| Additional Translations |
| round adj | (not angular) | redondeado/a adj |
| | She had beautiful round handwriting. |
| | Ella tenía una hermosa escritura manuscrita redondeada. |
| round adj | (number: whole, without fractions) | redondo/a adj |
| | | entero/a adj |
| | 3.14 is not a round number, but 3 is. |
| | 3,14 no es un número redondo, pero 3 sí lo es. |
| | 3,14 no es un número entero, pero 3 sí lo es. |
| round adj | (person: plump) (coloquial) | rellenito adj |
| | | robusto/a adj |
| | Fat? I prefer to say that she is round. |
| | ¿Gorda? Prefiero decir que ella es rellenita. |
| | ¿Gorda? Prefiero decir que ella es robusta. |
| round n | (steak, cut of beef) | lomo nm |
| | Ground round is generally preferred over general ground beef. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Generalmente, la carne molida de lomo es la que contiene más grasa. |
| round n | often plural (circuit) | ronda nf |
| | I said hi to the paperboy as he cycled past on his daily round. |
| | Saludé al chico del periódico mientras hacía su ronda diaria. |
| round n | (serving of drinks) | ronda nf |
| | Waiter! Another round of drinks! |
| | ¡Camarero! Traiga otra ronda para mis amigos y para mí. |
| round n | (music: rhythmical canon) (composición musical) | canon rítmico nm + adj |
| | The children sang 'London's Burning' in a round. |
| | Los chicos cantaron 'London's Burning' en un canon rítmico. |
| round n | (golf: complete play) (golf) | ronda nf |
| | I played two rounds of golf yesterday. |
| | Jugué dos rondas de golf ayer. |
| round n | (boxing: section of match) | asalto nm |
| | (voz inglesa) | round nm |
| | The boxer lasted just two rounds against the reigning champion. |
| | El boxeador solo aguantó dos asaltos contra el campeón actual. |
| rounds npl | (routine check on hospital patients) | rondas nfpl |
| | The doctor is making his rounds right now. |
| | El doctor está haciendo sus rondas hoy. |
| round⇒ vi | (become round) | redondearse⇒ v prnl |
| | His face and body are beginning to round out now he is getting proper food. |
| | Ahora que está comiendo buena comida, su rostro y su cuerpo están comenzando a redondearse. |
| round [sth]⇒ vtr | (make less pointy) | redondear⇒ vtr |
| | | suavizar⇒ vtr |
| | She rounded the corners of the table to make it less dangerous. |
| | Ella redondeó las esquinas de la mesa para que fuera menos peligrosa. |
| round [sth] vtr | (turn: a bend or corner) | doblar en vi + prep |
| | | virar en vi + prep |
| | The sports car rounded the corner quickly. |
| | El auto deportivo dobló en la esquina rápidamente. |
| round [sth] vtr | (math: increase or decrease number) | redondear⇒ vtr |
| | Round your answer to the nearest whole number. |
| | Redondea tu respuesta al número entero más cercano. |
Locuciones verbales
round | rounding |
| ask [sb] round vtr phrasal sep | UK (invite to [sb]'s house) | invitar a la casa loc verb |
| bring [sb] round vtr phrasal sep | informal (make conscious) | reanimar a vtr + prep |
| | Victorians used smelling salts to bring round someone who had fainted. |
| | Los victorianos usaban sales para reanimar a los que se habían desmayado. |
| bring [sb] round vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (persuade) | convencer a vtr + prep |
| | | persuadir a vtr + prep |
| | Wendy wasn't sure about moving to Florida, but her husband's talk of beaches brought her round. |
| | Wendy no estaba segura sobre mudarse a Florida, pero lo que dijo su marido sobre las playas la convenció. |
| call round vi phrasal | (visit) | visitar⇒ vi |
| | (informal) | pasarse⇒ vi |
| | Peter said that he would call round sometime this afternoon. |
| | Peter dijo que me visitaría en algún momento esta tarde. |
| | Peter dijo que se pasaría por aquí en algún momento esta tarde. |
come around,
also UK: come round vi phrasal | informal (recover consciousness) | recobrar la consciencia, recuperar la consciencia loc verb |
| | | volver en sí loc verb |
| | The patient came around soon after his operation. |
| | El paciente recobró la consciencia al poco tiempo de la operación. |
| | El paciente volvió en sí al poco tiempo de la operación. |
