border on

rozar, rayar en

Acercarse tanto a una cualidad o situación que apenas hay diferencia.

En inglés sencillo: To be so close to a particular quality or state that there is little difference.

• His comments border on cruelty.
• Her confidence sometimes borders on arrogance.
• The task was difficult, bordering on impossible.

Cómo se usa: border on something (His interest borders on obsession.); border on + adjective (Their demands border on unreasonable.)

Sinónimos: verge on, approach

Expresiones frecuentes: border on cruelty, border on the absurd, border on something

lindar con, limitar con

Estar justo al lado de un lugar y compartir un límite con él.

En inglés sencillo: To be directly next to a place and share an edge with it.

• Our garden borders on a park.
• The village borders on a large forest.
• Does this land border on your farm?

Cómo se usa: border on something (The property borders on protected woodland.)

Sinónimos: adjoin, border, abut

Expresiones frecuentes: border on a forest, border on another country, border on something