Translations for get about in the English»Spanish Dictionary

So far, they are able to get twice the energy density of an existing ultracapacitor, but they are trying to get about five times. en.wikipedia.org

It appears that, rather than fighting with groundsheet-sized bits of paper and deciphering symbols for churches with spires, people simply prefer to use their smartphone or satnav to get about. www.independent.co.uk

In the same size room now, we can get about 30,000 operating systems and a petabyte of data. www.computerworld.co.nz

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get about in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for get about in the English»Spanish Dictionary

get about VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] Brit (v + adv, v + prep + o)

get about → get around

See also get around

I.get around VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + adv, v + prep + o)

1. get around (walk, move about) invalid/old person:

2. get around (travel):

3. get around (circulate):

4. get around (gather in circle):

5. get around (complete):

II.get around VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + prep + o)

1. get around (avoid, circumvent):

2. get around (persuade):

III.get around VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + o + adv)

1. get around (cause to come, go):

2. get around (persuade, win over):

IV.get around VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + adv) (come, go)

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Translations for get about in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.about [Am əˈbaʊt, Brit əˈbaʊt] ADV about often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (fool about, knock about, move about, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (fool, knock, move, etc)

1. about (approximately):

2. about:

3.1. about (from one place to another):

3.2. about (in various directions):

4.1. about (in the vicinity, in circulation) esp Brit :

4.2. about (on all sides):

II.about [Am əˈbaʊt, Brit əˈbaʊt] PREP

1.1. about (concerning):

1.2. about (pertaining to):

2. about (engaged in):

3.1. about (in, on, through) esp Brit :

3.2. about (encircling):

3.3. about (on one's person) Brit:

I.get1 <pres part getting, pt got, pp got or Am also gotten> [Am ɡɛt, Brit ɡɛt] VB trans

1.1. get (to obtain):

1.2. get (to buy):

1.3. get (to achieve, to win):

1.4. get (by calculation):

1.5. get (when telephoning):

2.1. get (to receive):

2.2. get:

2.3. get (to be paid):

2.4. get (to experience):

2.5. get (to suffer):

3. get (to find, to have) inf:

4. get (to fetch):

5.1. get (to reach):

5.2. get (to take hold of):

5.3. get (to catch, to trap):

5.4. get (to assault, to kill) inf:

6. get (to hit):

7. get (with illnesses):

8. get (to catch):

9. get (to prepare):

10.1. get inf (to irritate):

10.2. get inf (to bring out emotions):

10.3. get inf (to puzzle):

11.1. get (to understand):

11.2. get (to hear, to take note of):

12. get (to answer) inf:

14. get (to bring, to move, to put) + adv compl:

15. get (to cause to be) + adj compl:

16.1. get (showing an action carried out by the subject):

16.2. get (showing an action carried out by somebody else):

17. get (to arrange, to persuade, to force):

18. get (to cause to start):

II.get1 <pres part getting, pt got, pp got or Am also gotten> [Am ɡɛt, Brit ɡɛt] VB intr

1. get (to arrive):

2.1. get (to become):

2.2. get (to be) inf:

3.1. get (to come to, to reach a state):

3.2. get (to have the opportunity to):

4. get (to start):

See also get out, get in, get across

I.get out VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + adv)

1. get out:

2. get out (of room, country):

3. get out (socially, for pleasure):

I.get¹ <pres part getting, pt got, pp got or Am also gotten> [Am ɡɛt, Brit ɡɛt] VB trans

II.get¹ <pres part getting, pt got, pp got or Am also gotten> [Am ɡɛt, Brit ɡɛt] VB intr

get² N

See also git², git¹

git² VB intr Am inf only in imperative

git¹ [Am ɡɪt, Brit ɡɪt] N Brit sl