Meaning
La expresión en inglés «Pick up» tiene varios significados y usos dependiendo del contexto. A continuación se presentan algunos de los más comunes:
Como puedes ver, «Pick up» es una expresión versátil en inglés con varios significados dependiendo del contexto en que se use. Comprender su uso correcto te ayudará a comunicarte de manera más efectiva.
Today's Sentences
01
Is that a pick up line?
Situation
Hey, you’ve been running around in my mind all day.
Is that a pick up line?
Is it working?
Not one bit.
02
How did you pick up the language?
Situation
Wow, your Spanish is spot on.
Really?
Thank you.
Gracias.
How did you pick up the language.
I lived in South America for 8 years.
Writer's Note
"Pick up" is both transitive and intransitive and a separable phrasal verb.
- Transitive: When "pick up" takes a direct object (something that is picked up), it is transitive.
Example: She picked up the book. (The object is the book.) - Intransitive: When "pick up" does not take a direct object, it is intransitive.
Example: Sales are picking up. (No object is directly receiving the action.) - Separable: In some cases, the verb pick and the particle up can be separated by the object.
Example 1: I’ll pick the book up. (separable, object the book is placed between pick and up)
Example 2: I’ll pick up the book. (separable, object the book comes after the phrasal verb)
Ejemplo: Ella picked up el libro. (El objeto es el libro.)
Ejemplo: Las ventas están picking up. (Ningún objeto está recibiendo directamente la acción.)
Ejemplo 1: Yo pick el libro up. (separable, el objeto el libro se coloca entre pick y up)
Ejemplo 2: Yo pick up el libro. (separable, el objeto el libro viene después del verbo frasal)
Related words: Acquire, collect, continue, gain, gather, get, grasp, gather, go for, have, increase, learn, offer, purchase, score, take, take up, uphold, uplift.
