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about1 /ə'baʊt/ adverbio
- (approximately) más o menos, aproximadamente;
she must be ~ 60 debe (de) tener unos 60 años;
at ~ six o'clock alrededor de or a eso de las seis;
~ a month ago hace cosa de un mes
- to be about to + inf estar(conj.⇒) a punto de + inf
- (movement): she can't get ~ very easily le cuesta desplazarse;
he was waving a knife ~ blandía un cuchillo
- (in the vicinity, in circulation) (esp BrE): is Teresa ~? ¿Teresa anda por aquí?;
there's a lot of flu ~ hay mucha gente con gripe
about2 preposición
- (concerning) sobre, acerca de;
what's the play ~? ¿de qué se trata la obra?;
he wants to see you about something quiere verte acerca de or por algo;
she won — how ~ that! ganó — ¡pues qué te parece! or ¡pues mira tú!
- (pertaining to): there's something ~ him that I don't like tiene un no sé qué que no me gusta
- (concerning) sobre, acerca de;
- (engaged in): while you're ~ it, could you fetch my book? ¿ya que estás me traes el libro?
about:aboutface /ə'baʊt'feɪs/ , (BrE also) about-turn /-'tɜ:rn / || /-'tɜ:n/ sustantivo
cambio m radical de postura
cambio m radical de postura
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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
about [ə'baʊt] adverbio & preposición
1 (presenta un tema o un asunto) acerca de, sobre
a book about Cervantes, un libro sobre Cervantes
what's all this about?, ¿qué pasa aquí?
to be about (película, etc) tratar de
to speak about sthg, hablar de algo
2 (presenta un motivo, una causa) por, to be worried about sthg, estar preocupado,-a por algo
3 (aquí y allá = around) por todas partes
to look about, mirar alrededor
don't leave things lying about, no dejes las cosas por el medio
there was nobody about, no había nadie
to rush about, correr de un lado para otro
we went for a walk about the town, dimos una vuelta por el pueblo
4 (aproximadamente) más o menos
at about eight o'clock, a eso de las ocho
he's about fifty, tiene unos cincuenta años
5 (casi) it's just about finished, está casi terminado
6 (acción inmediata) I was about to ring you, estaba a punto de llamarte
♦ LOC: it's about time you bought a dictionary, ya es hora de que te compres un diccionario
familiar how/what about a game of tennis?, ¿te apetece un partido de tenis?
what about grandfather?, y el abuelo, ¿qué?
1 (presenta un tema o un asunto) acerca de, sobre
a book about Cervantes, un libro sobre Cervantes
what's all this about?, ¿qué pasa aquí?
to be about (película, etc) tratar de
to speak about sthg, hablar de algo
2 (presenta un motivo, una causa) por, to be worried about sthg, estar preocupado,-a por algo
3 (aquí y allá = around) por todas partes
to look about, mirar alrededor
don't leave things lying about, no dejes las cosas por el medio
there was nobody about, no había nadie
to rush about, correr de un lado para otro
we went for a walk about the town, dimos una vuelta por el pueblo
4 (aproximadamente) más o menos
at about eight o'clock, a eso de las ocho
he's about fifty, tiene unos cincuenta años
5 (casi) it's just about finished, está casi terminado
6 (acción inmediata) I was about to ring you, estaba a punto de llamarte
♦ LOC: it's about time you bought a dictionary, ya es hora de que te compres un diccionario
familiar how/what about a game of tennis?, ¿te apetece un partido de tenis?
what about grandfather?, y el abuelo, ¿qué?
