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I. about [am. angl. əˈbaʊt, brit. angl. əˈbaʊt] PRISL. 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)

1. about (approximately):

about
más o menos
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 pog.
at about six o'clock
alrededor de or a eso de las seis
at about six o'clock
sobre las seis Šp.
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
hará un mes
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!
¡ya era hora!

2. about:

to be about to + infin I'm sorry, you were about to say something
perdón, ibas a decir algo
we were just about to start eating
estábamos a punto de empezar a comer
we were just about to start eating
justo estábamos por empezar a comer lat. amer.
I'm not about to mention it to her
no tengo la más mínima intención de mencionárselo

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
viaja mucho
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. angl. :

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
anda por aquí
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. angl. lit.
por todas partes

II. about [am. angl. əˈbaʊt, brit. angl. əˈbaʊt] PREDL.

1.1. about (concerning):

about
sobre
about
acerca de
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)? lat. amer.

3.1. about (in, on, through) esp brit. angl. :

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 lit.
alrededor de

3.3. about (on one's person) brit. angl.:

do you have a pencil about you?
¿tienes un lápiz?

I. about-face [am. angl. əˌbaʊtˈfeɪs, brit. angl. əˌbaʊtˈfeɪs], brit. angl. also about-turn [əˌbaʊtˈtɜːrn, əˌbaʊtˈtɜːn] SAM.

1. about-face (reversal of policy):

about-face
cambio m. spol radical de postura
to do an about-face
cambiar radicalmente de postura

2. about-face VOJ.:

about-face
media vuelta ž. spol

II. about face MEDM. VOJ.

about face
¡media vuelta!

see about GLAG. [am. angl. si -, brit. angl. siː -] pog. (v + prep + o)

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 GLAG. (v + prep + o)

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?

2. set about (attack):

set about
atacar
set about
agredir
they set about him with sticks
empezaron a darle or a golpearlo con palos

come about GLAG. [am. angl. kəm -, brit. angl. kʌm -] (v + adv)

1. come about (happen):

come about
ocurrir
come about
suceder
it came about that …
ocurrió or sucedió que …
how does that come about?
¿cómo es eso?
how does it come about that… ?
¿cómo es que …?
I don't understand why that should come about
no comprendo por qué habría de ocurrir eso

2. come about (change direction) NAVT.:

come about ship/wind:
cambiar de dirección

I. face about GLAG. [am. angl. feɪs -, brit. angl. feɪs -] brit. angl. (v + adv) (turn)

face about soldiers:
dar media vuelta

II. face about GLAG. [am. angl. feɪs -, brit. angl. feɪs -] brit. angl. (v + o + adv) (cause to turn)

face about troops
mandar dar media vuelta a

fool about GLAG. [am. angl. ful -, brit. angl. fuːl -] esp brit. angl.

fool about → fool around

fool around GLAG. [am. angl. ful -, brit. angl. fuːl -] (v + adv)

1. fool around (act foolishly):

fool around
hacer payasadas
fool around
hacer el tonto Šp.
fool around
hacerse guaje Meh.
children shouldn't fool around with electricity
los niños no deben jugar con la electricidad

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 GLAG. [am. angl. ɡoʊ -, brit. angl. ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

1. go about → go around

2. go about NAVT.:

go about
virar

II. go about GLAG. [am. angl. ɡoʊ -, brit. angl. ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

1. go about (tackle, deal with):

go about task
acometer
go about task
emprender
you'll be able to persuade them if you go about it the right way
los vas a poder convencer si encaras las cosas bien
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

I. go around GLAG. [am. angl. ɡoʊ -, brit. angl. ɡəʊ -], brit. angl. also go round GLAG. (v + adv)

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

go around
andar
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!

