El phrasal verb es una combinación
de verbo + partícula (preposición / adverbio). La partícula
hace cambiar el significado del verbo. En
inglés se utilizan hasta 5.000 phrasal verbs.
Los verbos más utilizados en la
formación de phrasal verbs son:
to come, to get, to go, to look,
to make, to put, to take
Las párticulas que suelen acompañar
a estos verbos son:
about, around, away, back, down,
for, in, into, off, on, out, over, through, up, with,
Phrasal verbs:
"To Break"
Atención:
(tr.): Transitivo, va acompañado
de complemento directo
(intr.) Intransitivo, no lleva complemento
directo
To break down (tr.): Derribar algo
utilizando la fuerza
The police broke down the door
to get into the house
To break down (tr.): Dividir un
total en diferentes subrgrupos
Could you break down the total
sales of your company into countries?
To break down (intr.): Derrumbarse
una persona física o mentalmente
When he heard about his father's
death he broke down
To break down (intr.): Dejar una
máquina de funcionar
Last Sunday, coming back from
the beach my car broke down
To break in (intr.) / into
(tr.): entrar en un sitio utilizando la fuerza para robar
The robbers broke into the bank
during the night
To break in (intr.) / into
(tr.): Interrumpir a alguien que está hablando de forma descortés
(Inglés americano)
When the teacher was explaining
the lesson one student broke in with a stupid remark
To break off (tr. / intr.): Separar
un trozo de algo
A big branch broke off and fell
onto the car
To break off (tr.): Romper un compromiso
/ unas negociaciones
My company broke off its agreement
with the local authorities
To break off (intr.): Parar de
repente de hablar
He was talking to us about his
trip but suddenly broke off without any reason
To break out (intr.): Estallar
(guerras, epidemias, fuego)
The Spanish Civil War broke out
in 1936
To break out (intr.): Escapar de
prision
Two very dangerous prisoners broke
out of prison and disappeared
To break up (tr./intr.): destruir,
desintegrar
The rocket broke up when it entered
the atmosphere
To break up (intr.): Finalizar
(meeting, fiesta, curso escolar...) (Inglés
americano)
The meeting with our salesmen
broke up at 2 o'clock in the morning
