English-Spanish translations for bound

• límite
  Como yo digo, según parece, la hipocresía no conoce los límites. As I say, hypocrisy apparently knows no bounds.
  Pero yo no puedo sobrepasar los límites del Tratado. However, I cannot step beyond the bounds of the Treaty.
  La importancia de esta región trasciende los límites meramente geográficos. The importance of this region transcends purely geographical bounds.
• borde
• enlace
• frontera
  Las redes criminales ya no ven sus actividades limitadas por las fronteras nacionales. Criminal networks no longer see their activities bounded by national borders.
  La enfermedad no conoce fronteras y, más que nunca, nuestra solidaridad debe ser transnacional. The disease knows no bounds, and, now more than ever, our solidarity must be transnational.
  Mi respeto, no solo hacia las instituciones de Europa sino también hacia las instituciones y ciudadanos suizos no tiene fronteras. My respect for not only the institutions of Europe but also for the Swiss institutions and people knows no bounds.
• limitado
  Entonces, ¿por qué recibimos semejantes presiones de las comunidades pesqueras para mantener flotas grandes y caras, si, de hecho, no hay suficiente pescado y estamos limitados por cuotas? So why do we get this pressure from the fishing communities to maintain large expensive fleets if, in fact, the fish are not there and we are bound by quotas?
• limitar
  La ambición europea no puede limitarse al gran mercado o al libre comercio. Europe’s ambitions cannot be bounded by the great market or by free trade alone.
  Una de las condiciones para el reciclaje es que se debe solventar el problema de los metales pesados y limitar las emisiones. In order to recycle, however, the problem of heavy metals must be remedied and the emissions kept within bounds.
  Por tanto, los Estados Unidos no han logrado limitar las negociaciones futuras que están condenadas a resultar arduas, como ya se ha afirmado aquí. The United States has thus not succeeded in limiting future negotiations, which are bound to be difficult, as people here have said.

Definition of bound

• Obliged (to
• That cannot stand alone as a free word
• Constipated; costive
• Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound
• Ready, prepared
• Very likely , certain to
• A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory
• A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values
• To surround a territory or other geographical entity
• To be the boundary of
• A sizeable jump, great leap
• A spring from one foot to the other in dancing
• To leap, move by jumping
• To cause to leap
• To rebound; to bounce
• To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce

Examples

• I bound the splint to my leg.
• I had bound the splint with duct tape.
• You are not legally bound to reply
• Which way are you bound?
• Is that message bound for me?
• They were bound to come into conflict eventually
• I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
• Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
• France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain
• Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west
• The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.
• the bound of a ball
• The rabbit bounded down the lane.
• to bound a horse
• a rubber ball bounds on the floor
• to bound a ball on the floor

Related words

• boundary
• hidebound
• unbound
• abound
• northbound
• southbound
• boundless
• abounding
• rebound