Polyglot Dictionary

delimitar

/delimiˈtaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
delimito
preterite (yo)
delimité
past participle
delimitado

Meaning

  1. to delimit

    • Delimitaron el terreno.

      They marked out the plot.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

acotar

delimitar is the more general, common word for defining limits or boundaries; acotar is more about narrowing scope or annotating, like annotating a text.

deslindar

delimitar and deslindar are close synonyms for "to delimit, define boundaries," interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

delimitar

delimitar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to delimit."

Practice

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