Meanings (ES + gloss)
alrededor
On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.
Why, then, I see, ’tis time to look about, / When every boy Alphonsus dares control.
alrededor
Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
... the tocsins of immemorial strife were sounding all about, the fierce old bell pealing out its periodical summons from the airy heights of the Palazzo Vecchio, and armed men, fi…
Bits of old machinery were lying about.
alrededor de • rondar • unos
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
He owes me about three hundred dollars.
It’s about as cold as it was last winter.
alrededor de
Near; in the vicinity.
I looked round at the people standing about, and observed them curiously in their peculiar relation to it all.
alrededor
In circuit or circumference; circularly.
Indeede I am in the waste two yards about.
The island was a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
alrededor de • por
In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
So look about you; know you any here?
The snake was coiled about his ankle.
encima de
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
Rubbish was strewn about the place.
The children were running about the room.
a punto de
Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.
[It] was held, that the latter requirement was fulfilled by an affidavit declaring that "the defendant was about leaving the State permanently."
a propósito de • acerca de • al respecto • con lo de • de • por • sobre • sobre lo de
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.
He talked a lot about his childhood.
We must do something about this problem.
a propósito de • acerca de • sobre
Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.
Have you much hay about?
just going about their business
cerca de
Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
I can’t find my reading glasses, but they must be somewhere about the house.
John’s in the garden, probably somewhere about the woodshed.
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