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| Compound Forms: | |||||||||
| arse about | vi | vulgar, slang | hacer el ganso | ||||||
| arse about | vi | vulgar, slang | hacer el idiota | ||||||
| bang on about sth | UK | dar la lata con algo v | |||||||
| be about to | estar a punto de | ||||||||
| be nuts about | estar loco por | ||||||||
| be wild about sb | informal (have romantic interest) informal | volverse loco por algn v | |||||||
| be wild about sth | informal (very enthusiastic; to be ~) informal | volverse loco por algo v | |||||||
| beat about | dar rodeos v | ||||||||
| beat about the bush | v | figurative (avoid getting to the point) | andar(se) por las ramas loc verb | ||||||
| No se puede andar por las ramas, resolvamos el problema de una vez por todas. | |||||||||
| dar vueltas al asunto loc verb | |||||||||
| Cuba | andar con rodeos loc verb | ||||||||
| España | irse por los cerros de Úbeda loc verb | ||||||||
| España fam | marear la perdiz loc verb | ||||||||
| become crazy about | colloquial | volverse loco por v refl | |||||||
| brag about | vtr | (talk boastfully about) | fanfarronear, presumir vi | ||||||
| hacer alarde de, alardear loc verb | |||||||||
| Estaba haciendo alarde de su dinero. / Estaba alardeando de su dinero | |||||||||
| jactarse de vpron | |||||||||
| Él siempre se jactaba de tener la casa más grande del barrio. | |||||||||
| Argentina | cancherear, mandarse la parte vi | ||||||||
| bring about | vtr | (cause) | ocasionar, provocar vtr | ||||||
| traer consigo vtr | |||||||||
| Los vientos huracanados trajeron consigo grandes destrozos | |||||||||
| traer aparejado vtr | |||||||||
| Esta situación puede traer aparejado el desgaste prematuro de los bujes. | |||||||||
| producir, proporcionar, dar lugar vtr | |||||||||
| Este hecho produjo (dio lugar a) un cambio asombroso de comportamiento. | |||||||||
| buzz about | n | informal (excited anticipation of sth) | entusiasmo nm | ||||||
| entusiasmarse v pron | |||||||||
| sentir excitación vtr | |||||||||
| Sentía una enorme excitación al pensar en la fiesta | |||||||||
| care about | vtr | (think is important) | valorar vtr | ||||||
| I care about the issue of global warming. | |||||||||
| Valoro mi jardín, mi casa, y mi trabajo, | |||||||||
| care about | vtr | (feel affection, concern for) | importar vi | ||||||
| I care about my elderly neighbour's failing health. | |||||||||
| No estés enojado porque no te llamé; sabes que me importas mucho. | |||||||||
| cast about | vi | (search) | tratar de encontrar loc verb | ||||||
| I'm casting about for some really good example sentences. | |||||||||
| Traté de encontrar la forma de sacarlo sin romperlo. | |||||||||
| andar buscando loc verb | |||||||||
| Ando buscando un repuesto para la máquina para poder arreglarla. | |||||||||
| planificar vtr | |||||||||
| Planifique de antemano el itinerario de modo de evitar idas y venidas innecesarias. | |||||||||
| clown about | vi | informal (play the fool, behave in a silly way) | hacerse el tonto loc verb | ||||||
| One can never take him seriously; he's always clowning about. | |||||||||
| No te hagas el tonto y decime qué pasa. | |||||||||
| hacer el mico / el mono loc verb | |||||||||
| Argentina | hacerse el gracioso loc verb | ||||||||
| Argentina fam | payasear vi | ||||||||
| Dejá de payasear y ponete a trabajar. | |||||||||
| couldn't care less about | v | (feel completely apathetic towards) | dar completamente igual loc verb | ||||||
| I couldn't care less about the tabloid headlines. | |||||||||
| Me da completamente igual si viene o si no viene. | |||||||||
| dar exactamente lo mismo loc verb | |||||||||
| Si te reclamo o no, da exactamente lo mismo, ¡tú no cambias! | |||||||||
| fam | importar un pepino / un pimiento loc verb | ||||||||
| importar un pito loc verb | |||||||||
| No me importa un pito lo que la gente dice. | |||||||||
| España fam | traer al pairo loc verb | ||||||||
| Me traen al pairo esas tonterías. | |||||||||
| crazy about | adj | slang (infatuated with: sb) | loco por adj + prep | ||||||
| He's so crazy about her he sends her flowers every day. | |||||||||
| Está tan loco por ella que le manda flores cada día. | |||||||||
| fam | embobado con adj + prep | ||||||||
| Últimamente ha estado de ala caída, anda embobado con una chica y ella no le da ni cinco de bola. | |||||||||
| España fam | colado, coladito por pp | ||||||||
| No puedes negar que estás coladito por ella. | |||||||||
| crazy about | adj | slang (very enthusiastic about: sth) | loco por adj + prep | ||||||
