Feminine
línea
Meaning
- (feminine) line (a straight path through two or more points)
- (feminine) line (a piece of spoken dialogue in a script)
- (feminine) line (a path for electrical current)
- (feminine) telephone line (a physical telephone connection or a single telephony account)
- (feminine) party line (an established policy that politicians should adhere to)
- (feminine, figuratively) line (similar directives in business and other contexts)
- (feminine) policy (the actual regulations and behavior of government agencies)
- (feminine, slang) line (a long thin pile of cocaine or other drug)
- (feminine, historical) linea, Spanish line (a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to 1.9 mm)
Concepts
telephone circuit
blood line
line of descent
short letter
subscriber line
rail line
support line
actor’s line
high-tension cable
transportation line
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Synonyms
línea divisoria
surco fino
fibras nerviosas cerebrales
línea telefónica
línea de transmisión
línea ferroviaria
circuito telefónico
línea de teléfono
línea de descendencia
línea de sangre
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lí‧ne‧a
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlinea/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Compare the inherited Old Spanish form liña, still used in archaic modern Spanish. Cognate with Portuguese linha, Galician liña, and Catalan línia and llinya.
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Sentences
Esta línea corresponde notablemente bien con la frontera actual .
This line corresponds remarkably well with the current border.
Esta es la línea argumental en la cual los diferentes personajes se moverán .
This is the plot line in which the different characters will move.
Se entiende por trayecto la parte de línea comprendida entre dos 2 estaciones colaterales .
Path is understood as the part of the line between two collateral stations.
