lindar

v.

to be adjacent, to abut.

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lindar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to border (con, on), adjoin (con, -)

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VI

lindar con: mis tierras lindan con las suyas — my land borders on theirs

el banco linda con el ayuntamiento — the bank is adjacent to the town hall

eso linda con el racismo — that is bordering on racism

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verbo intransitivo

a) (limitar)

lindar con algo — to adjoin something

el parque linda con la carretera — the park runs alongside the road

b) (asemejarse)

lindar con algo — to border on something, verge on something

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= border.

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.

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* lindar con = adjoin, adjoin, border on.

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verbo intransitivo

a) (limitar)

lindar con algo — to adjoin something

el parque linda con la carretera — the park runs alongside the road

b) (asemejarse)

lindar con algo — to border on something, verge on something

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= border.

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.

* lindar con = adjoin, adjoin, border on.

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lindar [A1 ]

vi

1 (limitar) lindar CON algo to adjoin sth

el parque linda con la carretera the park runs alongside o runs adjacent to the road, the park adjoins the road

2 (asemejarse) lindar CON algo to border ON sth, verge ON sth

su novela linda con el melodrama her novel borders o verges on the melodramatic

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lindar (conjugate lindar) verbo intransitivo lindar con algo (limitar) to adjoin sth;
(aproximarse a) to border on sth, verge on sth
lindar verbo intransitivo to border [con, on]
'lindar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rayar
English:
border on
- adjoin
- border

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lindar vi

1.

lindar con [terreno] to adjoin, to be next to;

su finca linda con la mía her land borders on mine

2.

lindar con [conceptos, ideas] to border on, to verge on;

un chiste que linda con lo grosero a joke which borders o verges on being rude

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lindar

v/i

:

lindar con algo adjoin sth; fig border on sth

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lindar vi

1)

lindar con : to border, to skirt

2)

lindar con bordear: to border on, to verge on