bordar

bordar
v.
to embroider.
la actriz borda el papel de Cleopatra the actress is outstanding in the role of Cleopatra
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bordar
► verbo transitivo
1 to embroider
2 figurado to perform exquisitely
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VT
1) (Cos) to embroider

bordado a mano — hand-embroidered

2) (=hacer perfectamente) to do supremely well

ha bordado su papel — she was excellent in her part

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verbo transitivo
a) <sábana/blusa> to embroider

lo bordó a mano — she embroidered it by hand

b) <papel> to play ... brilliantly
* * *
= embroider.
Ex. This very absence of quality is what makes these books attractive to children, not just because they are easy to read, undemanding, untaxing, but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read.
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verbo transitivo
a) <sábana/blusa> to embroider

lo bordó a mano — she embroidered it by hand

b) <papel> to play ... brilliantly
* * *
= embroider.

Ex: This very absence of quality is what makes these books attractive to children, not just because they are easy to read, undemanding, untaxing, but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read.

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bordar [A1 ]
vt
1 ‹sábana/blusa› to embroider
lo bordó a mano she embroidered it by hand o hand-embroidered it
bordado a máquina machine-embroidered
2 ‹interpretación/papel› to play … brilliantly
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bordar (conjugate bordar) verbo transitivo ‹sábana/blusa› to embroider;
◊ lo bordó a mano she embroidered it by hand

bordar verbo transitivo
1 (una interpretación, un trabajo) to do excellently
2 Cost to embroider

'bordar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cañamazo
- labor
English:
embroider
- stitch
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bordar vt
1. [coser] to embroider;
bordar algo a mano to hand-embroider sth
2. [hacer bien] to do excellently;
bordó el examen she did excellently in the exam;
la selección bordó su actuación the team gave an excellent performance;
la actriz borda el papel de Cleopatra the actress is outstanding in the role of Cleopatra
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bordar
v/t embroider;
bordar algo fig do sth brilliantly
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bordar v
: to embroider
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bordar vb to embroider

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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