Polyglot Dictionary

bordillo

/boɾˈðiʝo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
bordillos

Meaning

  1. kerb

    • Tropezó con el bordillo.

      He tripped on the kerb.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Bordstein

Bordstein is the German word for the same thing — both mean "kerb."

Portuguese

meio-fio

meio-fio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "kerb."

Practice

1 What does bordillo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tropezó con el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bordillo?

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