There are some phrasal verbs with a particular meaning. See the next chart.

Phrasal verbs Meaning Translation Example

1 Clean up/tidy up Make Limpiar The children have to
something clean up their room
clean
2 Break into To enter a Forzar The robbers break into
(something) building by my house this morning
force
3 Break up (with Stop the Romper Pablo is very sad
somebody) relationship because he broke up with
his fiancé
4 Drop in Visit somebody Entrar (un My friends just dropped in
for a short time momento) after school, yesterday
Write the When You go to get your
Fill in (a form, a necessary passport, you have to fill
Llenar
5 questionnaire) information on in all the applications
a form forms
6 Get out (of To avoid doing Escapar I want to get out of this
something you something work, but I can’t
have arranged to)
7 Give up Stop doing Darse por I don’t give up all my
something vencido responsibilities
8 Heat up Make hotter Calentar The milk is cold, please,
heat it up
9 Look after Take care of Cuidar de My father has to look after
somebody us when my mother is
away
10 Look for Search for Buscar I don’t know where my
something keys are. I have to look
for them
11 Look out Be careful Estar atento It’s raining! Look out, the
floor is wet
12 Look up Find the Buscar What’s the meaning of
meaning in the plane?
dictionary Look it up in a dictionary
13 Wake up Stop Sleeping Despertar Don’t shout, please!
Amira is sleeping and she
is going to wake up
14 Put off Delay doing Posponer You have an exam
something tomorrow; don’t put off
your studies

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 15 Run out Something that Acabarse My car runs out of petrol, I
is finished need to buy some
16 See To say Despedir When we go to the airport
(somebody)off goodbye to to see the children off
somebody
17 Take (it) out Remove Sacar Take the rubbish out of
the basket and put it
outside, please
18 Try on Try some Probar I like this blouse; I will try
clothes it on
19 Turn down To reduce the Bajar/reducir The music is too loud,
amount of please turn it down
sound
20 Turn off/switch off Stop the power Apagar Hector, if you finish your
from something homework, turn the
computer off

Here you can find several examples:

⮚ My brother and my cousin clean up the kitchen

⮚ My brother and my cousin clean the kitchen up
⮚ My brother and my cousin clean it up

 My brother and my cousin cleaned up the kitchen

 My brother and my cousin cleaned the kitchen up
 My brother and my cousin cleaned it up

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