2. go around (circulate):

go around joke/rumor:
correr
go around joke/rumor:
circular
it's a bug that's going around
es un virus que anda (por ahí)

3. go around (be sufficient for everybody):

there are enough forks to go around
hay tenedores (suficientes) para todos
there aren't enough to go round
no alcanzan
there aren't enough to go round
no hay suficientes
she added some water to it to make it go around
le agregó agua para que diera or alcanzara para todos

4. go around (revolve):

go around wheel/world:
dar vueltas
I have this idea going around in my head
le estoy dando vueltas a esta idea

5. go around (visit):

go around
ir
I'll go around and see him
iré a verlo
we went around to Arthur's last night
anoche fuimos a casa de Arthur

II. go around GLAG. [am. angl. ɡoʊ -, brit. angl. ɡəʊ -], brit. angl. also go round GLAG. (v + prep + o)

1. go around (turn):

go around corner
doblar
go around corner
dar la vuelta a
go around corner
dar vuelta Cono Sur
go around bend
tomar

2. go around (avoid, make detour):

go around obstacle
rodear
go around obstacle
sortear

3. go around (visit, move through):

go around country/city
recorrer
in the afternoon we went around the castle
por la tarde visitamos el castillo
to go around the world
dar la vuelta al mundo
he went around the house looking for defects
recorrió la casa buscando defectos
he went around several companies trying to sell his idea
fue a or recorrió varias compañías tratando de vender su idea

get about GLAG. [am. angl. ɡɛt -, brit. angl. ɡɛt -] brit. angl. (v + adv, v + prep + o)

get about → get around

I. get around GLAG. [am. angl. ɡɛt -, brit. angl. ɡɛt -] (v + adv, v + prep + o)

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
completar

II. get around GLAG. [am. angl. ɡɛt -, brit. angl. ɡɛt -] (v + prep + o)

1. get around (avoid, circumvent):

get around difficulty/obstacle
sortear
get around difficulty/obstacle
evitar
get around rule/law
eludir el cumplimiento de
there's no getting around it: it was a terrible mistake
hay que reconocerlo or es un hecho insoslayable: fue un error garrafal

2. get around (persuade):

get around person
engatusar

III. get around GLAG. [am. angl. ɡɛt -, brit. angl. ɡɛt -] (v + o + adv)

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

get around plumber/police
llamar
I'll get the boxes around to you this evening
te haré llegar las cajas esta noche

2. get around (persuade, win over):

get around
convencer
I managed to get her around to my point of view
pude convencerla de que tenía razón

IV. get around GLAG. [am. angl. ɡɛt -, brit. angl. ɡɛt -] (v + adv) (come, go)

get around
ir
get around to the hospital as quickly as possible
vayan al hospital lo más pronto posible

lie about GLAG. [am. angl. laɪ -, brit. angl. lʌɪ -] brit. angl.

lie about → lie around

lie around GLAG. [am. angl. laɪ -, brit. angl. lʌɪ -] (v + adv)

1. lie around (be scattered):

lie around usu in -ing form
estar tirado
lie around usu in -ing form
estar botado lat. amer. excl Río de la Plata
to leave things lying around
dejar las cosas tiradas (por ahí)
to leave things lying around
dejar las cosas botadas (por ahí) lat. amer. excl Río de la Plata

2. lie around (be idle):

lie around
estar tumbado sin hacer nada
lie around
estar echado sin hacer nada

v slovarju PONS

I. about [əˈbaʊt] PREDL.

1. about (on subject of):

about
sobre
about
acerca de
a book about football
un libro sobre fútbol
what is the film about?
¿de qué trata la película?
to talk about cinema
hablar sobre cine
while he is about it brit. angl. pog.
mientras esté haciendo eso

2. about (surrounding):

about
alrededor de
the garden about the house
el jardín alrededor de la casa

3. about (in and through):

about
por
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. angl. (with):

I have no money about me
no llevo dinero encima

fraza:

how about that!
¡vaya!
what about it? (suggestion)
¿quieres/queréis?
what about it? (so what?)
¿y qué?
what about a drink?
¿qué tal si tomamos algo?

II. about [əˈbaʊt] PRISL.

1. about (around):

all about
por todas partes
to leave things lying about somewhere
dejar cosas tiradas por un sitio
to be the other way about
ser exactamente al revés
is Paul about?
¿está Paul por ahí?

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
unos veinte
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
casi
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] SAM. am. angl., avstral. angl., about-turn [əˈbaʊttɜ:n, am. angl. -tɜ:rn] SAM. avstral. angl., brit. angl.

