bordear
Spanish, verb/boɾdeˈaɾ/
bordear is spelled B-O-R-D-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 85,557th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bordear is a Spanish verb meaning “to border” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar bordos”.
What does bordear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to border
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar bordos. 2. Ir por el borde u orilla de algo. 3. Estar muy cerca de hacer algo, estar al límite de emprender algo. :*Sinónimos: rozar, frisar.. 4. Estar al límite de experimentar o sentir algo. :*Sinónimos: rozar, frisar..
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 bordear
- bordeo first-person present singular
- bordeé first-person preterite singular
- bordeado participle past
- bordeando gerund
- bordeada feminine participle past
- bordeados masculine participle past
- bordeadas feminine participle past
- bordeas indicative informal present
- bordeás indicative informal present
- bordea indicative present singular
- bordeamos first-person indicative plural
- bordeáis indicative plural present
- bordean indicative plural present
- bordeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bordeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bordeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bordeabais imperfect indicative plural
- bordeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bordear?
- /boɾdeˈaɾ/
- [boɾ.ð̞eˈaɾ]
- [boɾð̞eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bordear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bordear in Spanish?
bordear appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).