Phrasal Verbs

A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition, a verb and an adverb, or a verb with both an adverb and a preposition, any of which are part of the syntax of the sentence, and so are a complete semantic unit. Sentences may contain direct and indirect objects in addition to the phrasal verb. Phrasal verbs are particularly frequent in the English language. A phrasal verb often has a meaning which is different from the original verb.
According to Tom McArthur:
...the term ‘phrasal verb’ was first used by Logan Pearsall Smith, in “Words and Idioms” (1925), in which he states that the OED Editor Henry Bradley suggested the term to him.
Alternative terms for phrasal verb are ‘compound verb’, ‘verb-adverb combination’, ‘verb-particle construction (VPC)’, AmE ‘two-part word/verb’ and ‘three-part word/verb’ (depending on the number of particles), and multi-word verb (MWV).
Prepositions and adverbs used in a phrasal verb are also called particles in that they do not alter their form through inflections (are therefore uninflected: they do not accept affixes, etc.). Because of the idiomatic nature of phrasal verbs, they are often subject to preposition stranding.

(to) eat away: roer, carcomer, corroer, desgastar.

(to) eat into: corroer, comerse.

(to) eat out: comer fuera, cenar fuera.

(to) eat up: comerse, consumir, tragar, devorar.

(to) egg on: animar, incitar.

(to) end in: acabar en, terminar con.

(to) end off: acabar, terminar, ir a parar.

(to) face up to: afrontar, enfrentar, enfrentarse a.

(to) fall about: troncharse, partirse (de risa).