bordering

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɔːdərɪŋ/

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
bordering adj (neighboring, adjacent)adyacente, colindante adj mf
 Alabama and Georgia are bordering states.
 Alabama y Georgia son estados colindantes.
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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
border n (frontier line) (confín)frontera nf
 The border between the two countries was marked by a fence.
 La frontera entre los dos países fue delimitada con una valla.
border n (ornamental strip or edging) (adorno)borde nm
 The plates have a gold border.
 Los platos tienen un borde dorado.
border n (outer boundary)confines nmpl
  confín nm
 The spaceship has passed the planets and reached the border of the solar system.
 La nave espacial traspasó los planetas y alcanzó los confines del sistema solar.
border [sth]⇒ vtr (land: adjoin) (formar un límite)limitar⇒ vi
 The United States borders Canada to the north.
 Los Estados Unidos limitan al norte con Canadá.
border n (region along a boundary line)frontera nf
 She lives on the border with Mexico.
 Ella vive en la frontera con México.
border n (horticulture: narrow flower bed)parterre nm
 There was a border of daisies running along the path.
 Había un parterre de margaritas a lo largo del sendero.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
the border n UK (border between England and Scotland)la frontera nf
 When you travel from England into Scotland, there is no need to show a passport at the border.
 Cuando viajas de Inglaterra a Escocia no es necesario mostrar el pasaporte en la frontera.
the Borders n UK (region around England-Scotland border)los Borders n propio mpl
 The River Tweed runs through the Borders into northern England.
 El río Tweed corre por los Borders hacia el norte de Inglaterra.
the border n (US: border with Mexico) (entre Estados Unidos y México)la frontera nf
 The man was apprehended after crossing the border into Texas.
 Atraparon al hombre después de cruzar la frontera hacia Texas.
border [sth] vtr (form a border with) (hacer límite)bordear⇒ vtr
 A river borders our property to the West.
 Un río bordea nuestra propiedad por el oeste.
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Locuciones verbales
border | bordering
InglésEspañol
border on [sth] vtr phrasal insep (be adjacent to)limitar con, lindar con vi + prep
 Our house borders on conservation land that no one can build on.
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Argentina limita con Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brasil y Uruguay.
border on [sth] vtr phrasal insep figurative (be almost)rozar⇒ vtr
  rayar en vi + prep
  lindar con vi + prep
 His bizarre behavior borders on the insane.
 Su extraño comportamiento roza la locura.
 Su extraño comportamiento raya en la locura.
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Compound Forms:
border | bordering
InglésEspañol
border collie n (dog)Border collie n propio m
 The border collie is an excellent working farm dog.
border crossing n (passage between countries)cruce de frontera nm + loc adj
  frontera nf
 We sat at the border crossing for hours because inspectors were on strike.
 John had problems at the border crossing because he left his passport at the hotel.
 Nos quedamos varados en el cruce de frontera por horas, pues los inspectores estaban de paro.
border patrol n (frontier guards) (AR)gendarmería nf
 The cars were ordered to stop by the border patrol.
 Gendarmería ordenó a los autos que pararan.
borderline,
border line n		 (line marking a boundary)frontera nf
  línea límite, línea fronteriza nf + adj
  límite nm
 They crossed the borderline into Canada around sunset.
 Cruzaron la frontera a Canadá al atardecer.
borderline,
border line n		 figurative (line dividing two things)línea nf
  límite nm
 The borderline between optimism and idealism is a hard one to draw.
 La línea entre el optimismo y el idealismo es una difícil de trazar.
 El límite entre el optimismo y el idealismo es uno difícil de trazar.
brush border (anatomy)borde en cepillo loc nom m
cross-border adj (across boundaries)de frontera loc adj
  transfronterizo adj
 After the new law passed, cross-border traffic decreased significantly.
 Cuando se aprobó la nueva ley, el tráfico de frontera se redujo significativamente.
national border n (boundary of a country)frontera nacional nf
on the borderline,
on the border line adv		 figurative (in between)al borde, en el borde loc adv
  al límite, en el límite, loc adv
  a un paso loc adv
 After his wife left him he spent several months on the borderline between sanity and insanity.
 That's on the borderline of being offensive.
 Después de que su mujer lo dejase, pasó varios meses al borde entre la demencia y la cordura. // Eso está al borde de ser ofensivo.
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'bordering' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
brink - conterminous - contiguity - contiguous - coterminous - neighboring - shore - Trieste - water line
Spanish:
colindante - limítrofe - lindante - aledaño - rayano


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