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colindante

adjacent

adjective koh-leen-DAN-teh Rare

Origin: From colindar ('to border on'), itself from co- + linda ('boundary').

Also means

bordering

Usage Note

Colindante is most common in legal, real-estate, and urban-planning texts to describe properties or land that share a boundary — finca colindante, municipio colindante. A near synonym is limítrofe, which is preferred for countries or larger territories. Both are invariable for gender.

Examples

"El terreno colindante está en venta."

Natural Translation

The adjacent plot is for sale.

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