valla
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noun
- fence
- barricade
- obstacle; hurdle
Forms
noun
| singular | valla |
|---|---|
| plural | vallas |
Used in the library
- Una valla separa la obra de la calle.A fence separates the building site from the street.B2Una vez más (5) — Once more (5) (B2)
- Una valla publicitaria enorme tapa la vista del mar.An enormous billboard blocks the view of the sea.B2Otra vez, por favor (16) — Once more, please (16) (B2)
- El muro, las vallas y el desierto de Sonora han hecho el viaje más caro y más mortal, no menos frecuente.The wall, the fences and the Sonoran desert have made the journey more expensive and more deadly, not less frequent.B2La migración hacia el norte — Migration to the north
Other ways to say it
- barricadabarricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)
- cercaclose, near, around, about, nearly, nigh (referring to quantity or time-related); close, near, around, nigh, at hand, close at hand, in sight (spatially)
- obstáculoobstacle, hindrance, stumbling block, hurdle, barrier, impediment, obstruction, handicap, constraint, snag, bottleneck (something immateria…; obstacle (something physically hindering progress)
- valladofence; fencing
- verjagate, railing (usually an iron gate with balusters); fence (often made of trellis)