acotar
acotar(
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koh
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tahr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. to fence in
Los agricultores acotaron el área donde querían cultivar papas.The farmers fenced in the area where they were going to grow potatoes.
b. to enclose
Vamos a acotar esta zona del parque para los perros.We're going to enclose this area of the park for dogs.
c. to protect (for hunting)
No podemos entrar ahí porque los propietarios acotaron la zona para la caza de ciervos.We can't go in there because the owners protected the area for hunting deers.
2. (to limit)
a. to delimit
El orador dio un discurso demasiado largo; debería haberlo acotado más.The speaker gave an overly-long speech; he should have delimited it more.
a. to annotate
La profesora de literatura acotó mi texto con sugerencias de mejora.The literature teacher annotated my text suggesting some improvements.
a. to mark the contour lines on
Los alumnos acotaron los mapas para después poner el nombre de los ríos.The students marked the contour lines on the maps and then wrote the names of the rivers.
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Conjugations
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