skirt

falda

Prenda que cuelga de la cintura y cubre parte o la totalidad de las piernas.

En inglés sencillo: A piece of clothing that hangs from the waist and covers some or all of the legs.

• She wore a red skirt.
• This skirt has two pockets.
• Do you prefer skirts or trousers?

Expresiones frecuentes: long skirt, short skirt, wear a skirt

eludir, evitar

Evitar abordar directamente un tema o un problema.

En inglés sencillo: To avoid dealing with a subject or problem directly.

• He tried to skirt the issue.
• She skirted my question about the missing money.
• We cannot keep skirting around this problem.

Cómo se usa: skirt around something (The report skirts around the problem of cost.)

Sinónimos: avoid, evade

Antónimos: confront

Expresiones frecuentes: skirt the issue, skirt a question, skirt around something

bordear, rodear

Avanzar por el borde de algo en vez de atravesar su centro.

En inglés sencillo: To travel along the edge of something instead of going through its middle.

• The walkers skirted the lake.
• We skirt the city to avoid heavy traffic.
• Our route skirted a thick forest.

Cómo se usa: skirt around something (We skirted around the flooded village.)

Sinónimos: go around, bypass

Expresiones frecuentes: skirt a mountain, skirt the city, skirt around something

bordear

Extenderse a lo largo del borde de un lugar o formar su límite exterior.

En inglés sencillo: To lie along the edge of a place or form its outer border.

• Trees skirt the field.
• A narrow road skirts the lake.
• Low hills skirted the wide plain.

Sinónimos: border, fringe

Expresiones frecuentes: skirt a field, skirt a village, skirt the coast