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I.about [Am əˈbaʊt, Brit əˈbaʊt] ADV about often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (fool about, knock about, move about, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (fool, knock, move, etc)

- Sinonimi za about:
- Komentar na about

1. about (approximately):

about

about

aproximadamente

he's about my age

tiene más o menos mi edad

she must be about 60

debe (de) tener alrededor de or unos 60 años

she must be about 60

debe (de) andar por los 60 inf

at about six o'clock

alrededor de or a eso de las seis

at about six o'clock

sobre las seis Spain

there were about 12 of us

éramos unos 12

there were about 12 of us

éramos como 12

they should be arriving about now

deben (de) estar a punto de llegar

in about three hours

en unas tres horas

about a month ago

hace cosa de un mes

about a month ago

the soup must be about ready by now

la sopa tiene que estar ya casi lista

that's about it for today

eso es todo por hoy

about time too!

3.1. about (from one place to another):

the dog followed him about

el perro lo seguía a todas partes

she travels about a lot

he knows his way about

conoce la ciudad (or la zona etc.)

she's very old and can't get about very easily

es muy mayor y le cuesta desplazarse

3.2. about (in various directions):

he was waving a knife about

blandía un cuchillo

she rummaged about in her bag

revolvió en el bolso

he glanced about nervously

miraba nervioso a su alrededor

4.1. about (in the vicinity, in circulation) esp Brit :

is Teresa about?

¿Teresa anda por aquí?

there's not much traffic about today

hoy no hay mucho tráfico

she's about somewhere, she's somewhere about

I'm not usually about that early

no suelo estar allí/aquí tan temprano

there's a lot of flu about

hay mucha gente con gripe

he's very mean — there's a lot of it about

es muy tacaño — eso es algo que abunda

4.2. about (on all sides):

about esp Brit liter

por todas partes

II.about [Am əˈbaʊt, Brit əˈbaʊt] PREP

- Sinonimi za about:
- Komentar na about

1.1. about (concerning):

about

about

a book about Greece

un libro acerca de or sobre Grecia

what's the play about?

¿de qué se trata la obra?

he wants to see you — what about?

quiere verte — ¿acerca de qué?

she said nothing about that

no dijo nada acerca de or (con) respecto a or sobre eso

about tonight: are you coming?

(con) respecto a lo de esta noche ¿vas a venir?

what was all that shouting about?

¿a qué venían todos esos gritos?

what about Helen? isn't she coming?

¿y Helen? ¿no viene?

and Helen? — what about Helen?

¿y Helen? — ¿qué pasa con Helen?

that's what it's all about

de eso se trata

politics is all about persuading people

en política de lo que se trata es de convencer a la gente

I don't know what to buy her — what about a record?

no sé qué comprarle — ¿qué te parece or qué tal un disco?

she won — how about that!

ganó — ¡pues qué te parece! or ¡pues mira tú!

what he is/they are about I hope you know what you're about

espero que sepas lo que haces

I don't understand what he's about

no entiendo qué es lo que pretende

1.2. about (pertaining to):

there's something about him that I don't like

tiene algo que no me acaba de gustar

what's so unusual about that?

¿qué tiene eso de raro?

the place has a certain charm about it

el lugar tiene cierto encanto

2. about (engaged in):

while you're about it, could you fetch my book?

¿me traes el libro de paso?

while you're about it, could you fetch my book?

ya que estás ¿me traes el libro?

why did you take so long about it?

¿por qué tardaste tanto (en hacerlo)?

why did you take so long about it?

¿por qué demoraste tanto (en hacerlo)? LatAm

3.1. about (in, on, through) esp Brit :

they were playing about the house

estaban jugando en la casa

he wandered about the empty streets

recorrió las calles vacías

3.2. about (encircling):

about liter

3.3. about (on one's person) Brit:

do you have a pencil about you?

¿tienes un lápiz?

