border

frontera

Línea o zona que separa un país de otro.

En inglés sencillo: The line or area where one country ends and another begins.

• We crossed the border yesterday.
• Police checked our passports at the border.
• Their village is close to the border.

Cómo se usa: border between A and B (They live near the border between France and Spain.)

Sinónimos: frontier, boundary

Expresiones frecuentes: cross the border, border guard, border crossing, state border

borde, cenefa

Franja o línea alrededor del borde de algo, a menudo como adorno.

En inglés sencillo: A strip or line around the edge of something, often used as decoration.

• The card has a gold border.
• She added borders to all the pictures.
• A narrow blue border runs around the page.

Cómo se usa: border around something (She drew a border around the photo.)

Sinónimos: edging, trim

Expresiones frecuentes: decorative border, red border, border around something

limitar, colindar

Estar junto a otro lugar y compartir un límite con él.

En inglés sencillo: To be next to another place, sharing an edge with it.

• The farm borders a river.
• Three countries border this lake.
• Their property borders on the forest.

Cómo se usa: border something (Germany borders Poland.); border on something (Our land borders on a nature reserve.)

Sinónimos: adjoin

Expresiones frecuentes: border a country, border on something, border the sea, border with something

bordear

Formar una línea o franja a lo largo del borde de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To form a line or strip around the edge of something.

• Trees border the path.
• The garden was bordered with a low hedge.
• A silver line borders each page.

Cómo se usa: be bordered with something (The tablecloth is bordered with lace.); be bordered in something (The announcement was bordered in black.)

Sinónimos: surround, edge

Expresiones frecuentes: border a path, border something with, border something in

ribetear, bordear

Poner una línea o una franja decorativa alrededor del borde de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To add a line or decorative strip around the edge of something.

• Border the picture with a thin line.
• She bordered the blanket with soft fabric.
• He carefully bordered each card in blue.

Cómo se usa: border something with something (She bordered the cloth with ribbon.); border something in something (Border the invitation in gold.)

Sinónimos: edge, trim

Expresiones frecuentes: border a page, border something with, border something in