alrededores

m.pl.

1 environs.

2 surroundings, neighborhood, fringes, outskirts.

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alrededores

► nombre masculino plural

1 surrounding area sing

■ en los alrededores de Sevilla in the vicinity of Seville, just outside Seville

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noun m. plural

1) surroundings

2) outskirts

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masculino plural

a) (de ciudad - barrios periféricos, afueras) outskirts (pl); (- otras localidades)

Madrid y sus alrededores — Madrid and its surroundings

b) (de edificio, calle) surrounding area

la policía está rastreando los alrededores — the police are combing the surrounding area

en los alrededores de la iglesia — in the area around the church

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= surroundings, surrounding area, outskirts of, the, vicinity, environs.

Ex. Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.

Ex. Large-scale maps and street plans of the locality and surrounding areas may be consulted, as may current traders' lists and catalogues.

Ex. Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.

Ex. Students should be encouraged to pay a visit to a library in their own vicinity to consult particular sources or to initiate an interlibrary loan request.

Ex. This database contains 500 photographs, drawings, engravings and watercolours of the 16th century Sutton House and its environs.

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* en los alrededores de = on the outskirts of, in the area round.

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masculino plural

a) (de ciudad - barrios periféricos, afueras) outskirts (pl); (- otras localidades)

Madrid y sus alrededores — Madrid and its surroundings

b) (de edificio, calle) surrounding area

la policía está rastreando los alrededores — the police are combing the surrounding area

en los alrededores de la iglesia — in the area around the church

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= surroundings, surrounding area, outskirts of, the, vicinity, environs.

Ex: Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.

Ex: Large-scale maps and street plans of the locality and surrounding areas may be consulted, as may current traders' lists and catalogues.

Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.

Ex: Students should be encouraged to pay a visit to a library in their own vicinity to consult particular sources or to initiate an interlibrary loan request.

Ex: This database contains 500 photographs, drawings, engravings and watercolours of the 16th century Sutton House and its environs.

* en los alrededores de = on the outskirts of, in the area round.

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alrededores

mpl

1 (de edificio, calle) surrounding area (sing)

la polícia está rastreando los alrededores the police are combing the surrounding area

en los alrededores del estadio in the area around the stadium

2 (de ciudad) outskirts (pl)

vive en los alrededores de Madrid she lives in the outskirts of Madrid

3 (de otras lugares) surroundings (pl)

el pueblo y sus alrededores the village and its surroundings

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alrededores sustantivo masculino plural

a) (barrios periféricos, extrarradio de ciudad) outskirts (pl);

(otras localidades): surroundings (pl)

b) (de edificio, calle) surrounding area;

◊ en los alrededores de la iglesia in the area around the church

'alrededores' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alrededor
- proximidad
English:
environs
- round
- surrounding
- vicinity
- home
- neighborhood
- neighboring
- out
- surroundings

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alrededores

mpl surrounding area sg

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alrededores nmpl

aledaños: surroundings, outskirts

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alrededores npl outskirts