I.about-face [Am əˌbaʊtˈfeɪs, Brit əˌbaʊtˈfeɪs], Brit also about-turn [əˌbaʊtˈtɜːrn, əˌbaʊtˈtɜːn] N

- Sinonimi za about-face:
- Komentar na about-face

1. about-face (reversal of policy):

cambio m radical de postura

to do an about-face

cambiar radicalmente de postura

2. about-face MIL:

II.about face INTERJ MIL

- Sinonimi za about-face:
- Komentar na about-face

about face

¡media vuelta!

see about VB [Am si -, Brit siː -] inf (v + prep + o)

- Sinonimi za see about:
- Komentar na see about

1. see about (deal with):

a man came to see about the leaking roof

vino un hombre por lo de la gotera

don't worry, I'll see about it

no te preocupes, yo me encargaré del asunto

so you refuse to do it: well, we'll soon see about that!

con que te niegas a hacerlo: ya lo veremos …

2. see about (consider, decide):

may I borrow the car? — I'll have to see about that

¿me prestas el coche? — tendré que pensarlo

set about VB (v + prep + o)

- Sinonimi za set about:
- Komentar na set about

1. set about (begin, tackle):

I spent a long time deciding how to set about the task

me llevó mucho tiempo decidir cómo acometer la tarea

we set about cleaning the room

nos pusimos a limpiar la habitación

how does one set about applying for the job?

¿qué hay que hacer para solicitar el trabajo?

come about VB [Am kəm -, Brit kʌm -] (v + adv)

- Sinonimi za come about:
- Komentar na come about

2. come about (change direction) NAUT:

come about ship/wind:

cambiar de dirección

I.face about VB [Am feɪs -, Brit feɪs -] Brit (v + adv) (turn)

- Sinonimi za face about:
- Komentar na face about

face about soldiers:

dar media vuelta

II.face about VB [Am feɪs -, Brit feɪs -] Brit (v + o + adv) (cause to turn)

- Sinonimi za face about:
- Komentar na face about

face about troops

mandar dar media vuelta a

fool about VB [Am ful -, Brit fuːl -] esp Brit

- Sinonimi za fool about:
- Komentar na fool about

fool about → fool around

vidi i fool around

fool around VB [Am ful -, Brit fuːl -] (v + adv)

- Sinonimi za fool around:
- Komentar na fool around

2. fool around (be sexually involved):

girls who fool around

las chicas que andan con uno y con otro

he was fooling around with other women

tenía enredos or andaba con otras

I.go about VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

- Sinonimi za go about:
- Komentar na go about

1. go about → go around

2. go about NAUT:

go about

II.go about VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

- Sinonimi za go about:
- Komentar na go about

1. go about (tackle, deal with):

go about task

go about task

you're going about it the wrong way: lift this end first

lo estás haciendo mal, levanta esta punta primero

to go about -ing how would you go about solving this equation?

¿cómo harías para resolver esta ecuación?

2. go about (occupy oneself with):

to go about one's business

ocuparse de sus (or mis etc.) cosas

vidi i go around

I.go around VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -], Brit also go round VB (v + adv)

- Sinonimi za go around:
- Komentar na go around

1. go around (move, travel, be outdoors):

we were advised to go around in twos or threes

nos aconsejaron que anduviéramos en grupos de a dos o tres

he went around to different publishers

fue a ver a varios editores

she goes around in a Cadillac

anda por ahí en un Cadillac

to go around with sb

andar con alguien

he goes around with some funny characters

anda con gente muy rara

to go around -ing

ir por ahí + ger

you can't go around saying things like that!

¡no puedes ir por ahí diciendo esas cosas!

II.go around VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -], Brit also go round VB (v + prep + o)

- Sinonimi za go around:
- Komentar na go around

2. go around (avoid, make detour):

go around obstacle

go around obstacle

get about VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] Brit (v + adv, v + prep + o)

- Sinonimi za get about:
- Komentar na get about

get about → get around

vidi i get around

I.get around VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + adv, v + prep + o)

- Sinonimi za get around:
- Komentar na get around

1. get around (walk, move about) invalid/old person:

she finds it hard to get around

le cuesta caminar or andar

having a car enables her to get around a lot better

con el coche se puede desplazar or movilizar mucho mejor

it's the best way to get around the town

es la mejor manera de desplazarse or trasladarse en la ciudad

2. get around (travel):

you certainly get around in your job

tu sí que viajas con tu trabajo

how do you know that? — oh, I get around

¿cómo sabes eso? — soy un hombre/una mujer de mundo

3. get around (circulate):

it soon got around that he was having an affair

pronto corrió el rumor de que estaba teniendo una aventura

don't let it get around that …

que no se sepa que …

4. get around (gather in circle):

we can't all get around this table

no cabemos todos alrededor de esta mesa

5. get around (complete):

get around course/circuit

II.get around VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + prep + o)

