limitar

v.

1 to limit, to restrict.

han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometers an hour

este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary

Ricardo limitó las reglas Richard limited the rules.

El médico limitó al paciente The doctor limited the patient.

2 to mark out (terreno).

3 to set out, to define (atribuciones, derechos).

4 to border.

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limitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to limit

► verbo intransitivo limitar con

1 to border with

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FRASEOLOGÍA

limitarse a + inf to restrict oneself to + gerund, do no more than + inf

■ una persona inteligente no se limita a ver la televisión an intelligent person does not restrict himself to watching television

■ limítate a cumplir ordenes just obey orders

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verb

to restrict, limit

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1.

VT (=restringir) to limit, restrict

nos han limitado el número de visitas — they have limited o restricted the number of visits we can have

limitaron el tiempo del examen a dos horas — the exam time was limited to two hours

hay que limitar el consumo de alcohol entre los adolescentes — alcohol consumption among young people should be restricted

2.

VI

limitar con — to border on

España limita al norte con Francia — Spain borders on France to the north

3.

See:

limitarse

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1.

verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict

le han limitado las salidas a dos días por mes — he's restricted to going out twice a month

2.

limitar vi

limitar con algo — to border on something

España limita al oeste con Portugal — Spain is bounded by Portugal to the west

3.

limitarse v pron

limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

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= bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.

Ex. Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

Ex. Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.

Ex. This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.

Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex. Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.

Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.

Ex. There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.

Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.

Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

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* limitar búsqueda = limit + search.

* limitar con = border on.

* limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.

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1.

verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict

le han limitado las salidas a dos días por mes — he's restricted to going out twice a month

2.

limitar vi

limitar con algo — to border on something

España limita al oeste con Portugal — Spain is bounded by Portugal to the west

3.

limitarse v pron

limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

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= bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.

Ex: Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.

Ex: This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.

Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex: Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.

Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.

Ex: There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.

Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.

Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

* limitar búsqueda = limit + search.

* limitar con = border on.

* limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.

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limitar [A1 ]

vt

‹funciones/derechos/influencia› to limit, restrict

las disposiciones que limitan la tenencia de armas de fuego the regulations which restrict o limit the possession of firearms

es necesario limitar su campo de acción restrictions o limits must be placed on his freedom of action

habrá que limitar el número de intervenciones it will be necessary to limit o restrict the number of speakers

le han limitado las salidas a dos días por semana he's restricted to going out twice a week

■ limitar

vi

limitar CON algo to border ON sth

España limita al oeste con Portugal Spain borders on o is bounded by Portugal to the west, Spain shares a border with Portugal in the west

■ limitarse

v pron

limitarse A algo:

yo me limité a repetir lo que tú me habías dicho I just repeated o all I did was repeat what you'd said to me

no hizo ningún comentario, se limitó a observar he didn't say anything, he merely o just stood watching

limítate a hacer lo que te ordenan just confine yourself to o keep to what you've been told to do

el problema no se limita únicamente a las grandes ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to big cities

tiene que limitarse a su sueldo she has to live within her means

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limitar (conjugate limitar) verbo transitivo ‹funciones/derechos› to limit, restrict
verbo intransitivo limitar con algo [país/finca] to border on sth
limitarse verbo pronominal:

◊ el problema no se limita a las ciudades the problem is not confined o limited to cities;

me limité a repetir lo dicho I just repeated what was said
limitar
I verbo transitivo to limit, restrict: tengo que limitar mis gastos, I have to limit my spending
II verbo intransitivo to border: limita al norte con Francia, at North it borders on France

'limitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
constreñir
- tapiar
- lindar
English:
border on
- confine
- limit
- narrow down
- restrict
- border

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limitar

♦ vt

1. [restringir] to limit, to restrict;

quieren limitar el poder del presidente they want to limit o restrict the president's power;

han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometres an hour;

este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary

2. [terreno] to mark out;

limitaron el terreno con una cerca they fenced off the land

♦ vi

to border (con on);

limita al norte con Venezuela it borders on Venezuela to the north

♦ See also the pronominal verb limitarse

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limitar

I v/t limit; (restringir) limit, restrict

II v/i

:

limitar con border on

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limitar vt

restringir: to limit, to restrict

limitar vi

limitar con : to border on

♦ See also the reflexive verb limitarse

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limitar vb

1. (restringir) to limit

quieren limitar el consumo de agua they want to limit water consumption

2. (tener frontera) to border

España limita con Francia Spain borders on France / Spain has a border with France