OXFORD 9000
📚 adv • entry_id 12441

around

/əˈɹaʊnd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
por acá • por allí
From place to place.
Look around and see what you find.
There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt.
Phrases
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📚 prep • entry_id 12440

around

/əˈɹaʊnd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alrededor de • en contorno a / de
Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
I planted a row of lilies around the statue.
She wore a gold chain around her neck.
alrededor de
Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
She went around the track fifty times.
We walked around the football field.
alrededor de
Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted an…
The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.
a aqueso de • a eso de • cerca de
Near; in the vicinity of.
I left my keys somewhere around here.
I left the house around 10 this morning.
por
At or to various places within or throughout.
The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room.
Those teenagers like to hang around the mall.