borderline
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borderline(
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duhr
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (boundary)
a. la frontera (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).
Because of a conflict between the two countries, we're not allowed to cross the borderline.Por un conflicto entre los dos países, no se permite cruzar la frontera.
b. la línea divisoria (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).
You have to pay a toll every time you cross the borderline between these two areas.Tienes que pagar un peaje cada vez que cruzas la línea divisoria entre estas dos áreas.
c. el límite (M) (between categories)
(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).
She was neither a liberal nor a conservative but was somewhere on the borderline.No era ni liberal ni conservadora sino que estaba en algún punto en el límite entre los dos.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
2. (debatable)
a. dudoso
The doctors couldn't agree if the patient truly had depression or if he was a borderline case.Los doctores no pudieron ponerse de acuerdo acerca de si el paciente tenía depresión o si era un caso dudoso.
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