go around

rodear, girar

Moverse en círculo o seguir un camino alrededor de algo.

En inglés sencillo: Move in a circle or follow a path round something.

• The wheels go around slowly.
• We went around the fallen tree.
• Does this path go around the whole island?

Cómo se usa: go around something (The road goes around the lake.)

Sinónimos: circle, rotate

Expresiones frecuentes: go around something, go around corners

circular, propagarse

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

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

• A cold is going around.
• A strange rumour went around the office.
• What stories are going around about the new manager?

Sinónimos: spread, circulate, go about

Expresiones frecuentes: go around school, go around town

alcanzar para todos

Haber bastante de algo para que cada persona reciba una parte.

En inglés sencillo: There is enough of something for everyone to have a share.

• There is enough food to go around.
• We bought extra cake so there would be plenty to go around.
• Are there enough tickets to go around?

Cómo se usa: enough something to go around (There are enough seats to go around.)

Sinónimos: suffice

Expresiones frecuentes: enough to go around, plenty to go around

ir de visita, pasarse por

Ir a casa de alguien o a otro lugar para pasar un rato allí.

En inglés sencillo: Go to someone’s home or another place to spend time there.

• I will go around later.
• She went around to her neighbour’s flat for tea.
• Shall we go around to your parents’ house tonight?

Cómo se usa: go around to somewhere (We went around to Ben’s house after dinner.)

Sinónimos: visit, drop by, go round

Expresiones frecuentes: go around tonight, go around later

discutir sin parar, darle vueltas

Seguir discutiendo o pensando sobre un asunto sin llegar a resolverlo.

En inglés sencillo: Keep arguing about something or thinking about it without settling it.

• Must we go around over this again?
• They went around for hours over who should pay.
• I keep going around over that problem in my head.

Cómo se usa: go around over something (They went around over the same old dispute.)

Sinónimos: argue, obsess

Expresiones frecuentes: go around again, go around endlessly

hacer una aproximación frustrada

Abandonar el intento de aterrizar y volver a subir con el avión para intentarlo de nuevo.

En inglés sencillo: Stop trying to land a plane and climb to try again.

• The pilot decided to go around.
• We went around because the runway was blocked.
• The tower told the aircraft to go around immediately.

Sinónimos: abort the landing

Expresiones frecuentes: go around again, go around immediately