come around,
also UK: come round vi phrasal | figurative (be persuaded) | cambiar de opinión loc verb |
| | | dejarse convencer loc verb |
| | My parents aren't keen on my new boyfriend, but they'll come round when they get to know him. |
| | A mis padres no les gusta mi nuevo novio, pero ya cambiarán de opinión cuando lo conozcan. |
come around,
also UK: come round to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (revise your opinion) | dejarse convencer por loc verb + prep |
| | | cambiar de opinión sobre loc verb + prep |
| | | convencerse de v prnl + prep |
| | Steve eventually came round to my opinion. |
| | Steve finalmente se dejó convencer por mi opinión. |
come around,
also UK: come round vi phrasal | (date, event: occur again) | volver⇒ vi |
| | | llegar⇒ vi |
| | Jill always feels sad when the anniversary of her husband's death comes around. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Cuando vuelve la primavera todo se cubre de verde. |
| | Jill siempre se siente triste cuando llega el aniversario de la muerte de su esposo. |
drop around,
also UK: drop round vi phrasal | informal (visit [sb]'s house) | pasar⇒ vi |
| | (coloquial) | caer⇒ vi |
| | Steve dropped round earlier, while you were out; I said you'd phone him when you got back. |
| | Steve pasó más temprano cuando no estabas, le dije que lo llamarías en cuanto volvieses. |
drop around,
also UK: drop [sth] round vtr phrasal sep | informal (bring [sth]) | traer⇒ vtr |
| | As you'll be passing my house anyway, could you drop that paperwork around? |
| | Como vas a pasar por mi casa, ¿podrías traerme el papeleo? |
gather round,
US: gather around vi phrasal | (congregate) | acercarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Gather round everybody! Richard has something to say! |
| | ¡Acérquense todos! ¡Ricardo tiene algo para decir! |
get around [sth],
also UK: get round [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (circumvent) | evitar⇒ vtr |
| | | sortear⇒ vtr |
| | | esquivar⇒ vtr |
| | You can't get around the problem by pretending it doesn't exist. |
| | No puedes evitar el problema haciendo como si no existiera. |
get around,
also UK: get round,
get about vi phrasal | informal (circulate) | correr⇒ vi |
| | When word got around that she was baking cookies, all the children appeared at her door. |
| | Cuando corrió la voz de que estaba haciendo galletas, todos los niños aparecieron en su puerta. |
get around to [sth],
also UK: get round to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (find time) | sacar el tiempo para loc verb |
| | | encontrar el tiempo para loc verb |
| | Bill eventually got round to the washing-up. |
| | Al fin Bill sacó tiempo para lavar los platos. |
get around to doing [sth],
also UK: get round to doing [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (find time) | decidirse a v prnl + prep |
| | One of these days, I will get around to making the trip to Paris. |
| | Cualquiera día, me decidiré a hacer el viaje a París. |
| get round [sb] vtr phrasal insep | informal (cajole) | convencer a vtr + prep |
| | | persuadir a vtr + prep |
| | (figurado) | ganarse a v prnl + prep |
| | You can't get round me with flattery - you're not getting a bike for Christmas, and that's final! |
| | No puedes convencerme con halagos, ¡no te daré una bicicleta para Navidad y punto final! |
go around,
also UK: go round vi phrasal | (rotate, revolve) | girar⇒ vi |
| | | dar vueltas loc verb |
| | | rotar⇒ vi |
| | The baby watched the top go round and laughed. |
| | Each of the beautifully painted horses became visible as the carousel went around. |
| | El bebé miró el trompo girar y se rio. // Cada uno de los hermosos caballos pintados apareció al girar el carrusel. |
go around,
also UK: go round vi phrasal | (be shared by all) | para todos loc adv |
| | (cambio de sujeto) | alcanzar⇒ vi |
| | Do you think there'll be enough loaves and fishes to go around? |
| | ¿Crees que hay suficientes panes y pescados para todos? |
| | ¿Crees que estos panes y pescados alcanzarán? |
go around,
also UK: go round,
go about vi phrasal | (illness: be transmitted) (coloquial) | dar vueltas loc verb |
