línea

/ˈlinea/, [ˈli.ne.a]

line


Noun línea f (plural líneas)

  1. (mathematics, art, electricity, telephony) line
  2. (theater, television) individual script, dialogue for each actor
  3. (government, business) command, order
  4. government policy, government action
    línea dura
    hard or strict government policy
  5. (slang) thin, long dose of cocaine

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Creo que Tom comparte demasiada información personal en línea.

    I think Tom shares too much personal information online.

  • Tom siempre está en línea.

    Tom is always online.

  • Tom llamó a Mary, pero la línea estaba ocupada.

    Tom called Mary, but the line was busy.

  • No soy poeta; no podría escribir una sola línea que describiera su belleza.

    I'm not a poet; I couldn't write a single line to depict its beauty.

  • Hacer una clara separación entre "útil" e "inútil" es casi tan sencillo como trazar la delgada línea entre hielo y agua.

    Making a clean separation between the "useful" and the "useless" is about as straightforward as drawing the fine line between water and ice.

  • Tom está en la otra línea.

    Tom is on the other line.

  • Párense en línea.

    Stand in line.

  • Los niños estaban sentados en línea, viendo la televisión.

    The children were sitting in a line, watching television.

  • Tan pronto consiga una videocámara decente, comenzaré a hacer vídeos para ponerlos en línea.

    As soon as I can get a decent video camera, I'll start making videos to put online.

  • Llamé a Mary, pero la línea estaba ocupada.

    I phoned Mary, but the line was busy.

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