Around y about a menudo son intercambiables cuando se usan con otras palabras para formar phrasal verbs con Around/about. Around también se puede reemplazar con round. Cuando los phrasal verbs se usan con around y about, a menudo expresan la idea de actuar de manera relajada, sin concentrarse o sin un propósito particular. En esta lección, aprenderemos algunos de los phrasal verbs con around/about más utilizados.
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Listado de Phrasal Verbs con Around/about
| Phrasal verbs con Around/about | Significado | Ejemplos |
| wait about/around | permanecer en un lugar sin hacer nada mientras esperas que algo suceda | Let’s go home. We’ve been waiting around here for an hour. He’s not coming. |
| laze about/around | holgazanear | I love the holidays. It’s lovely to be able to laze about/around all day doing nothing. |
| sit about/around | estar cruzado de brazos | You can’t sit about/around all day doing nothing. Go and do your homework. |
| hang about/around | rondar | When I was a teenager, I loved just hanging about/around with my friends and talking. |
| mess about/around | jugar | Jack was messing about/around with an old clock and some pieces feel out. |
| mess about/around | comportarse estúpidamente, perdiendo el tiempo hacienda cosas sin importancia | Stop messing about/around and get down to work. |
| mess sb about/around | tratar a alguien mal
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Dave messed Jenny about/around. He never really loved her. |
| mess sb about/around | perder el tiempo cambiando de opinión o no hacer lo que prometiste | I’m tired of you messing me about/around. I’m taking my business to another company. |
| lie about/around | pasar tiempo acostado haciendo muy poco | We were so tired that we spent all day on Saturday just lying about/around watching series. |
| mill about/around | caminar alrededor de un área o espacio en particular mientras esperas algo | I like sitting in a café watching everyone milling about/around. |
| stand about/around | pasar tiempo parado en un lugar mientras esperas a alguien o haciendo muy poco | We’ve been standing about/around her for 20 minutes – the concert’s going to start. Let’s go in. |
| stick around | quedarse en algún lugar por un período de tiempo | I’m really busy now. Can you stick around for 20 minutes and we can talk later? |
| take sb around/round | visitar un lugar con alguien que le muestre las partes más interesantes o importantes | We took the Chinese delegation around the factory and showed them our production process. |
| show around/round | ir con alguien a un lugar que no haya visitado antes y mostrarle las partes interesantes | The next time you’re in Dublin, let me know and I’ll show you around. |
| faff around | retrasar el propósito de hacer algo | Stop faffing around and get on with your work. |
| fiddle around | pasar tiempo en una actividad que no tiene un propósito real | I’ve been fiddling around with the presentation for an hour but I don’t think it looks any better. |
| boss around | decirle a alguien qué hacer; dar órdenes | She loves bossing people around but she’s a really nice person. |
| turn around | mover hacia la dirección opuesta | I heard something behind me but when I turned around, there was no one there. |
| ask around | preguntar por ahí | We asked around but nobody had ever heard of this restaurant. |
| shop around | ir a diferentes o muchas tiendas para encontrar el mejor precio o el mejor producto | These jeans are a bit expensive. I think I’ll shop around for something cheaper. |
| snoop around | husmear | Have you been snooping around my mobile phone? You know that’s very rude. |
| sleep around | acostarse con otros | After a year, he started sleeping around. When she found out, she threw him out. |
| call around | llamar a muchos lugares / personas diferentes | We thought the price was too high, so we called around to other suppliers and we found a good on in Berlin. |
| get around | poder moverse | After her hip operation, she found it more difficult to get around. |
Ejercicios
Busca el correspondiente phrasal verb con Around/about como e indica en las frases subrayadas en la oración.
- Lisa likes to end the day lying on the sofa doing very little under the moonlight. (lying about)
- The workers look impatient as they spend time standing outside the conference room waiting for the negotiation of their leaders and the company owners to end. (standing about)
- After a hard day’s work, I like to relax and enjoy myself by doing very little at home. (laze about)
- Why do like to treat your classmates badly? They are very friendly to you. (mess around)
- If you have time, you can drop by my office and we can go somewhere for a drink and a chat. (hang around)
- Why don’t you stay at home for at least a day or two, so we can have more time together? (stick around)
- When you visit my country, I will be your tour guide. I’ll go with you to places you haven’t seen before and some interesting parts of our country. (show around)
- Don’t hesitate to ask many people about the best things you can do here in the new city. (ask around)
- You’re married now. You can’t go on having many causal sexual partners. (sleeping around)
- You should call different restaurants to see if you can book a table. (call around)
Elige el phrasal verb con Around/about correcto para completar las oraciones.
Don’t delay the submission of your reports. I hate employees who always ______. (faff around)
a. faff around b. mess around
I feel like a spy these days. I ______ my husband’s activities and whereabouts every now and then. (snoop around)
a.mess around b. snoop around
It’s a huge city but I’m learning how to _____ and find interesting places. (get around)
a.get around b. call around
I like to ___________ different malls and shops before deciding which product I should buy. I just love shopping. (shop around)
a.shop around b. go around
Don’t _______ me _______ . I hate being told what to do many times. Once is enough for me. (boss around)
a.boss around b. mess around
Can you please _______? I can’t see your facial expressions clearly. (turn around)
a.turn around b. boss around
Don’t _______ with the camera. It’s very expensive and you might break it. (fiddle around)
a.fiddle around b. mess around
I will be in your area next week. Would be kind enough to _______ me _______ the city? You know all the best places. (take around)
a.take around b. fiddle around
Time passes by so slow when you are just ____________ , watching the clock for the day to end. (waiting about)
a.wait about b. laze about
I deserve to _______ once in a while. I’ve been working hard all days of the week I deserve a break. (laze about)
a.laze about b. wait about
EJERCICIO DE COMUNICACIÓN. Debate sobre las siguientes preguntas.
- What is your dream vacation? Would you like to laze about during the day?
- Do you like to be bossed around? Why or why not?
- What should we do with workers who always faff around?
- Has anyone ever messed you about? What happened?
- At what age do people in your country retire? What is the first thing that they do after retirement?