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round meaning in Spanish

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around (near)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ə.ˈraʊnd]

cerca depreposition

around the clock (all the time)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈklɒk]
[US: ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈklɑːk]

día y nochepreposition

noche y díapreposition

around the corner (imminent; very soon)
adjective

a la vuelta de la esquinaadjective

background [backgrounds] (computing: activity not visible to the user)
noun
[UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd]

en segundo planonoun
{m}

background [backgrounds] (computing: computer background)
noun
[UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd]

fondo de pantallanoun
{m}

background [backgrounds] (less important feature)
noun
[UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd]

segundo planonoun
{m}

background [backgrounds] (part of picture)
noun
[UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd]

fondonoun
{m}
The portrait had a dark background. = El retrato tenía un fondo oscuro.

trasfondonoun
{m}

background [backgrounds] (relevant information)
noun
[UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd]

antecedentenoun
{m}
The CIA runs a thorough background check on all new employees. = La CIA realiza un exhaustivo control de antecedentes para todos los nuevos empleados.

background [backgrounds] (social heritage)
noun
[UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd]

formaciónnoun
{f}

background check (report on an individual)
noun

verificación de antecedentesnoun
{f}

background music (music played in a public space)
noun
[UK: ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd ˈmjuː.zɪk]
[US: ˈbæk.ˌɡrɑːwnd ˈmjuː.zɪk]

hilo musicalnoun
{m}

música de fondonoun
{f}

música fondalnoun
{f}

beat around the bush (to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant)
verb
[UK: biːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə bʊʃ]
[US: ˈbiːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈbʊʃ]

andarse por las ramasverb

ir por los cerros de Úbedaverb

beat around the bush (to treat a topic but omit its main points)
verb
[UK: biːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə bʊʃ]
[US: ˈbiːt ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈbʊʃ]

andar con ambagesverb

andarse con rodeosverb

breeding-ground (figuratively)
noun
[UK: ˈbriːd.ɪŋ ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈbriːd.ɪŋ ˈɡraʊnd]

caldo de cultivonoun

semilleronoun

common ground dove (Columbina passerina)
noun
[UK: ˈkɒ.mən ɡraʊnd dʌv]
[US: ˈkɑː.mən ˈɡraʊnd ˈdəv]

tortolita azulnoun
{f}

fishing ground (area of water used for fishing)
noun

caladeronoun

fool around (to waste time)
verb
[UK: fuːl ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈfuːl ə.ˈraʊnd]

pelar la pavaverb

foreground [foregrounds] (the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane)
noun
[UK: ˈfɔː.ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈfɔːr.ˌɡrɑːwnd]

primer planonoun
{m}

from the ground up (from the beginning)
adverb

desde ceroadverb

fuck around (to fool around; joking, bugging)
verb
[UK: fʌk ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈfək ə.ˈraʊnd]

fregarverb

huevearverb

mamarverb

molestarverb

putearverb

fuck around (to procrastinate)
verb
[UK: fʌk ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈfək ə.ˈraʊnd]

joderverb

gain ground (to make progress or obtain advantage)
verb
[UK: ɡeɪn ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈɡeɪn ˈɡraʊnd]

ganar terrenoverb

get around verb
[UK: ˈɡet ə.ˈraʊnd]
[US: ˈɡet ə.ˈraʊnd]

sortearverb

go round in circles (To repeatedly do the same thing)
verb

dar vueltasverb

ground [grounds] (basis, foundation, groundwork)
noun
[UK: ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈɡraʊnd]

basenoun
{f}

fundamentonoun
{m}

ground [grounds] (bottom of a body of water)
noun
[UK: ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈɡraʊnd]

fondonoun
{m}

ground (crushed or reduced to small particles)
adjective
[UK: ɡraʊnd]
[US: ˈɡraʊnd]

molidoadjective

picadoadjective

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