derredor

Spanish

Etymology

From redor, from Latin retrō. The initial "d-" is possibly from de.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dereˈdoɾ/ [d̪e.reˈð̞oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: de‧rre‧dor

Noun

derredor m (plural derredores)

surroundings
- 2007 August 5, “Fugitivos”, in El País‎:
  La victoria de un hombre solo frente al enorme ejército represivo del Estado es lo que convierte a estos individuos en leyenda y crea en su derredor un halo de misterio.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Further reading

“derredor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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