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audio a·bout (-bout)

prep.
  1. (relating to) acerca de, sobre
    stories about animals cuentos sobre animales
  2. (in the nature of) con respecto a
    something odd about his accent algo curioso con respecto a su acento
  3. (concerning) por
    crazy about sweets loco por los dulces
  4. (approximately) a eso de, alrededor de
    about ten o'clock alrededor de las diez
  5. (on all sides of) acá y allá, a la redonda
  6. (near to) cerca de, en torno de

expresiones idiomáticas:
how about that!
¡qué te parece!
how about you?
¿y tú?
to be about to
estar a punto de
adv.
  1. (approximately) aproximadamente, casi
    about two days aproximadamente dos días
  2. (all around) aquí y allá, por todas partes
    great waves tossed the ship about las olas grandes sacudían al barco por todas partes
  3. (in the reverse direction) en la dirección opuesta

expresiones idiomáticas:
all about
por todas partes
to be up and about
estar levantado (de la cama)
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