English
Verb
be about (third-person singular simple present is about, present participle being about, simple past was about, past participle been about)
- (transitive) To have (something) as a primary focus.
- What is this book about?
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with be about to, which describes the intention, e.g. "I am about to sell my car".
Translations
Translations
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 是關於 / 是关于 (shì guānyú)
- Dutch: gaan over (nl)
- Finnish: kertoa (fi) (+ elative), käsitellä (fi) (+ partitive)
- French: s'agir de (fr) (e.g. "il s'agit de ..."), concerner (fr), être au sujet de
- German: sich handeln um (de) (e.g. "es handelt sich um ..."), gehen um (de) (e.g. "es geht um ..."), von ... sein, über ... sein
- Greek: αφορά (aforá)
- Polish: chodzić o (pl) impf, być o (pl)
- Russian: быть о (ru) (bytʹ o) (e.g. О чём эта книга? - copula is omitted in the present), речь идёт о ... (rečʹ idjót o ...) (this is about ... (more abstract topics))
- Spanish: rondar (es), tratar(se) de, tratar(se) sobre, tratar(se) acerca de
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