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Common Phrasal Verbs
Common Phrasal Verbs (look after, give up, get along...)
| Phrasal Verb | Portuguese | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Give up (sth. - something) | Desistir | Don't give up your studies. |
| Break up (with sb. - somebody) | Acabar uma relação | Mary broke up with her fiancé. |
| Look after (sth. or sb.) | Cuidar | She looks after my baby while I am working. |
| Call off (sth.) | Cancelar | They've just called off the meeting. |
| Put off (sth.) | Adiar | We're not ready. He need to put off the meeting. |
| Give in (on sth. or sb.) | Ceder / Submeter-se | Someone's got to give in or you'll end up with a divorce. |
| Go on / Carry on (on sth.) | Avançar / Prosseguir | You've been doing great. Carry on! |
| Get away | Fugir/Desaparecer | He got away from jail. |
| Turn out | Resultar em / Acabar por provar ser... | The event turned out to be quite interesting. |
| Pass out | Desmaiar/Perder os sentidos | She passed out, but now she is ok. |
| Turn into | Transformar-se | Let's not turn the situation into more than it is. |
| Look up (for sth.) | Procurar (ex. no dicionário) | Can you look up that word in the dictionary for me, please? |
| Fill in (sth. or sb.) | Preencher (ex. documento) / Pôr (alguém) ao corrente da situação | I need to fill in this document before I get in. |
| Put up with (sth. or sb.) | Aturar | I don't have to put up with that for much longer. |
| Pull (sth.) through | Conseguir ser bem sucedido (em algo difícil) | They pull the surgery through. They were awesome. |
| Get in, on / out, off (swhr - somewhere) | Entrar / Sair | Get in the car. |
| Pick up (sth.) | Apanhar / Perceber, Aprender | I picked up the toys from the floor. |
| Go back (swhr) | Voltar | He was an artist and his only dream was one day to go back home and paint. |
| Go out (swhr or with sb.) | Sair | When couples start dating they usually go out on the town and have dinner. |
| Point out (sth.) | Destacar / Salientar | Most of these rules, I should point out, were created to protect you. |
| Find out | Descobrir | One of the best ways to learn is to find out how other people do things. |
| Get on / along (with sb.) | Dar-se bem com alguém / Continuar / Avançar | Mary and Susan really get on/along very well. |
| Watch out (with sth.) | Ter cuidado com | Watch out! That car was totally out of his lane! |
| Come up (with sth.) | Surgir espontaneamente | He came up with a great idea! |
| Hurry up | Despachar-se | Hurry up or we'll miss the bus. |
| Wake up | Acordar | I always wake up at 7 am. |
| Get up | Levantar-se | I don't like getting up too early. |
| Keep up (sth.) | Continuar, persistir | Keep up the good work! |
| Take care (of sth. or sb.) | Cuidar(-se) | I have to go now. Take care. |
| Go back / Come back | Voltar (ir de novo / regressar) | We need to go back to pick him up. |
| Pass away | Falecer | His friend Joseph passed away last week. |
| Move in / out | Mudar-se (para cá/para fora) | He's moving out in a few days. |
| Look for | Procurar | I'm looking for a very specific product. |
| Catch up | Recuperar. Atingir o mesmo ponto de algo/alguém | He was off school for a while and is finding it hard to catch up. |
| Come in / Go in | Entrar (vir lá de fora cá para dentro) / Entrar (ir cá de fora lá para dentro) | Please, come in! |
| Give back | Devolver | I'll give it back to you later. |
| Put on | Pôr/vestir (roupa, calçado, acessórios) | Put on your shoes. |
| Show up | comparecer num sítio/evento | She didn't show up to work. |
| Take off | tirar/despir/descalçar-se | Take off your shoes. |
| Try on | experimentar (ex. roupa) | Try it on! |
| Turn on/Switch on | Ligar | Turn on the TV. |
| Turn off/Switch off | Desligar | Turn it off. |
| Turn up | Aumentar (ex. volume ou ac) | Turn it up, I want to listen to this. |
| Turn down | Baixar (ex. volume ou ac); recusar uma proposta | Turn down the AC, it's too hot in here. |
| Work out | Fazer exercício no ginásio; Chegar a uma solução. | I don't like to work out. |
| Look forward to [+ -ing] (sth.) | Ansiar com expectativa | I really look forward to meeting with you face to face next week. |
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