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orilla

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shore

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orilla
feminine noun
1. bank (ribera) (de río); shore (de mar)
  • a orillas de -> on the banks of (río)
  • a orillas del mar -> by the sea
  • fue aclamado en las dos orillas del Atlántico (figurative) -> he was acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic
2. edge (borde)
3. pavement (acera)

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orilla [o-reel’-lyah]
noun
1. Limit, extent, border, margin. (f)
2. Edge of stuff or cloth. (f)
3. Bank of a river, shore of the sea. (f)
4. Extent, limit of something not material. (f)
5. Footpath in a street, avoiding mud. (Antique) (f)
6. Pavement (acera). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
  • A la orilla -> near a place, on the brink
  • Orilla del mar -> seashore
noun
1. A brisk wind or fresh breeze. (f)
  • Hacer buen -> or mala orilla, andalusian expressions for good or bad weather

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orilla
1 (borde) [de río] bank; [de lago] shore; edge; [de mesa] edge; [de taza] rim; lip
la orilla del mar the seashore; a orillas de on the banks of; vive orilla de mi casa he lives next door to me
2 (Cos) (orillo) selvage; (dobladillo) hem
3 (Latinoamérica) (acera) pavement; sidewalk; (EEUU)
4
de orilla (Caribe) (sin importancia) trivial; of no account; (sin valor) worthless
5 orillas (Latinoamérica) (arrabales) outlying districts; poor quarter
singular
; (s) (México) shanty town
singular
; (s)

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