"be all about" meaning in All languages combined

See be all about on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: is all about [present, singular, third-person], being all about [participle, present], was all about [past], been all about [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> all about}} be all about (third-person singular simple present is all about, present participle being all about, simple past was all about, past participle been all about)
  1. (colloquial) To deal with, to be focused on. Tags: colloquial Translations (deal with): s’agir de (French), gehen um (German), sich handeln um (German), sich drehen um (German), lidiar con (Spanish), enfocarse en (Spanish), tratarse de (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-be_all_about-en-verb-WlFkUVy6 Disambiguation of 'deal with': 99 1
  2. (colloquial) To love, to enjoy, to be interested in. Tags: colloquial Translations (be interested in): abfahren auf [colloquial] (German), estar interesado en (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-be_all_about-en-verb-AGFyRAL8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'be interested in': 6 94

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "word": "sich drehen um"
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          "sense": "deal with",
          "word": "lidiar con"
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "s’agir de"
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "gehen um"
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      "sense": "deal with",
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "sich drehen um"
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      "sense": "deal with",
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