frisar

/fɾiˈsaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (yo)
friso
preterite (yo)
frisé
past participle
frisado

Meaning

  1. to border on

    • Frisa los cuarenta.

      He is close to forty.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

colindar

frisar specifically means to border on, approaching an age or quantity, like pushing fifty years old; colindar means to physically or geographically border, be adjacent.

Practice

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