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bordear

to border, to skirt

verb bor-deh-AHR Rare

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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