fill in

rellenar, completar

Escribir los datos solicitados en los espacios vacíos de un formulario o documento.

En inglés sencillo: To write the requested information in the empty spaces of a form or document.

• Please fill in your name.
• He filled in the application yesterday.
• Have you filled it in yet?

Cómo se usa: fill something in (Please fill this form in before your appointment.)

Sinónimos: complete, fill out

Expresiones frecuentes: fill in a form, fill in your details

poner al corriente, informar

Dar a alguien la información que necesita o que se ha perdido.

En inglés sencillo: To tell someone the information they need or have missed.

• Can you fill me in?
• She filled us in on the latest news.
• I will fill you in when you arrive.

Cómo se usa: fill someone in on something (Can you fill me in on the meeting?)

Sinónimos: inform, update, brief

Expresiones frecuentes: fill in someone, fill in a colleague

sustituir, suplir

Hacer el trabajo de otra persona durante un tiempo breve mientras está ausente.

En inglés sencillo: To do another person’s job for a short time while they are away.

• Can you fill in tomorrow?
• I filled in for Sam while he was ill.
• She is filling in as manager this week.

Cómo se usa: fill in for someone (Nina is filling in for the receptionist.); fill in as something (He filled in as goalkeeper.)

Sinónimos: stand in, substitute, cover

Expresiones frecuentes: fill in for someone, fill in today

rellenar, tapar

Poner material en un agujero o espacio vacío hasta que quede cerrado o cubierto.

En inglés sencillo: To put material into a hole or empty area until it is closed or covered.

• Please fill in the hole.
• Workers filled in the trench after repairing the pipe.
• They are filling it in with sand.

Cómo se usa: fill something in with something (They filled the hole in with soil.)

Sinónimos: fill, plug

Antónimos: dig out

Expresiones frecuentes: fill in something, fill in a hole

dar una paliza

Golpear a alguien varias veces y hacerle daño.

En inglés sencillo: To hit someone several times and hurt them.

• They threatened to fill him in.
• He got filled in outside the pub.
• The bullies filled the boy in after school.

Cómo se usa: fill someone in (The gang threatened to fill him in.)

Sinónimos: beat up, assault

Expresiones frecuentes: fill in someone, fill in that bloke