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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbordar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bordar
"Ela sabe bordar com muita precisão."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To decorate cloth or other materials with patterns or pictures using threads of various colors.
"She spent the evening learning how to embroider delicate floral patterns onto cotton linen." - 2
To add fictitious or exaggerated details to a story in order to make it more entertaining or dramatic.
"He tended to embroider his travel stories with larger-than-life adventures."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English word embroideren, which stems from Anglo-Norman enbrodare and Old French embrouder, rooted in Germanic elements meaning edge or border. Over centuries, the meaning evolved from physically ornamenting fabric with needlework to figuratively embellishing a narrative with fictitious details.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Embroider" is said worldwide
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broder
Transliteration: brode
"Elle aime broder des motifs sur ses vêtements."
besticken
Transliteration: besticken
"Sie lernt, Kissenbezüge zu besticken."
ricamare
Transliteration: ricamare
"La nonna sa ricamare splendidi tovaglie."
bordar
Transliteration: bordar
"Me encanta bordar flores en mis camisas."
bordar
Transliteration: bordar
"Ela sabe bordar com muita precisão."
कसीदाकारी करना
Transliteration: kasida kari karna
"वह रुमाल पर फूल कसीदाकारी कर रही है।"
刺绣
Transliteration: cìxiù
"她正在手帕上刺绣一朵玫瑰。"
수놓다
Transliteration: sunohda
"어머니께서 옷감에 꽃을 수놓으셨다."
刺繍する
Transliteration: shishu suru
"彼女はハンカチに花の模様を刺繍した。"
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