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borde

Spanish, noun

borde is spelled B-O-R-D-E (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,549th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borde is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “edge, border, brink, verge, rim, margin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of bordar. With an accent, bordé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of bordar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Extremo lateral de algo”.

What does borde mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineedge, border, brink, verge, rim, margin

  2. 2

    masculinebrim, rim, lip (top edge of a vessel or container)

  3. 3

    masculineside (of the road, highway, freeway, etc.)

  4. 4

    masculineledge (of a window)

  5. 5

    masculineedging, fringe (shaping or dressing the edge of something)

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinebastard (born out of wedlock)

  2. 2

    Spaincolloquialfemininemasculinerude, impertinent

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as bordé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of bordar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Extremo lateral de algo. 2. En las vasijas, la orilla alrededor de la boca. 3. Costado exterior del navío desde la superficie del agua hasta la borda. 4. El límite e las superficies de los órganos.

noun: 1. El hijo nacido fuera de matrimonio. 2. El vástago de la vid que no nace de la yema.

adjective: 1. Hablando de árboles, el silvestre que no está injerto ni cultivado. 2. Malhumorado, de mal carácter, mal genio.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of borde

  • bordes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to borde

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is borde in Spanish?

borde appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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