wharf

muelle

Construcción junto al agua donde atracan barcos para embarcar o desembarcar personas y mercancías.

En inglés sencillo: A built area beside water where boats stop to load or unload people and goods.

• The boat stopped at the wharf.
• Workers unloaded boxes onto the wharf.
• Several ships were tied up beside the old wharves.

Sinónimos: quay, dock, pier

Expresiones frecuentes: at the wharf, wooden wharf, fishing wharf

orilla, ribera

Terreno que bordea un río o el mar.

En inglés sencillo: The land along the edge of a river or the sea.

• Grass grew along the wharf.
• The river flooded the low wharf after heavy rain.
• They walked beside the water on the sandy wharf.

Sinónimos: bank, shore

Expresiones frecuentes: river wharf, grassy wharf, along the wharf