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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Compare the inherited Old Spanish form liña, still used in archaic modern Spanish.[1] Cognate with Portuguese linha, Galician liña, and Catalan línia and llinya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlinea/
- IPA(key): (in rapid speech) /ˈlinja/
- Syllabification: lí‧ne‧a
Noun
línea f (plural líneas)
- (mathematics) line (a straight path through two or more points)
- line (a piece of spoken dialogue in a script)
- line (a path for electrical current)
- telephone line (a physical telephone connection or a single telephony account)
- party line (an established policy that politicians should adhere to)
- (figurative) line (similar directives in business and other contexts)
- policy (the actual regulations and behavior of government agencies)
- línea dura ― hard or strict government policy
- (slang) line (a long thin pile of cocaine or other drug)
- (historical) linea, Spanish line (a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to 1.9 mm)
- queue (British), line (US) Synonym of fila
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