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fence

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfɛns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fɛns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fens)

Inflections of 'fence' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
fences
v 3rd person singular
fencing
v pres p
fenced
v past
fenced
v past p

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2024:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
fence n (enclosure around property)cerca nf
  valla nf
  verja nf
 Josh built a fence around his garden.
 Josh construyó una cerca alrededor de su jardín.
fence n (horse racing: obstacle)valla nf
  obstáculo nm
 The horse jumped the fence.
 El caballo saltó la valla.
fence vi (sport)hacer esgrima, practicar esgrima loc verb
  (PR)esgrimir vtr
 Erin fenced at a national competition.
 Erin hacía esgrima en una competencia nacional.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
fence n informal (person: deals in stolen items)perista n común
 The burglar took his loot to a fence.
 El ladrón llevó su botín a un perista.
fence vi figurative (argue)discutir vi
 The two professors had been fencing over the subject for years.
 Los dos profesores han discutido el asunto por años.
fence [sth] vtr (stolen property)traficar vtr
 The pawn shop fenced stolen goods.
 La tienda de empeños traficaba artículos robados.
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Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
fence [sth] in vtr phrasal sep (animals: confine) (animales)cercar, encerrar vtr
fence [sth] in vtr phrasal sep (area: enclose)cercar vtr
  enrejar vtr
 They fenced in the yard in the hope of keeping foxes away from their chickens.
fence [sb] in vtr phrasal sep figurative ([sb]: confine, restrict) (figurado)encerrar, restringir, confinar vtr
fence [sth] off,
fence off [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(partition with fence)cercar vtr
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
barbed-wire fence,
also US: barbwire fence,
barb-wire fence
n
(metal security fence) (AR)cerca de alambre de púa nf + loc adj
  (ES)cerca de alambre de espino nf + loc adj
chain-link fence n (wire enclosure) (ES)valla metálica nf + adj
  (CO)cerca de malla, cerca de alambre nf + loc prep
  (MX)cerca de malla ciclónica nf + loc prep
  (NI)cerca de malla ciclón nf + loc prep
 Private tennis courts are usually surrounded with chain-link fences.
 Las canchas de tenis privadas suelen estar rodeadas de vallas metálicas.
  (AR)cerco de tejido nm + loc prep
fence post n (stake or picket of a fence)poste nm
 You should install the fence posts in postholes that are deep enough to go below the frostline.
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. Necesita tres puntos de sujeción por poste.
fence sitter n figurative (person who is undecided or neutral) (figurado, informal)que no se moja expr
 He became a famous fence sitter as he never chose sides.
 Se convirtió en un famoso hombre que no se moja porque nunca elige de qué lado estar.
  observador pasivo nm + adj
 Se convirtió en un famoso observador pasivo porque nunca elige de qué lado estar.
on the fence adv figurative (undecided)indeciso/a adj
 Is nuclear power a good or bad thing? I'm still on the fence.
perimeter fence n (fence surrounding an area)verja perimetral, reja perimetral nf + adj
picket fence n (fence made of wooden stakes or posts) (de estacas puntiagudas)cerca de madera nf + loc adj
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. El jardín estaba rodeado por una cerca de madera.
rabbit-proof fence n (enclosure, barrier: to keep out rabbits)valla anticonejos nf + adj inv
  valla contra conejos nf + loc prep
rabbit-proof fence n AU, informal (boundary between Australian states)frontera entre estados australianos nf + loc prep
Rabbit Proof Fence,
State Barrier Fence of Western Australia
n
(long fence in Australia)Barrera a prueba de conejos de Australia n propio f
rail fence (fence made of rails)cerca nf
ring fence n (restrictive agreement) (figurado)cerca de protección, cerca protectora loc nom f
  acuerdo con condiciones restrictivas nm + loc adj
ring-fence [sth],
ringfence [sth]
vtr
(assign to [sth])conceder vtr
  asignar vtr
ring-fence [sth],
ringfence [sth]
vtr
(oblige to use for [sth])obligar a usar algo de manera determinada loc verb
sit on the fence v expr figurative (be undecided)estar indeciso loc verb
  no definirse loc verb
snake fence,
Virginia fence,
Virginia rail fence,
worm fence
n
(zigzag of rails)cerca zigzag nf + adj
steeplechase fence n (obstacle used in a horse race) (equitación, valla)obstáculo metálico nm + adj
sunk fence n (barrier in ditch)cerca en un pozo nf + loc adj
the grass is always greener,
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
v expr
figurative (things seem better from afar)la grama del vecino se ve más verde expr
wire fence n (fence made of wire)alambrada nf
  alambrado nm
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'fence' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: a [wooden, wire, barbed wire, metal] fence, the [garden, prison, park, stadium] fence, [an electric, a chain-link, a barbed-wire] fence, more...

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