1. about-face VOJ.:

about-face
media vuelta ž. spol

2. about-face:

about-face opinion
cambio m. spol drástico de opinión
about-face position
cambio m. spol drástico de postura

pull about GLAG. preh. glag.

pull about
maltratar

rush about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

rush about
correr de acá para allá

look about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

look about
mirar alrededor

lie about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

1. lie about (be somewhere):

lie about
estar por ahí

2. lie about (be lazy):

lie about
holgazanear

slob about GLAG. nepreh. glag. pog.

slob about
holgazanear

jump about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

jump about
dar saltos

I. mess about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

mess about
hacer el tonto

II. mess about GLAG. preh. glag. always delj.

mess about
tratar mal

blunder about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

blunder about
andar dando tropezones
v slovarju PONS

I. about [ə·ˈbaʊt] PREDL.

1. about (on subject of):

about
sobre
about
acerca de
a book about football
un libro sobre fútbol
what is the film about?
¿de qué trata la película?

2. about (characteristic of):

that's what I like about him
eso es lo que me gusta de él

3. about (surrounding):

about
alrededor de
the garden about the house
el jardín alrededor de la casa

4. about (in and through):

about
por
to go about a place
andar por un lugar

fraza:

how about that!
¡vaya!
how about a drink?
¿qué tal si tomamos algo?
what about it? (suggestion)
¿quieres/queréis?
what about it? (so what?)
¿y qué?

II. about [ə·ˈbaʊt] PRISL.

1. about (approximately):

about
aproximadamente
about my size
más o menos de mi tamaño
about 5 lbs.
cerca de 5 libras
about here
más o menos aquí
about 5 years ago
hace unos cinco años
about twenty
unos veinte
to have had just about enough of sth
estar harto de algo
that's about it for today
eso es todo por hoy

2. about (almost):

about
casi
to be (just) about ready
estar casi listo

3. about (on the point of):

to be about to do sth
estar a punto de hacer algo

4. about (around):

all about
por todas partes
to be somewhere about
estar por aquí
is Paul about?
¿está Paul por ahí?

5. about (willing to):

not to be about to do sth
no estar dispuesto a hacer algo

I. put about <-tt-> neprav. GLAG. preh. glag. NAVT.

put about
hacer virar

II. put about <-tt-> neprav. GLAG. nepreh. glag. NAVT.

put about
virar

rush about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

rush about
correr de acá para allá

I. go about GLAG. preh. glag. nedelj.

1. go about (proceed with):

go about
ocuparse de
to go about one's business
ocuparse de sus asuntos

2. go about (perform a task):

go about
llevar a cabo

II. go about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

go about
andar (por ahí)

look about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

look about
mirar alrededor

run about GLAG. nepreh. glag.

run about
andar de un lado para otro

set about GLAG. preh. glag.

set about
emprender
to set about doing sth
comenzar a hacer algo

see about GLAG. preh. glag.

see about pog.:

see about
encargarse de
see about (consider)
pensarse

fraza:

we'll soon see about that! pog.
¡eso ya lo veremos!

knock about GLAG. nepreh. glag., preh. glag.

knock about PHRVB knock around

I. knock around GLAG. nepreh. glag. pog.

knock around
andar vagando
knock around
vagabundear
to knock around in town
rular por la ciudad

II. knock around GLAG. preh. glag.

knock around person
pegar
knock around ball
golpear

lay about GLAG. preh. glag.

to lay about sb
emprenderla a golpes con alguien
Present
Isee about
yousee about
he/she/itsees about
wesee about
yousee about
theysee about
Past
Isaw about
yousaw about
he/she/itsaw about
wesaw about
yousaw about
theysaw about
Present Perfect
Ihaveseen about
youhaveseen about
he/she/ithasseen about
wehaveseen about
youhaveseen about
theyhaveseen about
Past Perfect
Ihadseen about
youhadseen about
he/she/ithadseen about
wehadseen about
youhadseen about
theyhadseen about
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no saber nada de algo/alguien
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