El verbo work en inglés: conjugación, definición, sinónimos y expresiones

En esta hoja de ejercicios vamos a ver la conjugación de work en inglés, ¡y aprovecharemos para estudiar sus definiciones, sinónimos, expresiones relacionadas y phrasal verbs!

Tablas de conjugación de work en inglés

Conjugación del verbo work en indicativo

Verbo work en present simple

  • I work
  • You work
  • He/she/it works
  • We work
  • You work
  • They work

Verbo work en present continuous

  • I am working
  • You are working
  • He/she/it is working
  • We are working
  • You are working
  • They are working

Verbo work en past simple

  • I worked
  • You worked
  • He/she/it worked
  • We worked
  • You worked
  • They worked

Verbo work en past continuous

  • I was working
  • You were working
  • He/she/it was working
  • We were working
  • You were working
  • They were working

Verbo work en present perfect

  • I have worked
  • You have worked
  • He/she/it has worked
  • We have worked
  • You have worked
  • They have worked

Verbo work en present perfect continuous

  • I have been working
  • You have been working
  • He/she/it has been working
  • We have been working
  • You have been working
  • They have been working

Verbo work en past perfect

  • I had worked
  • You had worked
  • He/she/it had worked
  • We had worked
  • You had worked
  • They had worked

Verbo work en past perfect continuous

  • I had been working
  • You had been working
  • He/she/it had been working
  • We had been working
  • You had been working
  • They had been working

Verbo work en future

  • I will work
  • You will work
  • He/she/it will work
  • We will work
  • You will work
  • They will work

Verbo work en future continuous

  • I will be working
  • You will be working
  • He/she/it will be working
  • We will be working
  • You will be working
  • They will be working

Verbo work en future perfect

  • I will have worked
  • You will have worked
  • He/she/it will have worked
  • We will have worked
  • You will have worked
  • They will have worked

Verbo work en future perfect continuous

  • I will have been working
  • You will have been trabajando
  • He/she/it will have been working
  • We will have been working
  • You will have been trabajando
  • They will have been trabajando

Conjugación del verbo work en condicional

Verbo work en conditional present

  • I would work
  • You would work
  • He/she/it would work
  • We would work
  • You would work
  • They would work

Verbo work en conditional present continuous

  • I would be working
  • You would be working
  • He/she/it would be working
  • We would be working
  • You would be working
  • They would be working

Verbo work en conditional perfect

  • I would have worked
  • You would have worked
  • He/she/it would have worked
  • We would have worked
  • You would have worked
  • They would have worked

Verbo work en conditional perfect continuous

  • I would have been working
  • You would have been working
  • He/she/it would have been working
  • We would have been working
  • You would have been working
  • They would have been working

Otras formas

El infinitivo de work

  • to work

Participio presente de work

  • working

Participio pasado de work

  • worked

El imperativo de work

  • work
  • let’s work

Definición de work en inglés

¿Qué significa el verbo work en inglés?

El Cambridge Dictionary ofrece varias definiciones del verbo work.

Veamos las principales:

1. To be effective or successful

I don’t think this will ever work.
→ No creo que funcione en la práctica.

2. To do a job, especially the job you do to earn money

He’s been working as a farmer for 10 years.
→ Lleva 10 años trabajando como agricultor.

3. To make a person or animal do a job

They were worked to a strict schedule.
→ Estaban sujetos a horarios estrictos.

4. If a machine or device works, it operates, especially correctly and without failure, and if you work it, you make it operate

My computer isn’t working anymore.
→ Mi ordenador ya no funciona.

5. To succeed gradually in becoming something or cause a person or thing to become something, either by making an effort or by making many small movements

The knots in the rope worked loose.
→ Los nudos de la cuerda se han deshecho.

6. To arrange for something to happen, especially by not using official methods and/or by being clever

We worked the situation and by the end of the week had signed a deal.
→ Estudiamos la situación y al final de la semana habíamos firmado un acuerdo.

7. To shape, change, or process a substance

Work the dough with your hands, forming it into a ball.
→ Trabaja la masa con las manos, formando una bola.

Para consultar la página completa del Cambridge Dictionary, haz clic aquí.

Phrasal verbs con work en inglés

Recordatorio: los phrasal verbs (o “verbos con partícula”) son verbos que, al ir seguidos de otra palabra (la partícula), completan o modifican su significado original.

Estos son los principales phrasal verbs formados con el verbo work:

  • work against somebody/something → ir en contra de alguien/algo
  • work around something → rodear, esquivar
  • work on somebody (coloquial) → trabajar en alguien
  • work on something → trabajar en algo
  • work out → hacer deporte/ejercicio/musculación
  • work somebody out (coloquial) → comprender/rodear
  • work somebody over (familiar) → dar una paliza/pegar a alguien
  • work somebody up → excitar/enervar
  • work something down → bajar (un precio)
  • work something in → hacer tiempo para/encontrar un hueco para
  • work something in → introducir lentamente/insertar gradualmente
  • work something off → quemar/gastar (calorías, por ejemplo)
  • work something out (coloquial) → calcular
  • work something out → resolver/encontrar una solución
  • work through something → examinar
  • work up something → preparar/elaborar
  • work up to something (coloquial) → tratar de encontrar el valor para

Sinónimos de work en inglés

Según el contexto, se puede sustituir el verbo to work por uno de los siguientes verbos:

  • achieve → lograr/conseguir
  • cram (coloquial) → meter/llenar a reventar
  • function → funcionar
  • graft (coloquial) → trabajar duro
  • labor → trabajar duro
  • perform → realizar/llevar a cabo
  • run → funcionar/ejecutar
  • slave → trabajar como un esclavo
  • slog (coloquial) → esforzarse/trabajar duro
  • swot → empollar/estudiar mucho

Expresiones con work en inglés

  • all in a day’s work (coloquial) → gajes del oficio
  • be approved to work → ser considerado apto para el trabajo
  • blood work (sustantivo) → análisis de sangre
  • do the dirty work (argot) → hacer el trabajo sucio
  • donkey work (sustantivo coloquial) → el trabajo pesado/el trabajo ingrato/el trabajo sucio
  • get down to work (familier) → manos a la obra
  • have your work cut out for you (coloquial) → tener mucho trabajo por delante
  • keep up the good work → seguir así
  • men at work → precaución obras (señal de tráfico)
  • out-of-work (adjetivo) → desempleado
  • work like a charm (coloquial) → funcionar perfectamente
  • work like mad (coloquial) → trabajar como un loco
  • work somebody into a frenzy → poner nervioso a alguien
  • work up an appetite → abrir el apetito
  • work wonders → hacer maravillas
  • work yourself up → ponerse nervioso

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