EL VERBO "TO GET"

"To get" puede emplearse en diversas estructuras y tiene varios significados.

"TO GET" + OBJETO DIRECTO = OBTENER, RECIBIR, COMPRAR

I got my passport last week. (obtener)

She got her driving license last week. (obtener)

They got permission to live in Switzerland. (obtener)

I got a letter from my friend in Nigeria. (recibir)

He gets $1,000 a year from his father. (recibir)

She got a new coat from Zappaloni in Rome. (comprar)

We got a new television for the sitting room. (comprar)

"TO GET" + EXPRESIN DE LUGAR = ALCANZAR, LLEGAR A UN SITIO

How are you getting home tonight?

We got to London around 6 p.m.

What time will we get there?

When did you get back from New York?

"TO GET" + ADJETIVO = DENOTA UN CAMBIO DE ESTADO

I am getting old.

It's getting hotter.

By the time they reached the house they were getting hungry.

I'm getting tired of all this nonsense.

My mother's getting old and needs looking after.

It gets dark very early in the winter.

Don't touch the stove until is gets cool.

OTRAS EXPRESIONES CON "GET"

"Do you get it" significa lo entiendes?

Do you get what the teacher was explaining in class?

"He's getting dinner tonight" significa que l est preparando la cena.

You can relax. It's my turn to get dinner tonight.
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"I'll get the bill" significa que yo voy a pagar la cuenta.

Put your wallet away! I'll get the bill.

"That really gets me!" significa que eso me irrita.

It really gets me when my sister shows up late.

"To get rid of something" significa deshacerse de algo.

I'm going to get rid of all these old newspapers.

"To get out of bed on the wrong side" significa estar de mal humor.
He got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning and he's been horrible all
day.

"To get your own back" significa vengarse o castigar a alguien.

She's getting her own back for all those rude things you said at the party last
night.
"TO GET" + PREPOSICIN O ADVERBIO
"PHRASAL VERBS" CON DIVERSOS SIGNIFICADOS

to get at
to get
away with
to get by
to get
down

to get off

to get on
to get on
with
to get out
of
to get over

intentar expresar
evitar el castigo por un
delito o mala accin
arreglrselas
(econmicamente)
deprimirse, descender

I think I see what you're getting at. I agree.

I can't believe you got away with cheating on
that test!
Sam doesn't earn much, but we get by.

bajarse de un medio de
transporte (tren, bus,
bicicleta, avin)
1. entrar o sentarse en un
medio de transporte (tren,
bus, bicicleta, avin)
2. llevarse bien con alguien
seguir con, ponerse a hacer

We got off the train just before the bomb

exploded.

evitar hacer algo, en especial

una obligacin o deber
recuperarse (de una
enfermedad, una sorpresa)

This rain is really getting me down.

1. He got on his bicycle and rode down the

street.
2. Amy and I really get on well.
I have so much homework, I'd better get on
with it.
She got out of the washing-up every day, even
when it was her turn.
Have you gotten over your cold yet?

to get
through

usar o terminar provisiones

to get up

levantarse de la cama
hacer (normalmente, algo
malo)

to get up
to

We've got through all the sugar. Can you buy

some more?
He gets up at 6.00 a.m. every morning.
The children are very quiet. I wonder what
they're getting up to.