hedge

seto

Fila de arbustos que separa terrenos o rodea un jardín.

En inglés sencillo: A row of bushes grown to divide land or surround a garden.

• A hedge surrounds our garden.
• Dad trimmed the hedge yesterday.
• Birds are nesting in the tall hedges beside the path.

Sinónimos: hedgerow

Expresiones frecuentes: garden hedge, trim a hedge, tall hedge, thick hedge

cobertura

Inversión o acuerdo que reduce el riesgo de perder dinero cuando cambian los precios.

En inglés sencillo: An investment or agreement that helps protect you from losing money when prices change.

• This contract provides a hedge against rising prices.
• The fund uses several hedges to limit losses.
• They need a better hedge against currency changes.

Cómo se usa: hedge against something (The company bought gold as a hedge against inflation.)

Sinónimos: protection, safeguard

Expresiones frecuentes: hedge against inflation, currency hedge, effective hedge

responder con evasivas, eludir

Evitar dar una respuesta clara o hacer una promesa firme.

En inglés sencillo: To avoid giving a clear answer or making a firm promise.

• Stop hedging and answer the question.
• He hedged when I asked about the cost.
• The minister hedged her promises with careful conditions.

Cómo se usa: hedge something with something (She hedged her answer with several qualifications.)

Sinónimos: equivocate, evade

Expresiones frecuentes: hedge an answer, hedge a statement, hedge with qualifications

cercar con setos

Rodear un terreno con una fila de arbustos.

En inglés sencillo: To surround land with a row of bushes.

• They plan to hedge the field.
• We hedged the garden with hawthorn.
• The farmer had hedged every small pasture.

Cómo se usa: hedge something with something (They hedged the garden with thick evergreen bushes.)

Sinónimos: enclose

Expresiones frecuentes: hedge a field, hedge a garden, hedge with hawthorn

rodear, cercar, obstruir

Rodear a alguien o algo, o poner obstáculos alrededor que limiten su movimiento o sus acciones.

En inglés sencillo: To surround someone or something, or place things around them that prevent free movement or action.

• Thick bushes hedged the narrow path.
• Their freedom was hedged about with strict rules.
• The crowd hedged him in near the door.

Cómo se usa: hedge someone/something in (High walls hedged us in on every side.); hedge something with something (The agreement was hedged with restrictions.)

Sinónimos: surround, hem in, obstruct

Expresiones frecuentes: hedge someone in, hedge something about, hedge with restrictions