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contorno

outline

noun kohn-TOHR-noh Rare
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Origin: From Italian contorno, 'to go around.'

Also means

contour

Usage Note

Contorno refers to the outer edge or silhouette of a shape, and in geography it describes a boundary line or perimeter. In cooking, contorno (borrowed from Italian) sometimes appears on menus as a side dish, though guarnición is the standard Spanish term for that sense. In cartography and topography, líneas de contorno are contour lines.

Examples

"El dibujante trazó el contorno del mapa."

Natural Translation

The draftsman traced the outline of the map.

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