The word "Get" in Spanish

Question

The word GET is a very strange English word.

We native speakers use it for so many different things but it can be difficult to find what a Spanish speaker would say in Spanish.

We do not really need it at all but it can translate into many different things in Spanish.

This challenge is to find as many of those translations as possible.

I will make a summary of the entries when we have enough.

Don't forget to include the "phrasal verbs". for example to get up (levantarse)

Please give a full sentence as an example.

I will try to check each answer.

I will start with a simple one

To get (to buy) comprar I got it in the sales - Lo compré en las rebajas.

Vote for the ones you think are good.

Chau for now Ian

Buen hilo, Ian! Me gusta. - renaerules, MAR 3, 2010

It pleases me that it pleases you Renae - ian-hill, MAR 3, 2010

Answer 1

Come on guys "Get with it!"

What's that in Spanish?

Answer 2

"Get a move on!" WE are running out of time and there must be 100s of other ones.

Answer 3

"Get your finger out!" means to stop being lazy and start doing something.

It's time you got your finger out and did some homework.

Any thing like that in Spanish?

Answer 4

This thread is running out of steam.

Maybe I will start another thread where we give expressions using get in English and ask the fluent Spanish speakers to tell us how it would be said in Spanish.

Would that be a good idea?

Answer 5

I have got to get a steady job - Tengo que conseguir un trabajo fijo

Perhaps, sí tengo que...for I have got to :) Got is emphatic in this case. - webdunce, MAR 3, 2010

It can be, but it is also quite colloquial to say it this way without adding any emphasis to the statement - Izanoni1, MAR 4, 2010

Answer 6

Sacar una nota:

What grade did you get?

¿Cuál nota sacaste?

Answer 7

He became wealthy with ill-gotten gains.

obtener, although this example is an adjective.

Wealth or power obtained by disreputable or illegal means.

"ill-gotten" is an adjective - ian-hill, MAR 3, 2010

thanks - 008f2974, MAR 3, 2010

Answer 8

Get the lead out!

¡Vámanos!

Answer 9

I get to study Spanish on this website.

I suppose the Spanish equivalent would be permitir, although it doesn't convey the sense of doing something that you want to do.

Answer 10

"Let's get ready to rumbllllllllllllllllllllle!"

Preparar?

Popular phrase before the start of pro wrestling matches in the U.S.

Answer 11

"You'd better get it up, or I'm gonna have to kill ya!" Roy, from the movie Bladerunner. In this context, it means "to get going." I have no idea how to translate this into Spanish.

"gonna" and "ya" are English slang, by the way.

"to get it up" can have a more vulgar meaning in English. Beware !! - ian-hill, MAR 3, 2010

Yes, it was an odd mix of one "get" phrase for another, which is why I thought I should explain it. - 008f2974, MAR 3, 2010

Answer 12

GET is what you get for having that dreadful SE.

Para ustedes que hablan español, GET les es la recompensa justa porque tienen esta SE horrible.

GET is our revenge for SE!!! )

Answer 13

Get help right away!

¡Busque ayuda rápido!

Answer 14

Get out!! / Get out of here!! (as in no way, you're kidding me, it can't be, I don't believe it)

• ¿¡En serio!?
• ¿¡Ni de broma!?
• !No lo puedo creer!
• ¡No puede ser!

I got the ideas from this thread.

Answer 15

I got ready to go out.

Me dispuse a salir.