- Sinonimi za get around:
- Komentar na get around

2. get around (persuade):

get around person

III.get around VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + o + adv)

- Sinonimi za get around:
- Komentar na get around

1. get around (cause to come, go):

get around plumber/police

I'll get the boxes around to you this evening

te haré llegar las cajas esta noche

2. get around (persuade, win over):

I managed to get her around to my point of view

pude convencerla de que tenía razón

IV.get around VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + adv) (come, go)

- Sinonimi za get around:
- Komentar na get around

lie about VB [Am laɪ -, Brit lʌɪ -] Brit

- Sinonimi za lie about:
- Komentar na lie about

lie about → lie around

vidi i lie around

lie around VB [Am laɪ -, Brit lʌɪ -] (v + adv)

- Sinonimi za lie around:
- Komentar na lie around

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I.about [əˈbaʊt] PREP

- Sinonimi za about:
- Komentar na about

2. about (surrounding):

about

the garden about the house

el jardín alrededor de la casa

3. about (in and through):

about

to go about a place

andar por un lugar

4. about (characteristic of):

that's what I like about him

eso es lo que me gusta de él

5. about Brit (with):

I have no money about me

no llevo dinero encima

II.about [əˈbaʊt] ADV

- Sinonimi za about:
- Komentar na about

2. about (approximately):

about

aproximadamente

about my size

más o menos de mi tamaño

round about 5 km

cerca de 5 kilómetros

about here

más o menos aquí

about 5 years ago

hace unos cinco años

about twenty

to be somewhere about

estar por aquí

to have had just about enough of sth

estar harto de algo

that's about it for today

eso es todo por hoy

3. about (almost):

about

to be (just) about ready

estar casi listo

4. about (willing to):

not to be about to do sth

no estar dispuesto a hacer algo

5. about (on the point of):

to be about to do sth

estar a punto de hacer algo

about-face [əˈbaʊtfeɪs] N Am, Aus, about-turn [əˈbaʊttɜ:n, Am -tɜ:rn] N Aus, Brit

- Sinonimi za about-face:
- Komentar na about-face

1. about-face MIL:

2. about-face:

about-face opinion

cambio m drástico de opinión

about-face position

cambio m drástico de postura

pull about VB trans

- Sinonimi za pull about:
- Komentar na pull about

pull about

rush about VB intr

- Sinonimi za rush about:
- Komentar na rush about

rush about

correr de acá para allá

look about VB intr

- Sinonimi za look about:
- Komentar na look about

look about

mirar alrededor

lie about VB intr

- Sinonimi za lie about:
- Komentar na lie about

1. lie about (be somewhere):

lie about

2. lie about (be lazy):

lie about

slob about VB intr inf

- Sinonimi za slob about:
- Komentar na slob about

slob about

jump about VB intr

- Sinonimi za jump about:
- Komentar na jump about

jump about

I.mess about VB intr

- Sinonimi za mess about:
- Komentar na mess about

mess about

II.mess about VB trans always sep

- Sinonimi za mess about:
- Komentar na mess about

mess about

blunder about VB intr

- Sinonimi za blunder about:
- Komentar na blunder about

blunder about

andar dando tropezones

to know what one is talking about

saber de lo que uno habla

not to know the first thing about sth/sb

no saber nada de algo/alguien

to keep sb in the picture (about sth)

mantener a alguien al tanto (de algo)

to come up with a line about sb/sth

salir con un comentario acerca de alguien/algo

he was very explicit about the plans

era muy categórico en cuanto a los planes

to have a fund of knowledge about sth

saber mucho de algo

to have no scruples (about doing sth)

no tener escrúpulos (en hacer algo)

he/she is about seventy years old

anda rodando los setenta años

just thinking about it makes me mad

me da rabia solo pensarlo

I haven't got a clue about physics

en física estoy en pañales

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