bordear

Galician

Etymology

15th century. From bordo (“border”) +‎ -ear, or directly from Old French border; from Frankish *bord, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾðeˈaɾ/

Verb

bordear (first-person singular present bordeo, first-person singular preterite bordeei, past participle bordeado)
bordear (first-person singular present bordeio, first-person singular preterite bordeei, past participle bordeado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to border, to flak, to skirt (to lie on, or adjacent to a border)

   Synonyms: abeirar, flanquear

   • 1447, M. del Carmen Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 327:

     Item mays o pardinneiro que esta enna testeira da vinna onde esta a figueira bordiando et outro meo pardinneiro que esta na testeira [da] dita vinna con a carvalla que esta iunto con o dito meo pardinneiro.

     Item, the ruins that are in the extreme of the vineyard where there is a bordering fig tree, and another half of a ruined building that is at the extreme of the aforementioned vineyard with the oak that is next to it.

2. to skirt (to move around or along the border)

   Synonym: flanquear

3. to hug the coastline

   Synonym: costear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bordear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bordear
Personal	bordear	bordeares	bordear	bordearmos	bordeardes	bordearen
Gerund
	bordeando
Past participle
Masculine	bordeado			bordeados
Feminine	bordeada			bordeadas
Indicative
Present	bordeo	bordeas	bordea	bordeamos	bordeades	bordean
Imperfect	bordeaba	bordeabas	bordeaba	bordeabamos	bordeabades	bordeaban
Preterite	bordeei	bordeaches	bordeou	bordeamos	bordeastes	bordearon
Pluperfect	bordeara	bordearas	bordeara	bordearamos	bordearades	bordearan
Future	bordearei	bordearás	bordeará	bordearemos	bordearedes	bordearán
Conditional	bordearía	bordearías	bordearía	bordeariamos	bordeariades	bordearían
Subjunctive
Present	bordee	bordees	bordee	bordeemos	bordeedes	bordeen
Imperfect	bordease	bordeases	bordease	bordeásemos	bordeásedes	bordeasen
Future	bordear	bordeares	bordear	bordearmos	bordeardes	bordearen
Imperative
Affirmative		bordea	bordee	bordeemos	bordeade	bordeen
Negative (non)		non bordees	non bordee	non bordeemos	non bordeedes	non bordeen

    Reintegrated conjugation of bordear (e may become ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bordear
Personal	bordear	bordeares	bordear	bordearmos	bordeardes	bordearem
Gerund
	bordeando
Past participle
Masculine	bordeado			bordeados
Feminine	bordeada			bordeadas
Indicative
Present	bordeio, bordeo1	bordeias, bordeas1	bordeia, bordea1	bordeamos	bordeades, bordeais	bordeiam, bordeam1
Imperfect	bordeava	bordeavas	bordeava	bordeávamos	bordeávades, bordeáveis, bordeávais1	bordeavam
Preterite	bordeei	bordeaste, bordeache1	bordeou	bordeamos	bordeastes	bordeárom, bordearam
Pluperfect	bordeara	bordearas	bordeara	bordeáramos	bordeárades, bordeáreis, bordeárais1	bordearam
Future	bordearei	bordearás	bordeará	bordearemos	bordearedes, bordeareis	bordearám, bordearão
Conditional	bordearia	bordearias	bordearia	bordearíamos	bordearíades, bordearíeis, bordearíais1	bordeariam
Subjunctive
Present	bordeie, bordee1	bordeies, bordees1	bordeie, bordee1	bordeemos	bordeedes, bordeeis	bordeiem, bordeem1
Imperfect	bordeasse	bordeasses	bordeasse	bordeássemos	bordeássedes, bordeásseis	bordeassem
Future	bordear	bordeares	bordear	bordearmos	bordeardes	bordearem
Imperative
Affirmative		bordeia, bordea1	bordeie, bordee1	bordeemos	bordeade, bordeai	bordeiem, bordeem1
Negative (nom)		nom bordeies, nom bordees1	nom bordeie, nom bordee1	nom bordeemos	nom bordeedes, nom bordeeis	nom bordeiem, nom bordeem1

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• borda
• bordar
• bordo

References

• “bordia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “bordear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bordear” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “bordear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bordear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From borde (“edge, border”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾdeˈaɾ/ [boɾ.ð̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bor‧de‧ar

Verb

bordear (first-person singular present bordeo, first-person singular preterite bordeé, past participle bordeado)

1. to border

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bordear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bordear
gerund			bordeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bordeado		bordeada
		plural		bordeados		bordeadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bordeo	bordeastú bordeásvos	bordea	bordeamos	bordeáis	bordean
	imperfect	bordeaba	bordeabas	bordeaba	bordeábamos	bordeabais	bordeaban
	preterite	bordeé	bordeaste	bordeó	bordeamos	bordeasteis	bordearon
	future	bordearé	bordearás	bordeará	bordearemos	bordearéis	bordearán
	conditional	bordearía	bordearías	bordearía	bordearíamos	bordearíais	bordearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bordee	bordeestú bordeésvos2	bordee	bordeemos	bordeéis	bordeen
	imperfect (ra)	bordeara	bordearas	bordeara	bordeáramos	bordearais	bordearan
	imperfect (se)	bordease	bordeases	bordease	bordeásemos	bordeaseis	bordeasen
	future1	bordeare	bordeares	bordeare	bordeáremos	bordeareis	bordearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bordeatú bordeávos	bordee	bordeemos	bordead	bordeen
	negative		no bordees	no bordee	no bordeemos	no bordeéis	no bordeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of bordear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive bordear
	dative	bordearme	bordearte	bordearle, bordearse	bordearnos	bordearos	bordearles, bordearse
	accusative	bordearme	bordearte	bordearlo, bordearla, bordearse	bordearnos	bordearos	bordearlos, bordearlas, bordearse
with gerund bordeando
	dative	bordeándome	bordeándote	bordeándole, bordeándose	bordeándonos	bordeándoos	bordeándoles, bordeándose
	accusative	bordeándome	bordeándote	bordeándolo, bordeándola, bordeándose	bordeándonos	bordeándoos	bordeándolos, bordeándolas, bordeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bordea
	dative	bordéame	bordéate	bordéale	bordéanos	not used	bordéales
	accusative	bordéame	bordéate	bordéalo, bordéala	bordéanos	not used	bordéalos, bordéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bordeá
	dative	bordeame	bordeate	bordeale	bordeanos	not used	bordeales
	accusative	bordeame	bordeate	bordealo, bordeala	bordeanos	not used	bordealos, bordealas
with formal second-person singular imperative bordee
	dative	bordéeme	not used	bordéele, bordéese	bordéenos	not used	bordéeles
	accusative	bordéeme	not used	bordéelo, bordéela, bordéese	bordéenos	not used	bordéelos, bordéelas
with first-person plural imperative bordeemos
	dative	not used	bordeémoste	bordeémosle	bordeémonos	bordeémoos	bordeémosles
	accusative	not used	bordeémoste	bordeémoslo, bordeémosla	bordeémonos	bordeémoos	bordeémoslos, bordeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bordead
	dative	bordeadme	not used	bordeadle	bordeadnos	bordeaos	bordeadles
	accusative	bordeadme	not used	bordeadlo, bordeadla	bordeadnos	bordeaos	bordeadlos, bordeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bordeen
	dative	bordéenme	not used	bordéenle	bordéennos	not used	bordéenles, bordéense
	accusative	bordéenme	not used	bordéenlo, bordéenla	bordéennos	not used	bordéenlos, bordéenlas, bordéense

Further reading

• “bordear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014