/roðeˈaɾ/
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Translation
to surround, to encircle
Word origin
From rueda ('wheel'), from Latin rota, via the idea of turning around something.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- rota
- English cognates
- rotate, round
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular (1st group)
Examples
amanecer.
The soldiers surrounded the town before dawn.
muro .
A stone wall surrounds the whole garden.
consolarla.
Her friends gathered around her to comfort her.
.
We had to go around the lake to reach the other side.
¡ tantas !
I do not like being surrounded by so many questions!
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