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1 bordear
v.1 to border (estar alrededor de).El bus bordea la colina The bus borders the hill.2 to be close to.3 to avoid, to sidestep.María bordea los problemas Mary avoids problems.4 to border on, to be on the border of.5 to serve as a border to, to fringe, to border, to serve as fringe for.El encaje bordea el paño The lace serves as a border to the towel.6 to be a border to, to border, to limit with, to border with.El río bordea al país The river is a border to the country.* * *1 to skirt, go round2 (aproximarse) to border on, verge on* * *verb1) to border, skirt2) border on* * *1. VT1) (=rodear) to skirt (round)2) [calle, árboles] (=estar alrededor de) to border, border on; (=flanquear) to line3) (=acercarse a) [+ edad] to be approaching, be close to; [+ genialidad, obsesión] to border onbordea los sesenta años — he's approaching sixty, he's close to sixty
4) Cono Sur (=evitar)bordear un asunto — to skirt round o avoid a (tricky) subject
2.VI (Náut) to tack* * *verbo transitivoa) ( seguir el borde de) <costa/isla> to skirt, go aroundb) (rodear, lindar con)c) <peligro/fracaso> to come close tod) ( acercarse a)bordea los cincuenta — he's approaching o around fifty
* * *= bound, line, skirt.Ex. Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.Ex. The maple trees that lined the Allenby Public Library parking lot reached toward the sun like a hedge of orange fire.Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.----* bordear la costa = coast.* * *verbo transitivoa) ( seguir el borde de) <costa/isla> to skirt, go aroundb) (rodear, lindar con)c) <peligro/fracaso> to come close tod) ( acercarse a)bordea los cincuenta — he's approaching o around fifty
* * *= bound, line, skirt.Ex: Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.
Ex: The maple trees that lined the Allenby Public Library parking lot reached toward the sun like a hedge of orange fire.Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.* bordear la costa = coast.* * *bordear [A1 ]vt1 (seguir el borde de) ‹costa/isla› to skirt, go aroundla carretera que bordea el lago the road that goes along the edge of the lakenavegar bordeando la costa to hug the coast2(rodear, lindar con): un camino bordeado de álamos a road lined with poplarslas barriadas pobres que bordean la ciudad the poor districts on the outskirts o edge of the city, the poor districts that flank/surround the city3 ‹peligro/fracaso› to come close tobordea los cincuenta he's approaching o around fifty* * *
bordear ( conjugate bordear) verbo transitivo
‹ isla› to go aroundb) ( estar a lo largo del borde):
bordear verbo transitivo
1 (ir por el borde, rodear) to go round, skirt
2 (estar en el borde) to border
3 pey (estar al límite de, rayar en) to border on: su paciencia bordea la estupidez, his patience borders on stupidity
' bordear' also found in these entries:
English:
line
- rim
- skirt
* * *bordear vt1. [estar alrededor de] to border;cientos de árboles bordean el camino hundreds of trees line the way2. [moverse alrededor de] to skirt (round);tuvimos que bordear el lago we had to skirt (round) the lake;bordearon la costa they hugged the coast3. [rozar] to be close to;bordea los ochenta años she's nearly eighty years old;su insistencia bordea lo impertinente his insistence is verging o bordering on the impertinent* * *v/t ( rodear) border* * *bordear vt1) : to border, to skirtel Río Este bordea Manhattan: the East River borders Manhattan2) : to border onbordea la irrealidad: it borders on unreality3) : to lineuna calle bordeada de árboles: a street lined with trees
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