rondar

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rondar
transitive verb
1to patrol (vigilar)
2(parecer próximo)
  • me está rondando un resfriado -> I've got a cold coming on
  • le ronda el sueño -> he's about to drop off
3to court (cortejar)
4to be around (edad, cifra)
  • ronda los cuarenta años -> he's about forty
intransitive verb
5to wander (merodear)(por around)
  • me ronda una idea por la cabeza -> I've been turning over an idea in my head

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rondar [ron-dar’]
article & verb transitive & verb neuter
1To go round by night in order to prevent disorders (inspeccionar).
2To take walks by night about the streets, to serenade.
3To go round, to follow anything continually, to haunt, to harass (acosar).
4To hover about one place, to move round a thing.
5To threaten to relapse, to impend.
6To flutter (mariposa).
  • Me está rondando un catarro -> I've got a cold hanging about

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rondar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+policía, soldado] to patrol
2 [+cifra, edad]
el precio ronda los mil dólares the price is in the region of a thousand dollars; rondaba los 30 años he was about 30
3 (perseguir)
la ronda a todas horas para que le preste dinero he pesters her night and day to lend him money; es una idea que me rondaba la cabeza desde hace tiempo it's an idea which I've had going round in my head for quite a while; me está rondando un catarro I've got a cold hanging over me; a estas horas siempre me ronda el sueño I always start feeling sleepy around this time
4 (anticuado) (cortejar) to court
verbo:intransitivo
1 [+policía, soldado] to (be on) patrol
2 (deambular) to prowl
sospechan de un hombre que rondaba por allí they suspect a man who was prowling around the area
3 [+pensamiento, idea]
debes rechazar las dudas que te rondan por la cabeza you must dispel the doubts that are besetting you
4 (anticuado) [+enamorado, la tuna] to serenade

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Verb Conjugation for "rondar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo rondo rondé rondaba rondaré ronde
Tú rondas rondaste rondabas rondarás rondes
Ella/Él/Usted ronda rondó rondaba rondará ronde
Nosotros rondamos rondamos rondábamos rondaremos rondemos
Vosotros rondáis rondasteis rondabais rondaréis rondéis
Ellos/Ustedes rondan rondaron rondaban rondarán ronden
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