar con ilusión
I look forward to meeting you.

get along with llevarse bien
Do you get along with your boss?

fall out with pelearse con
She fell out with her best friend.

make up reconciliarse / inventar
They made up after the argument.

break up terminar una relación
They broke up last week.

go out with salir con (alguien)
He’s going out with Maria.

ask out invitar a salir
He finally asked her out.

call off cancelar
They called off the wedding.

put off posponer
Don’t put off your homework.

talk into convencer
She talked me into buying it.

talk out of disuadir
I talked him out of quitting.

stand up for defender
You must stand up for yourself.

count on contar con
You can count on me.

depend on depender de
It depends on the weather.

rely on confiar en
I rely on my team.

cheer up animarse / alegrar
Cheer up! It’s not that bad.

calm down calmarse
Calm down and breathe.

3. Trabajo, estudio y tecnología (20 phrasal verbs)

carry on continuar
Carry on with your work.

keep up mantener el ritmo
It’s hard to keep up with technology.

catch up ponerse al día
I need to catch up on my emails.

fill in rellenar (un formulario)
Please fill in this form.

hand in entregar (tarea)
I handed in my report.

turn in entregar / irse a dormir
I turned in early last night.

point out señalar, indicar
She pointed out my mistake.

find out descubrir, averiguar
I need to find out the truth.

figure out descifrar, entender
Can you figure out this problem?

go over revisar
Let’s go over the presentation.

look over revisar rápidamente
Could you look over my essay?

set up configurar, montar
I set up the new computer.

shut down apagar (computadora)
Shut down your PC.

log in / log on iniciar sesión
I can’t log in to my account.

log out / log off cerrar sesión
Always log out on public computers.

back up respaldar (archivos)
Back up your files regularly.

print out imprimir
Can you print out this document?

take over tomar el control
Who will take over when you leave?

sign up for inscribirse en
I signed up for the course.

drop out of abandonar (estudios)
He dropped out of college.

4. Viajes, transporte y movimiento (20 phrasal verbs)

set off salir (de viaje)
We set off at 6 am.

take off despegar (avión)
The plane took off on time.

land on aterrizar
We landed on schedule.

check in facturar / registrarse
Let’s check in online.

check out dejar el hotel / ver
We checked out at noon.

get on subir (bus, tren, avión)
I got on the bus.

get off bajar (transporte)
We got off at the wrong stop.

get in subir (coche, taxi)
Get in the car.

get out of bajar (coche, taxi)
I got out of the taxi.

go back volver (a un lugar)
I want to go back to Spain.

come over venir (a casa)
Why don’t you come over?

stop over hacer escala
We stopped over in Dubai.

run away huir, escaparse
The dog ran away.

move in mudarse (a una casa)
We moved in last month.

move out mudarse (de una casa)
He moved out of his parents’ house.

head out dirigirse a / salir
We’re heading out now.

head back volver (en dirección)
Let’s head back home.

speed up acelerar
You need to speed up.

pull over apartar el coche (al borde)
The police made me pull over.

drop by pasar de visita
I’ll drop by your office later.

5. Otros verbos esenciales (20 phrasal verbs)

run out of quedarse sin
We ran out of milk.

come across encontrarse con / parecer
I came across an old photo.

get over superar (enfermedad, ruptura)
It took me months to get over her.

get through superar / comunicarse
I can’t get through to him.

go through pasar por (experiencia)
She’s going through a difficult time.

look up buscar información
Look up the word.

make up inventar / maquillar
He made up an excuse.

turn up aparecer, llegar
He turned up late again.

show up aparecer, presentarse
Only ten people showed up.

end up terminar (haciendo algo)
We ended up staying home.

wind up terminar (involuntariamente)
He wound up losing everything.

cut down on reducir (consumo)
I need to cut down on sugar.

cut off cortar (comunicación, suministro)
We were cut off.

hold on esperar (en teléfono)
Hold on, please.

hang out pasar el rato
I hang out with friends.

join in unirse a (actividad)
Can I join in?

pay back devolver dinero
I’ll pay you back tomorrow.

take care of cuidar, encargarse
I’ll take care of it.

put up with soportar, tolerar
I can’t put up with this noise.

look down on mirar con desprecio
Don’t look down on others.

