redondear

to round off

verb rreh-dohn-deh-AHR Rare

Origin: From redondo (round, from Latin 'rotundus') + '-ear'.

Also means

to round up/down

Usage Note

Redondear means to round a number (up or down) in mathematics, but also figuratively to round off or finish something neatly — redondear un discurso (to round off a speech). The phrase redondear el sueldo means to supplement one's income to make it a round figure or simply to top it up. It is a regular -ar verb with no stem changes.

Examples

"Vamos a redondear la cifra al número entero más cercano."

Natural Translation

Let's round the figure to the nearest whole number.

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