What does lima in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word lima in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use lima in Spanish.

The word lima in Spanish means lime, file, nail file, Lima, file, polish, weaken, reduce, file, smooth over, eat like a horse, nail file. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word lima

lime

nombre femenino (fruto del limero)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
A Ignacio le encanta el jugo de lima.
Ignacio loves lime juice.

file

nombre femenino (herramienta) (for metal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Necesito una lima para esta pieza.
I need a file for this piece.

nail file

nombre femenino (herramienta: desgasta, alisa) (metal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Préstame tu lima; la mía se gastó.
Lend me your nail file, mine has worn out.

Lima

nombre propio femenino (capital de Perú)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Roger vivió en Lima un tiempo y luego se fue a Ayacucho.
Roger lived in Lima for a while and then he went to Ayacucho.

file

verbo transitivo (alisar con lima)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La manicura lima y pinta las uñas de sus clientas.
A manicurist files and paints their customers' nails.

polish

verbo transitivo (perfeccionar algo) (quality, characteristic)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Los periodistas liman su acento con el maestro de dicción.
The journalists are polishing their accent with the diction teacher.

weaken, reduce

verbo transitivo (debilitar, consumir)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Las protestas han limado notablemente la popularidad de la presidenta.
The protests have severely weakened the president's popularity.

file

verbo pronominal (alisarse con lima)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
El aluminio se lima con facilidad.
Aluminium files easily.

smooth over

verbo transitivo (suavizar conflictos) (hostility, difficulty)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Eran rivales pero limaron sus asperezas y ahora son amigos.
They were rivals but they smoothed over their differences and now they are friends.

eat like a horse

locución adverbial (ES, coloquial (comer: mucho)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Hay que comprar más, que tu hijo come como una lima.

nail file

locución nominal femenina (útil de manicura) (metal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Usa una lima de uñas de vez en cuando; tus manos parecen garras de gárgola.
Use a nail file once in a while, your nails look like gargoyle's claws.

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