about
/əˈbaʊt/Translation
adv, prep
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⇨ sobre
a book about translation un libro sobre traducción
⇨ acerca de
I would like to talk to you about what happened yesterday Me gustaría hablarte acerca de lo de ayer
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⇨ aproximadamente
It's about half past three Son aproximadamente las tres y media
⇨ más o menos
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⇨ casi
We're about to finish the project El proyecto está casi terminado
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⇨ por todas partes
Don't leave your toys lying about! ¡No dejes los juguetes tirados por todas partes!
{how/what} about...?
⇨ ¿qué tal si...?
How about going out for a drink? ¿Qué tal si vamos a tomar algo?
to be about
⇨ tratar de
This film is about Joan of Arc Esta película trata de Juana de Arco
to be about to
⇨ estar a punto de
We were about to have lunch when the doorbell rang Estábamos a punto de comer cuando sonó el timbre
(Definition of about adv, prep from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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