rodearverb
Rodear means to surround or to go around in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as rodea, rodean and rodeaba.
- to surround, to go around
Un muro de piedra rodea la parcela.
A stone wall surrounds the plot of land.
Una muralla rodeaba la vieja ciudad.
A wall surrounded the old city.
Ella se rodea de gente que piensa como ella.
She surrounds herself with like-minded people.
El Ártico es el área que rodea al Polo Norte.
The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| rodea | he, she, it | Present |
| rodean | they | Present |
| rodeaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| rodeaban | they | Imperfect |
| rodeando | Gerund | |
| rodearon | they | Preterite |
| rodeó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| rodeamos | we | Present or preterite |
| rodee | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| rodeará | he, she, it | Future |
| rodeas | you | Present |