| He's crazy about basketball - the only time I don't see him on the court is when he's watching a game on TV. | |||||||||
| Está loco por el baloncesto. | |||||||||
| España fam | pirrarse vpron | ||||||||
| Se pirra por comer un pastel de chocolate | |||||||||
| Argentina fam | enganchado adj | ||||||||
| Están todos muy enganchados con un nuevo juego, se pasan horas en la computadora. | |||||||||
| discourse about | discurso sobre n | ||||||||
| discourse about | disertar sobre v | ||||||||
| enthusiastic about | adj | (keen on, a fan of) | entusiasta adj | ||||||
| I'm not enthusiastic about the new the tax system. | |||||||||
| partidario adj | |||||||||
| fanático de adj+prep | |||||||||
| enthusiastic about | adj | (excited at the prospect of) | entusiasmado pp | ||||||
| I'm enthusiastic about the prospect of starting college. | |||||||||
| fiddle about with | vtr | informal (play absent-mindedly with) | juguetear con vi+prep | ||||||
| fiddle about with | vtr | slang (alter or adjust unhelpfully) | trastear con vi+prep | ||||||
| He loved to fiddle about with old cars, but never actually fixed them up. | |||||||||
| Siempre andaba trasteando con motos, pero nunca consiguió poner en marcha una. | |||||||||
| juguetear con vi+prep | |||||||||
| Juan empezó a juguetear con su nuevo celular. | |||||||||
| find out about | vtr | (obtain information about) | conocer detalles sobre loc verb | ||||||
| I read his biography to find out about his life. | |||||||||
| descubrir acerca de loc verb | |||||||||
| Leí su biografía para descubrir más acerca de su vida. | |||||||||
| investigar sobre vtr+prep | |||||||||
| Se formó una comisión para investigar sobre violaciones a los derechos humanos durante la dictadura | |||||||||
| flutter about | vi | (flap) | revolotear vtr | ||||||
| The butterfly fluttered about the flower garden. | |||||||||
| aletear vtr | |||||||||
| flutter about | vtr | (make small quick movements) | temblar vtr | ||||||
| The leaves on the trees would flutter about in the breeze. | |||||||||
| flutter about | vtr | (move around nervously) | revolotear vi | ||||||
| forget about it | interj | slang (don't mention it, you're welcome) | de nada, no hay de qué fr hechas | ||||||
| A: You have done so much for me! B: Forget about it! | |||||||||
| Forget about it! You don't owe me a thing. | |||||||||
| A: - ¡Muchísimas gracias! B - No hay de qué, fue un gusto ayudarte. | |||||||||
| nada, ¡olvídalo! interj | |||||||||
| ¡Gracias otra vez!. - Nada, ¡olvídalo! | |||||||||
| no es nada fr hecha | |||||||||
| forget about it | interj | slang (don't worry, it's not important) | no hacer caso loc verb | ||||||
| Look, it's not such a big deal that I lied to you, so forget about it already! | |||||||||
| No hagas caso de lo que te digan, hablan de envidia. | |||||||||
| España fam | pasar vtr | ||||||||
| Pasa, no le contestes. | |||||||||
| forget about it | interj | (stop thinking about it) España, fam | pasar del tema loc verb | ||||||
| No le des vueltas y pasa del tema, tío. | |||||||||
| fuck about | vulgar | hacer el capullo vi | |||||||
| get about | vi | informal (travel) fam | moverse v pron | ||||||
| viajar vi | |||||||||
| De joven viajó mucho y supo sacar provecho de esos viajes. | |||||||||
| get about | vi | informal (walk, move on own power) | desplazarse v pron | ||||||
| Though 98 years old, my grandfather still gets about like he was half that age. | |||||||||
| Hay demasiados muebles, es muy incómodo para desplazarse. | |||||||||
| get excited about | emocionarse con v | ||||||||
| go about | vi | (conduct oneself) | conducirse vpron | ||||||
| You should always go about your business in a professional manner. | |||||||||
| manejarse v pron | |||||||||
| go about | vtr | (approach, tackle: a task) | ponerse a vpron+prep | ||||||
| Isn't it time you went about fixing the broken table? | |||||||||
| How am I to go about painting the ceiling when I have no ladder? | |||||||||
| ¿No es hora de que te pongas a estudiar? | |||||||||
| emprender vtr | |||||||||
| abordar vtr | |||||||||
| dedicarse a vpron+prep | |||||||||
| go about | vi | (move from place to place) | ir de un lugar a otro loc verb | ||||||
| He goes about from place to place, taking casual jobs wherever he can get them. | |||||||||
| vagar vi | |||||||||
| go on about | vtr | slang (talk incessantly about) | no parar de hablar loc verb | ||||||
| The teacher went on about the topic he had chosen regardless of the fact that many students were asleep. | |||||||||
