Different style
Most
phrasal verbs are standard English: e.g. to die out – extinguirse
(especies animales, etc), to bring sth about – causar, etc.
Some
phrasal verbs are colloquial or familiar: to pop in= to enter, to
bump someone off= to kill someone, etc.
Some are
slang: to rat on someone= to inform on someone to the police, to
blimp out on sth. – atracarse de (comida) (Yesterday we blimped out on
pizza)
Some are technical jargon: to clock in/out (at work) (fichar a la entrada y salida del trabajo),
to log in (computers=entrar en el sistema), to sign off (TV)=
despedir la emisión, to zoom in/out (cinema)=acercarse o alejarse con la
cámara, etc.
Some are
not polite: to knock up a woman: to make her pregnant
Some are
taboo: to get it on= to have sex, to get it up= to get an erection,
to jack/jerk off= to masturbate (IAm)(IBr
to wank)
Talking of the phrasal verb "knock sb up", there's a very funny movie called "Knocked Up".
ResponderEliminarI highly recommend it. Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv01Mcdf8rI
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