📊 Tabla resumen: Los 100 phrasal verbs por orden alfabético

Aquí tienes la lista completa para consulta rápida. Recuerda practicar con los ejercicios y consultar nuestras guías sobre separabilidad y transitividad para dominar su uso.

Phrasal Verb	Significado	Phrasal Verb	Significado
ask out	invitar a salir	look after	cuidar
back up	respaldar	look down on	despreciar
break up	terminar relación	look for	buscar
calm down	calmarse	look forward to	esperar con ilusión
carry on	continuar	look over	revisar rápidamente
catch up	ponerse al día	make up	reconciliarse/inventar
check in	facturar/registrarse	move in	mudarse a
check out	dejar hotel/ver	move out	mudarse de
cheer up	animarse	pay back	devolver dinero
chill out	relajarse	pick up	recoger
clean up	limpiar	point out	señalar
come across	encontrarse con	print out	imprimir
come back	volver	pull over	apartar coche
come over	venir a casa	put off	posponer
count on	contar con	put on	ponerse ropa
cut down on	reducir	put up with	soportar
cut off	cortar	rely on	confiar en
depend on	depender de	run away	huir
drop by	pasar de visita	run out of	quedarse sin
drop off	dejar a alguien	set off	salir de viaje
drop out of	abandonar estudios	set up	configurar/montar
eat out	comer fuera	show up	aparecer
end up	terminar haciendo	shut down	apagar PC
fall out with	pelearse con	sign up for	inscribirse
figure out	descifrar	sit down	sentarse
fill in	rellenar	slow down	reducir velocidad
find out	descubrir	speed up	acelerar
get along with	llevarse bien	stand up	levantarse
get back	regresar	stand up for	defender
get dressed	vestirse	stop over	hacer escala
get in	subir (coche)	take care of	cuidar
get off	bajar transporte	take off	despegar/quitarse
get on	subir transporte	take over	tomar control
get out of	bajar (coche)	talk into	convencer
get over	superar	talk out of	disuadir
get through	superar/comunicarse	turn in	entregar/dormir
get up	levantarse	turn off	apagar
give up	rendirse	turn on	encender
go back	volver a lugar	turn up	aparecer
go out	salir	wake up	despertarse
go out with	salir con alguien	wind up	terminar
go over	revisar	work out	ejercicio/resolver
go through	pasar por

🧪 5 Ejercicios prácticos para dominar los phrasal verbs

Ejercicio 1: Completa con el phrasal verb adecuado

Elige entre: give up, look after, run out of, turn off, pick up

Please __________ the lights before leaving.
I need to __________ my children after school.
Don’t __________ on your dreams.
We __________ milk, I need to buy more.
Can you __________ the pizza on your way home?

✅ Ver solución

a) turn off, b) look after, c) give up, d) ran out of, e) pick up

Ejercicio 2: Traduce las siguientes frases al inglés usando phrasal verbs

Me levanto a las 7 cada día.
Estoy deseando verte.
Cancelaron la reunión.
¿Te llevas bien con tus compañeros?
Ella superó la ruptura.

✅ Ver solución

a) I get up at 7 every day. b) I’m looking forward to seeing you. c) They called off the meeting. d) Do you get along with your colleagues? e) She got over the breakup.

Ejercicio 3: Clasifica los siguientes phrasal verbs como separables o inseparables

Lista: turn on, look after, give up, get over, pick up

✅ Ver solución

Separables: turn on (turn the TV on), give up (give up smoking / give it up), pick up (pick the kids up). Inseparables: look after (always together), get over (always together). Para más detalles, visita separables vs inseparables.

Ejercicio 4: Identifica el significado correcto según el contexto

Lee la frase y elige la opción: «I can’t figure out this math problem.»