get

Anglès

• Pronúncia: /ɡɛt/

  àudio (EUA)

• Etimologia: Del nòrdic antic geta, del protogermànic *getaną, del protoindoeuropeu *gʰed- («agafar, aconseguir»).

Verb

get ‎(3a persona singular present gets, gerundi getting, passat got o gat [arcaic], participi got)

1. aconseguir

   I can't get it to work.—«No puc aconseguir que funcioni.»

2. comprar, adquirir

   I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.—«Demà aniré a comprar un ordinador a les rebaixes.»

3. rebre, aconseguir

   You need to get permission to leave early.—«Has de rebre permís per sortir abans.»

4. tenir

   I've got a concert ticket for you.—«Tinc una entrada del concert per a tu.»

5. atansar, portar, acostar, apropar

   Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?.—«M'atanses la bossa que tinc a la sala, si us plau?.»

6. posar-se, esdevenir

   He goes out to get drunk.—«Ell surt per posar-se hebri.»

7. fer anar

   I got him to his room.—«Rl vaig fer anar a la seva habitació.»

8. començar

   We ought to get moving or we'll be late.—«Hauríem de començar a moure'ns o farem tard.»

9. agafar

   I normally get the 7:45 train..—«Normalment agafo el tren de les 7:45.»

10. contestar, agafar el telèfon

    Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.—Pots contestar tu al telèfon? Estic enfeinat.»

11. entendre, copsar

    Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.—«Si, ara ho entenc, però no fa gràcia.»

12. ser dit

    "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.".—«T'assembles mot a Helen Mirren./Sí, m'ho diuen força.»

13. ésser (forma passiva)

    He got bitten by a dog.—«Ell va ser mossegat per un gos.»

14. impactar, sorprendre, sobtar, aclaparar

    That question's really got me.—«Aquella pregunta em va sobtar de debó.»

15. posar, respondre, contestar

    What did you get for question four?.—«Què has posat a la pregunta quatre?»

16. agafar, enxampar, atrapar

    The cops finally got me.—«Al final els polis em van enxampar.»

17. entendre, sentir

    Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?.—«Ho sento no ho he sentit bé. M'ho pot repetir?»

18. memoritzar

    Have you get the Greek lesson?—«Has memoritzat la lliçó de grec.»

19. prendre

    Did you get her temperature?—«Li vas prendre la temperatura?»

Derivats

• beget
• forget
• underget

Compostos i expressions

from the get-go get about get a charge out of get across get across to get action get after get ahead of oneself get a look in get along get along with get a pass get around get around to get at get away from get away with get a word in edgeways get back get back to get behind get better get beyond get by get carried away get clear get free get cold feet get done

get down get going get in get in the boat and row get in the open get in with get into get into trouble get it across one's head get it how one lives get it into one's head get it on get it over with get knotted get lost get moving get off get off easy get off lightly get off with get one over on get one's end away get one's groove on get one's rocks off get on in years get on to get on with get out of

get over get rid of get round get round to get some air get someone's goat get something straight get stuffed get thee behind me get the goods on get the time to get this show on the road get through get through to get to be get together get under get up get-up-and-go get up in get up to get well soon get with child get with the program go-getter go-getting you don't get something for nothing