Dos adolescentes estaban caminando por la orilla de la isla cuando se encontraron con un delfín encallado y llamaron por ayuda.Two teenagers were walking along the shore of the island when they ran into a beached dolphin and called for help.

b. bank (of a river)

Tom y Huck fueron a pescar por las orillas del Misisipí.Tom and Huck went fishing along the banks of the Mississippi.

2. (border)

a. edge

Sostén la foto por las orillas para que no la manches.Hold the photograph by the edges so you don't smudge it.

b. hem (of a garment)

Su vestido azul lleva una orilla rosa.Her blue dress has a pink hem.

3. (pedestrian road)

a. sidewalk

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

Hay una hilera de árboles por la orilla.There is a line of trees along the sidewalk.

b. pavement (United Kingdom)

Miraba en los escaparates mientras caminaba por la orilla.She looked in the shop windows while walking down the pavement.

orilla

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (ribera; de río)

a. bank

2. (de mar)

a. shore

a orillas deon the banks of

a orillas del marby the sea

3. (fig)

fue aclamado en las dos orillas del Atlánticohe was acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic

4. (borde)

a. edge

5. (acera)

a. pavement

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)

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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Examples

Phrases

orilla del mar	seashore
la arena es parte de la orilla de la playa	sand is part of the shoreline
queso en la orilla	cheesy crust
el viento llevó al barco a la orilla	the wind carried the ship to the shore