limit

límite, restricción

Regla o frontera que determina cuánto puedes hacer, tener o usar.

En inglés sencillo: A rule or boundary that controls how much you can do, have, or use.

• The speed limit is fifty.
• We set a limit on spending.
• Have you exceeded your credit limit?

Cómo se usa: a limit on something (There is a limit on the number of visitors.); a limit to something (There are legal limits to the president's power.)

Sinónimos: restriction, cap, ceiling

Expresiones frecuentes: speed limit, time limit, set a limit

límite, máximo

Punto más lejano al que algo puede llegar o cantidad máxima posible.

En inglés sencillo: The furthest point something can reach or the greatest amount that is possible.

• Everyone has a limit.
• The machine was working at its limit.
• That journey tested the limits of my patience.

Cómo se usa: the limit of something (The runners had reached the limit of their endurance.)

Sinónimos: maximum, boundary

Expresiones frecuentes: reach the limit, upper limit, limit of endurance, city limit

limitar, restringir

Mantener algo dentro de una cantidad, zona o rango determinados.

En inglés sencillo: To keep something within a particular amount, area, or range.

• We must limit our spending.
• The rule limits each group to ten people.
• They limited the discussion to safety issues.

Cómo se usa: limit something to something (Please limit your answer to one sentence.)

Sinónimos: restrict, cap

Antónimos: expand

Expresiones frecuentes: limit something to something, limit the amount, limit spending, limit the power

restringir, limitar

Reducir la libertad de alguien o su capacidad para hacer cosas.

En inglés sencillo: To reduce someone's freedom or ability to do things.

• Strict rules limit our freedom.
• Her injury limited her ability to walk.
• Don't let fear limit your choices.

Sinónimos: restrict, constrain

Antónimos: free, liberate

Expresiones frecuentes: limit someone's freedom, limit someone's choices, limit someone's opportunities

converger, tender

En matemáticas, acercarse una sucesión o función cada vez más a un valor determinado.

En inglés sencillo: For a mathematical sequence or function to get closer and closer to a particular value.

• These values limit on zero.
• The sequence limits on the point marked A.
• Both sequences limit on the same value.

Cómo se usa: limit on a point/value (This sequence limits on zero.)

Sinónimos: converge

Antónimos: diverge

Expresiones frecuentes: limit on zero, limit on something