abut
/əˈbʌt/ verbo C2En español: lindar, colindar, limitar, bordear
- To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) · It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.· His land abuts on the road.
- To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. · For quotations using this term, see Citations:abut.
He/she/it abuts · Pasado abutted · Participio pasado abutted · Forma en -ing abutting
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- abut
- He/she/it
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- Pasado
- abutted
- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
- abutting
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
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When I found that the leading international agent, who had just left London, lived in a row of houses which abutted upon the Underground, I was so pleased that you were a little astonished at my sudden frivolity.”
It was difficult to realise as we looked at the line of fine shops and stately business premises that they really abutted on the other side upon the faded and stagnant square which we had just quitted.
I walked round the corner, saw the City and Suburban Bank abutted on our friend’s premises, and felt that I had solved my problem.
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