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empedrar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cobble noun A rounded stone, roughly fist-sized, traditionally used to pave streets.
  • pave verb To cover a surface such as a road or path with a hard material like concrete, stone, or asphalt.
  • pebble noun A small stone, especially one smoothed and rounded by water.

Senses

empedrar is used for these senses in English:

  • cobble (transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
  • pebble (transitive) To pave with pebbles.

cobble — full definition

  1. noun A rounded stone, roughly fist-sized, traditionally used to pave streets.
  2. verb To put something together quickly or roughly, often from whatever is available.

pave — full definition

  1. verb To cover a surface such as a road or path with a hard material like concrete, stone, or asphalt.
  2. verb To make something possible or easier for what comes next, as in "pave the way."

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