marxe

Meaning

1. (feminine) bank, terrain on the side of a river or a road
2. (feminine) strip of uncultivated land in the outer limits of a terrain
3. (feminine) margin (edge of paper which remains blank)
4. (feminine) margin (permissible difference)
5. (archaic,feminine) unit of measure of surface

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaɾʃe̝/

Etymology

15th century (margẽe). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin marginem, accusative of margo (“edge, brink, border, margin”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-. Cognate with Portuguese margem and Spanish margen.

Sentences

A cidade está localizada na marxe esquerda da foz do río Douro .

The city is located on the left bank of the mouth of the Douro River.

Deste xeito o océano Atlántico comezará a ensancharse e definirase a marxe occidental galega .

In this way, the Atlantic Ocean will begin to widen and the western edge of Galicia will be defined.