verb

rodear

surrounded · surround

Estar o ponerse alrededor de algo o alguien por todos lados.

Rodear means to surround, encircle, or go around something.

To be positioned around something: Un jardín rodea la casa. — “A garden surrounds the house.”
To move around something: Rodearon el lago. — “They went around the lake.”
Figuratively, to surround someone with people or things: Se rodea de amigos. — “She surrounds herself with friends.”

Rodear is a regular -ar verb. Its reflexive form, rodearse, is often followed by de.

It comes from rueda (“wheel”), reflecting the idea of moving in a circle.

circundar — “to surround” or “encircle”; more formal.
bordear — “to go along the edge of”; it does not necessarily imply going all the way around.
cercar — “to enclose” or “fence in”; often suggests a barrier or restriction.
atravesar — “to cross through”; a contrast when rodear means going around an obstacle.