línea

Meaning

1. (feminine) line (a straight path through two or more points)
2. (feminine) line (a piece of spoken dialogue in a script)
3. (feminine) line (a path for electrical current)
4. (feminine) telephone line (a physical telephone connection or a single telephony account)
5. (feminine) party line (an established policy that politicians should adhere to)
6. (feminine,figuratively) line (similar directives in business and other contexts)
7. (feminine) policy (the actual regulations and behavior of government agencies)
8. (feminine,slang) line (a long thin pile of cocaine or other drug)
9. (feminine,historical) linea, Spanish line (a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to 1.9 mm)
10. (feminine) queue (British), line (US) Synonym of fila

Hyphenated as

lí‧ne‧a

Gender

♀️ Feminine

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.

Sentences

La línea incluye un pasillo sin usar en el medio de una vía .

The line includes an unused corridor in the middle of a track.

Manténgase detrás de la línea divisoria .

Stay behind the dividing line.

Esta línea corresponde notablemente bien con la frontera actual .

This line corresponds remarkably well with the current border.

El pueblo sirvió como la terminal de una línea de diligencias .

The village served as the terminus of a stagecoach line.

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 estaciones colaterales .

Path is understood as the part of the line between two collateral stations.

La canción incluyó una línea de bajo interpretada por John Entwistle, bajista del grupo .

The song included a bass line played by John Entwistle, the group's bassist.