Inés María Marrero Alvarado
To remember:
Fight off Pass out Pass away Run over Come down with Come to Swing by Bring up Break out in something Wear out Pull through Flare up
Aprender phrasal verbs médicos en inglés te ayuda a describir síntomas, accidentes y procesos de recuperación con la precisión que usan médicos y pacientes nativos. Esta guía es útil si trabajas en salud, viajas, o quieres entender conversaciones reales sobre enfermedades sin perderte en preposiciones.
La clave está en que un verbo común cambia totalmente de significado al unirlo con off, out, down with o to. Y aquí viene lo interesante: muchas veces no hay una regla lógica, así que tu mejor herramienta es memorizar ejemplos concretos.
¿Qué son los phrasal verbs médicos y por qué cambian de significado?
Un phrasal verb combina un verbo con una preposición o adverbio para crear un significado nuevo. En contexto médico, esa combinación describe síntomas, pérdidas de conciencia, recuperaciones o recaídas que un verbo solo no podría expresar.
Por ejemplo, fight significa pelear entre dos personas. Pero fight off [00:30] significa resistir una enfermedad, como en They were helping her to fight off the symptoms. Mismo verbo, mundo distinto.
¿Qué significa fight off en inglés médico? Significa resistir o combatir una enfermedad o síntoma. Ejemplo: Her immune system helped her fight off the virus.
¿Cómo describir pérdida de conciencia, muerte o accidentes en inglés?
Estos verbos aparecen en urgencias, noticias y conversaciones cotidianas. Confundirlos puede cambiar por completo el mensaje.
Fíjate en el contraste: pass out es perder el conocimiento y come to es recuperarlo. Suelen aparecer juntos cuando alguien se desmaya y vuelve en sí poco después.
¿Cómo se dice enfermarse en inglés con phrasal verbs?
La expresión más natural es come down with [01:42], que se usa para empezar a sentir los síntomas de una enfermedad. She came down with a bad cold after traveling so much.
No digas came over with ni came around with. Esos errores son comunes porque las preposiciones en inglés son traicioneras, pero solo come down with funciona aquí.
¿Qué phrasal verbs describen síntomas, recuperación y recaídas?
Estos cubren todo el ciclo: desde que aparece un síntoma hasta que la enfermedad regresa.
Un caso típico de flare up: tomas medicación, el síntoma desaparece, dejas el tratamiento y el síntoma regresa con fuerza. Ese regreso es el flare up.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre pull through y flare up? Pull through es recuperarse de algo grave. Flare up es lo opuesto: una condición que reaparece o empeora de nuevo.
¿Y cuándo usar swing by en contexto médico?
Swing by [02:08] significa pasar rápidamente por un lugar que queda de camino. She will swing by the pharmacy on her way home to pick up her medicine. Es informal y muy útil para hablar de visitas cortas a la farmacia o al consultorio.
¿Cómo practicar los phrasal verbs médicos correctamente?
La práctica activa importa más que memorizar listas. Estos tres ejercicios del transcript [03:25] te muestran el tipo de decisión que tu cerebro debe automatizar.
El patrón es claro: cada preposición pertenece a un verbo específico y cambiarla rompe el significado. Por eso conviene aprender el phrasal verb completo como una sola unidad léxica, no como verbo más preposición suelta.
Ahora te toca a ti. Escribe en los comentarios dos oraciones usando phrasal verbs médicos de esta lista. Revisa los de tus compañeros, anota los que no conozcas en tu diccionario y descarga la hoja de práctica para reforzar antes de la próxima clase.
Inés María Marrero Alvarado
To remember:
Fight off Pass out Pass away Run over Come down with Come to Swing by Bring up Break out in something Wear out Pull through Flare up
Hogla Marina
Fight off Definition: resist an illness. Example: They were helping her to fight off her symptoms. Pass out Definition: faint; lose consciousness. Example: The boxes were so heavy to lift, he passed out. Pass away Definition: die. Example: he passed away last year, due to covid. Run over Definition: hit by a car. Example: he was run over when the driver didn’t stop at the light. Come down with Definition: become sick. Example: she came down with a bad cold after traveling so much. Come to Definition: become conscious. Example: she came to after a few minutes. Swing by Definition: drop by/stop in the way somewhere. Example: she will swing by the pharmacy on her way home. Bring up Definition: to start talking about something. Example: the patient is always bringing up her health problems. Break out in something Definition: if the rash of the sweat breaks out, it is visible on the skin. Example: the skin on his hands was breaking out in a rash. Wear out Definition: to feel very tired or weak. Example: the patient was worn out after the two-hour wait. Pull through Definition: to recover (from an injury or a serious illness). Example: Martha was very sick after the incident, but now she is pulling through. Fare up Definition: when the illness or any medical condition comes back again. Example: the problem flared up and disturbed the patient.
Diana Milena Garnica
Puff up – To swell, to become enlarged. Example: The patient complained that his face puffed up after taking the medications.
Throw up – To vomit. Example: She was in the car and she threw up thrice.
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rule out
after checking my exams the doctor ruled out cancer
break out
while i was traveling in africa develop break out a rash on my skin
Sebastian Butron
Last year after a surgery in my back, I must to go twice a week for 3 mounths to the doctor because he carry out me and check up on my recovery.
María Anita Fuentes de Flores
Heal up
The doctor said the cut on your hand should heal up in about a week.
Sober up
He needed to drink some water and eat something to sober up before driving home.
VILMA DOLORES VILLANUEVA CALDERON
<u>Break out</u>. She broke out in a rash after taqking the new medication.
<u>Wean off.</u> The doctor advised her ro wean off the medication slowly to avoid side effects.
Manuel Antonio López Suhul
Throw up – to vomit.
We were almost at home after a two-hour trip from my cousin’s house, when my one-year-old sister threw up while I was carrying her.
Patch out – to treat minor injuries temporarily.
During recess at the school I saw a kid fell on the concrete while He was running, when He fell he got a scratch on his elbow and it started bleeding, as soon as a teacher noticed what happened, she carried the kid to the nurse where He got his scratch patched out, but before letting him go his classroom teacher and the nurse scolded him.
Carlos Carranza
Burn out
"I had a job that was full of responsibility, but not only that, the workload was disproportionate, and unfortunately, I burned out."
Shake off
"My son was sick after the trip to Medellín, so we gave him some medicine and he already shook it off."
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En el contexto de la clase "Verbos Compuestos Médicos: Uso y Significado", "pass out" significa desmayarse o perder el conocimiento. Por ejemplo: "The boxes were too heavy to lift, so he passed out" (Las cajas eran demasiado pesadas para levantar, así que se desmayó).
Fernando Canzani
JUAN SEBASTIAN BECERRA BEDOYA
Ana Castillo
"Feel out of sorts"
8. "Catch your breath"
Andrés Llerena
Rafael Velandia
She was with a terrible pneumonia and cough up lot of phlegm
I was bite by a wasp and my hand puffed up
Ronald Gutiérrez