| | | circular⇒ vi |
| | There's a nasty strain of flu going around. |
| | Hay un terrible virus de la gripe dando vueltas. |
go around,
also UK: go round,
go about vi phrasal | (be in a state habitually) | ir por ahí loc verb |
| | | andar⇒ vi |
| | He goes around looking filthy. |
| | She goes about as if she owns the place. |
| | Él va por ahí con ese aspecto tan desagradable. |
go around,
also UK: go round,
go about vi phrasal | figurative, informal (circulate, spread) | correr⇒ vi |
| | | circular⇒ vi |
| | There's a rumour going round that you're cheating on Tim. |
| | Corre el rumor de que estás engañando a Tim. |
go around,
also UK: go round vi phrasal | informal (pay a visit to [sb]) (informal) | darse una vuelta por loc verb |
| | (informal) | pasarse por v prnl + prep |
| | I'll go round to your place when I'm done. |
| | Me daré una vuelta por tu casa cuando termine. |
| | Me pasaré por tu casa cuando termine. |
have [sb] over,
also UK: have [sb] round,
have [sb] around vtr phrasal sep | informal (receive as a guest) (a alguien) | invitar a alguien loc verb |
| | | tener a alguien de visita loc verb |
| | We had my husband's parents over for the weekend. |
| have [sb] round vtr phrasal sep | UK (invite to home) (a alguien) | invitar a casa loc verb |
| | The Browns are such a nice couple; we must have them round sometime. |
look around for [sb/sth],
also UK: look round for [sb/sth],
look about for [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (seek in surrounding area) | buscar por aquí, buscar por acá loc verb |
| | | buscar por la zona loc verb |
| | I misplaced my keys, so I'll have to look around for them. |
| | No sé dónde puse las llaves, tendré que buscarlas por aquí. |
phone round,
phone around vi phrasal | UK (call people by phone) | llamar por teléfono vtr + loc adv |
| | | telefonear⇒ vi |
| | I need to borrow an electric drill, so I'm going to phone round my friends and see if anyone has one they can lend me. |
rally around,
also UK: rally round vi phrasal | (show solidarity) | reunir para apoyar, reunir para dar apoyo loc verb |
| | | reunir para ayudar loc verb |
| | The neighbours rallied around to help Janet while her husband was sick. |
| | Los vecinos se reunieron para apoyar a Janet mientras su esposo estaba enfermo. |
rally around,
also UK: rally round [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (support [sb]) | solidarizarse con v prnl + prep |
| | | apoyar a vtr + prep |
| | Everyone rallied round the mayor in his moment of crisis. |
| | Todos se solidarizaron con el alcalde durante sus momentos de crisis. |
round [sth] down,
round [sth] down to [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (express as previous whole number) | redondear hacia abajo, redondear hacia abajo hasta loc verb |
| | The answer was 5.1, so I rounded it down to 5. |
| | La respuesta era 5,1 así que la redondeé hacia abajo a 5. |
round [sth] off,
round [sth] off with [sth],
round [sth] off by doing [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (end, conclude) | rematar algo con algo, rematar algo haciendo algo loc verb |
| | | rematar⇒ vtr |
| | He rounded off his speech with a joke, leaving the audience in a good mood. |
| | Remató su discurso con un chiste, lo que dejó al público de buen humor. |
round [sth] off,
round [sth] off to [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (express as nearest whole number) | redondear a vtr + prep |
| | The price was eighty-seven euros, but the clerk rounded it off to eighty-five. |
| | El precio era 87 euros, pero el vendedor lo redondeó a 85. |
round [sth] off,
round off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (make [sth] less jagged) | redondear⇒ vtr |
| | Lana trimmed her fingernails, then used an emery board to round off the ends. |
| | Lara se cortó las uñas y usó una lima para redondear las puntas. |
| round [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative (make fuller or more complete) | completar⇒ vtr |
| | The volunteer work Dave did last summer really rounded out his resume. |
| | El trabajo como voluntario que hizo Dave el pasado verano ciertamente completó su currículum. |