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"Line" is a noun which is often translated as "la línea", and "trench" is a noun which is often translated as "la trinchera". Learn more about the difference between "line" and "trench" below.
line(
layn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (mark)
2. (wrinkle)
d. el cabo (M) (nautical)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
One of the sailors had already untied the line connecting the boat to the quay.Uno de los marineros ya había desatado el cabo que unía el barco al muelle.
4. (row)
a. la cola (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
If we want to get into the club, we'll have to join the line.Si queremos entrar en la discoteca, tendremos que ponernos a la cola.
6. (boundary)
b. el renglón (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
How do I change the spacing between lines?¿Cómo hago para cambiar el espaciado entre renglones?
a. la línea (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The principal actor forgot her lines at the beginning of the second act.A la actriz principal se le olvidaron las líneas al comienzo del segundo acto.
9. (direction)
11. (succession)
12. (military)
13. (attitude)
a. la postura (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He takes a more moderate line.Él tiene una postura más moderada.
14. (contour)
15. (field or area)
16. (commerce)
17. (transportation)
c. la naviera (F) (shipping company)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The line went bankrupt after the tsunami.La naviera quebró después del tsunami.
18. (pipe)
a. el conducto (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The line goes under the sea.El conducto pasa por debajo del mar.
19. (colloquial) (excuse)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el cuento (M) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Don't give me that line!¡No me vengas con ese cuento!
20. (note)
a. las líneas (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Drop me a line whenever you want to come and visit.Escríbeme unas líneas cuando quieras venir a visitarme.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. rayar
You have to line the paper in order to draw a grid.Para dibujar una cuadrícula tienes que rayar el papel.
23. (to border)
25. (to cover)
trench(
trehnch
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (military)
a. la trinchera (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Life in the trenches during World War I was nightmarish.La vida en las trincheras durante la Primera Guerra Mundial era una pesadilla.
2. (ditch)
3. (geography)
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
4. (military)
a. cavar trincheras en
The troops used special tools for trenching the battlefields.Las tropas utilizaban herramientas especiales para cavar trincheras en los campos de batalla.
b. hacer trincheras en
The soldiers had to trench the fields as soon as they arrived there.Los soldados tenían que hacer trincheras en los campos apenas llegaban.
a. cavar zanjas en
After the gardener trenched the ground, he placed boards to walk on.Después de cavar zanjas en la tierra, el jardinero colocó tablas para caminar.
b. hacer zanjas en
We need to trench this ground before we start cultivating.Tenemos que hacer zanjas en el terreno antes de empezar a cultivar.
a. atrincherar
The soldiers trenched the command post.Los soldados atrincheraron el puesto de mando.
