WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| fencing n | (sport: combat with a long blade) | esgrima nf |
| | Kate was involved in fencing at her university. |
| | Kate hacía esgrima en la universidad. |
| fencing n | (barrier: length of fence) | cerca nf |
| | | valla nf |
| | | cerco nm |
| | | reja nf |
| | Forty feet of fencing hid the front of the property from view. |
| | Una cerca de cuarenta pies ocultaba la parte delantera de la propiedad. |
| Additional Translations |
| fencing n | (material for building fences) | cerca nf |
| | | cerco nm |
| | Alison ordered some wooden fencing to enclose her garden. |
| | Alison pidió una cerca de madera para cerrar su jardín. |
| fencing n | figurative (selling stolen goods) | tráfico nm |
| | A member of the mafia was arrested for fencing. |
| | Un miembro de la mafia fue arrestado por tráfico. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| fence n | (enclosure around property) | cerca nf |
| | | valla nf |
| | | verja nf |
| | Josh built a fence around his garden. |
| | Josh construyó una cerca alrededor de su jardín. |
| fence n | (horse racing: obstacle) | valla nf |
| | | obstáculo nm |
| | The horse jumped the fence. |
| | El caballo saltó la valla. |
| fence⇒ vi | (sport) | hacer esgrima, practicar esgrima loc verb |
| | (PR) | esgrimir⇒ vtr |
| | Erin fenced at a national competition. |
| | Erin hacía esgrima en una competencia nacional. |
| Additional Translations |
| fence n | informal (person: deals in stolen items) | perista n común |
| | The burglar took his loot to a fence. |
| | El ladrón llevó su botín a un perista. |
| fence vi | figurative (argue) | discutir⇒ vi |
| | The two professors had been fencing over the subject for years. |
| | Los dos profesores han discutido el asunto por años. |
| fence [sth]⇒ vtr | (stolen property) | traficar⇒ vtr |
| | The pawn shop fenced stolen goods. |
| | La tienda de empeños traficaba artículos robados. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
Locuciones verbales
fence | fencing |
| fence [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | (animals: confine) (animales) | cercar⇒, encerrar⇒ vtr |
| fence [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | (area: enclose) | cercar⇒ vtr |
| | | enrejar⇒ vtr |
| | They fenced in the yard in the hope of keeping foxes away from their chickens. |
| fence [sb] in vtr phrasal sep | figurative ([sb]: confine, restrict) (figurado) | encerrar⇒, restringir⇒, confinar⇒ vtr |
fence [sth] off,
fence off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (partition with fence) | cercar⇒ vtr |
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