| get | Eres una chica difícil de pillar. | You are a tough girl to get a hold of. |
| get | Allí va a pillar un catarro. | Well, all he'll get in there is a head cold. |
| catch | Que no te vuelva a pillar. | Don't let me catch you padding the shadow of my stern again. |
| catch | No dejes que te vuelva a pillar aquí. | Don't let me catch you out here again. |
| catch | Estoy un pelín ocupado intentando pillar a un asesino. | I'm a bit busy trying to catch a murderer at the moment, Chris. |
| catch | Floyd y yo ayudamos a Herb a pillar ese bizco. | Floyd and I helped Herb catch that walleye. |
| catch | Tengo que pillar a un asesino. | I have a killer to catch. |
| catch | Asumo que tiene un plan para pillar a este caballero. | I assume you have a plan to catch this gentleman. |
| catch | Planea un golpe encubierto para pillar a Leslie Johns | He's planned an undercover sting to catch Leslie Johns. |
| catch | Si quieres salvar vidas y pillar a los malos, presta atención. | If you want to save lives and catch the bad guys, pay attention. |
| catch | Tengo que pillar a mi tío. | I have to catch my uncle. |
| grab | Quizás pueda pillar algo en el aeropuerto. | Maybe I can just grab something at the airport. |
| grab | Tengo que pillar el periódico rápidamente. | I got to grab the paper real quick. |
| catch up with | Echó a correr tras él y lo pilló a los pocos metros. | He ran after him and caught up with him in just a few meters. |
| catch | El vigilante pilló a los ladrones cuando intentaban escalar el muro. | The guard caught the thieves as they were trying to scale the wall. |
| come down with | Mi marido ha pillado la gripe y está en cama. | My husband's come down with the flu and is in bed. |
| catch | Me pillaste por sorpresa: no esperaba tu llegada. | You caught me by surprise: I wasn't expecting you. |
| get | Ya lo pillé; si me lo hubieras explicado así desde el principio, hubiéramos ganado tiempo. | I got it. If you'd explained it to me that way from the beginning we would have saved time. |
| play tag | Después de la escuela, los niños jugaban a pillar en el patio. | The children were playing tag in the playground after school. |