Also means
to edge, to rim
Usage Note
Bordear means to travel or extend along the edge of something — a coast, a cliff, a topic — without entering or crossing it. It is regularly conjugated (-ar). The related noun borde means edge or rim. Figuratively, bordear el peligro means to come close to danger without quite entering it, similar to English 'to skirt an issue.'
Examples
"La carretera bordea el acantilado."
Natural Translation
The road skirts the cliff.

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