go about

abordar, proceder a

Elegir cómo empezar o llevar a cabo una tarea, o cómo tratar un problema.

En inglés sencillo: Choose a way to start or deal with a task or problem.

• How do we go about this?
• She went about fixing the roof carefully.
• You need to change how you go about finding work.

Cómo se usa: go about doing something (How should we go about finding a new flat?); go about something (You went about the task in the wrong way.)

Sinónimos: tackle, approach, set about

Expresiones frecuentes: go about something, go about finding something

ocuparse de, seguir con

Realizar el trabajo o las actividades de todos los días.

En inglés sencillo: Do your usual work or everyday activities.

• We went about our business.
• She goes about her duties quietly.
• How can people go about normal life during the repairs?

Cómo se usa: go about something (People went about their daily work.)

Sinónimos: carry on with, attend to

Expresiones frecuentes: go about business, go about work

circular, propagarse

Pasar de una persona a otra, como una noticia o una enfermedad.

En inglés sencillo: Pass from one person to another, like news or an illness.

• A nasty cold is going about.
• That story went about the village for weeks.
• Is there a stomach bug going about at school?

Sinónimos: spread, circulate, go around

Expresiones frecuentes: go about town, go about school

virar por avante

Girar un velero pasando la proa por el viento, para que este llegue por el otro lado.

En inglés sencillo: Turn a sailing boat so that the wind comes from the other side.

• The boat began to go about.
• We went about when the wind changed.
• Is the crew ready to go about?

Sinónimos: tack, come about

Expresiones frecuentes: go about now, go about again