catch on

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar el acto de entender o comprender algo, o bien para referirse a que algo se vuelve popular o de moda.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of understanding something, becoming popular, or becoming fashionable.

incontable · verbo irregular · intransitivo · phrasal, sin objeto

1. informal

   To become popular or fashionable.

   Hacerse popular

   • The new dance move quickly caught on with teenagers.
   • Electric cars are finally catching on in many countries.
   • The trend of remote work caught on after the pandemic.

   Sinónimoscatch firespreadtake off

2. informal

   To understand or grasp a concept or idea.

   entender, captar

   • It took him a while to catch on to the joke.
   • She quickly caught on to how the software works.
   • The students finally caught on to the math problem.

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   Antónimosmissmisunderstand

Verbo basecatch