| Aunque algunos invitados ya cabeceaban, el dueño de casa no paró de hablar sobre su último viaje. | |||||||||
| go on about | vtr | slang (talk unintelligibly about) | desvariar vi | ||||||
| An elderly person may go on about the past. | |||||||||
| A veces habla de su infancia y desvaría un poco, no le hagas mucho caso, cosas de viejos. | |||||||||
| España | dar la tabarra vtr | ||||||||
| El abuelo Cebolleta siempre daba la tabarra con sus batallitas pasadas. | |||||||||
| go on and on about | vtr | slang (talk incessantly about) | hablar sin parar vi | ||||||
| She went on and on about the various celebrities she had met. | |||||||||
| Se pasa el día hablando sin parar de aquella vez que salió con leo DiCaprio. | |||||||||
| España, fam | calentar la cabeza vtr | ||||||||
| Me calentó la cabeza con toda aquella cháchara sin sentido. | |||||||||
| good feeling about | n | (sb: positive evaluation of) | buen presentimiento nm | ||||||
| I've got a good feeling about you. I think you'll go far in this company. | |||||||||
| Tengo un buen presentimiento, creo que es la persona que estaba haciendo falta. | |||||||||
| fam | me late fr hecha | ||||||||
| Me late que es el que necesitas. Yo que tú, le ofrecía el puesto. | |||||||||
| good feeling about | n | (sth: premonition that sth will turn out well ) | buen presentimiento nm | ||||||
| I've got a good feeling about this party. I think it will be great! | |||||||||
| Tengo el buen presentimiento de que ésta es la solución adecuada. | |||||||||
| ser/mostrarse optimista respecto a loc verb | |||||||||
| El médico se mostró optimista respecto a las posibilidades de recuperación total. | |||||||||
| España, fam | tener buen fario (sobre/acerca de algo) vtr | ||||||||
| hack about | trasquilar vtr | ||||||||
| hang about | vi | informal (wait, be kept waiting) | dejar colgado (a alguien) loc verb | ||||||
| Hurry up! I haven't got time to hang about for ever! | |||||||||
| hang about | interj | slang (stop, wait a moment) | un momento interj | ||||||
| Hang about, do you mean to say you knew about that the whole time and just didn't tell me?! | |||||||||
| ¡Un momento!, ¿qué acabas de decir? | |||||||||
| espera interj | |||||||||
| ¡Espera!, ¿qué acabas de decir? | |||||||||
| fam | segundito interj | ||||||||
| Segundito, no me estás diciendo que pasas del tema ¿verdad? | |||||||||
| Argentina, fam | pará un poco, pará un cacho interj | ||||||||
| Pará un cacho, fuiste tan rápido que me perdí, empezá desde el principio. | |||||||||
| have a lot to say about | tener mucho que decir sobre v | ||||||||
| have doubts about | tener dudas sobre v | ||||||||
| have information about | vtr | (know sth important about) | tener información acerca de vtr | ||||||
| Anybody having information about the accident should report it to the police. | |||||||||
| tener información relevante sobre vtr | |||||||||
| Next 100 | |||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
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a book on South Africa / a book about South Africa
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a dance about the dispute between
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a name batted about by music buffs
a politician coy about his intentions
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a question about the subjunctive - grammar
a question about/on - grammar
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about-face - about-turn - absent - actually - ado - ambivalent - anathema - angry - annoy - anxious - approach - approachable - argue - arm - ask about - ask after - avenue - bandy about - bear - beat - bird - bluster - boast - bone - boss about - boss around - bother - brag - bring about - bush - bustle - buy off - cagey - candid - captivating - care - career - carp - carry about - carry around - carry on - carry-on - cautious - cheese off - chuckle - clean - come about - complain - complaint - conception
Spanish:
A - abismo - abundar - acerca de - acometer - acomplejada - acomplejado - acomplejarse - actualidad - advertir - al - alardear - alrededor - amargarse - añadidura - anda - andar - ansiedad - antediluviana - antediluviano - apasionar - arremolinarse - aspaviento - base - bicha - bombo - cábala - caballería - cabeza - cacarear - cachaza - cachondeo - calentarse - callarse - callejear - calor - calzo - campana - carta - casi - causar - cerca - chapotear - chiflada - chiflado - ciencia - coincidir - colada - colado - comentar
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