Verbo "to get"

"To get" pode ser utilizado em diversas estruturas e possui diferentes significados.

"TO GET" + objeto direto = obter, receber, comprar

● I got my passport last week. (obter)

● She got her driving license last week. (obter)
● They got permission to live in Switzerland. (obter)
● I got a letter from my friend in Nigeria. (receber)
● He gets $1,000 a year from his father. (receber)
● She got a new coat from Zappaloni in Rome. (comprar)
● We got a new television for the sitting room. (comprar)

"TO GET" + expressão de lugar = alcançar, chegar em um lugar

● How are you getting home tonight?

● We got to London around 6 p.m.
● What time will we get there?
● When did you get back from New York?

"TO GET" + adjetivo = denota mudança de estado

● I am getting old.
● It's getting hotter.
● By the time they reached the house they were getting hungry.
● I'm getting tired of all this nonsense.
● My mother's getting old and needs looking after.
● It gets dark very early in the winter.
● Don't touch the stove until is gets cool.

"TO GET" + preposição/advérbio = "phrasal verbs" com diversos significados

"To get" + Significado Exemplo

to get at tentar I think I see

expressar what you're
getting at. I
agree.

to get away escapar de I can't believe

with punição por you got away
crime ou má with cheating
ação on that test!

to get by arranjar-se Sam doesn't

(financeirame earn much,
nte) but we get by.

to get down deprimir-se, This rain is

descender really getting
me down.

to get off sair de um We got off

meio de the train just
 transporte before the
(trem, ônibus, bomb
bicicleta, exploded.
avião)

to get on 1. 1. He got on
entrar/sentar-s his bicycle
e em um meio and rode
de transporte down the
(trem, ônibus, street.
bicicleta,
avião)
2. Amy and I
really get on
2. well.
relacionar-se
com alguém

to get on with prosseguir, I have so

proceder much
homework, I'd
better get on
with it.

to get out of evitar fazer She got out

algo, of the
washing-up
 principalmente every day,
um dever even when it
was her turn.

to get over recuperar-se Have you

(de doença ou gotten over
surpresa) your cold yet?

to get through utilizar ou We've got

terminar o through all
estoque de the sugar.
algo Can you buy
some more?

to get up levantar-se da He gets up at

cama 6.00 a.m.
every
morning.

to get up to fazer (algo The children

ruim, are very quiet.
normalmente) I wonder what
 they're
getting up to.

Outras expressões com "GET"

● Do you get it significa "você entendeu?"

Do you get what the teacher was explaining in class?
● He's getting dinner tonight significa que ele está preparando a refeição.
You can relax. It's my turn to get dinner tonight.
● I'll get the bill significa que eu pagarei a conta.
Put your wallet away! I'll get the bill.
● That really gets me! significa que isso me irrita.
It really gets me when my sister shows up late.
● To get rid of something significa descartar algo.
I'm going to get rid of all these old newspapers.
● To get out of bed on the wrong side significa estar de mau humor.
He got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning and he's been horrible all day.
● To get your own back significa vingar-se ou punir alguém.
She's getting her own back for all those rude things you said at the party last night.