sea wall in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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wall [Am wɔl, Brit wɔːl] N

1.1. wall:

wall (freestanding)
muro m
wall (of castle, city)
muralla f
I'd put them up against a wall and shoot them
yo los llevaría a todos al paredón
garden wall
tapia f
garden wall
muro m
sea wall
espigón m
sea wall
malecón m
sea wall
tajamar m CSur
the Berlin Wall HISTORY
el muro de Berlín
Hadrian's Wall
la muralla or el muro de Adriano
it's like talking to a brick wall
es como hablarle a la pared
to go/be driven to the wall company/business:
irse a pique
up the wall I was going or crawling up the wall with boredom
estaba que me trepaba or subía por las paredes del aburrimiento
she drives me up the wall
me saca de quicio
she drives me up the wall
me enerva
she'll go up the wall when she finds out
se va a poner furiosa cuando se entere

1.1. sea (ocean) The noun → mar is feminine in literary language and in some set idiomatic expressions

sea C often pl
mar m
at the bottom of the sea
en el fondo del mar
a house by the sea
una casa a orillas del mar
a house by the sea
una casa junto al mar
to go/travel by sea
ir/viajar en barco
the window looks out to sea
la ventana da al mar
out on the open sea
en mar abierto
on the high seas
en alta mar
to go to sea (as profession)
entrar en la marina
to put (out) to sea
hacerse a la mar
at sea this left him feeling completely at sea
esto lo confundió totalmente
at first I was all at sea
al principio me sentí totalmente perdido or confundido
we've been at sea for a month
hace un mes que estamos embarcados or que zarpamos
to dump waste at sea
verter desechos en el mar
to sail the seven seas liter
surcar los siete mares liter
to sail the seven seas attr route/transport
marítimo
to sail the seven seas battle
naval
to sail the seven seas god
del mar
to sail the seven seas nymph
marino
the sea air/breeze
el aire/la brisa del mar
I don't like sea bathing Brit
no me gusta bañarme en el mar
sea crossing
travesía f
sea defenses or Brit defences
defensas fpl marítimas
sea fish
pez m de mar
sea fishing
pesca f marítima or en el mar
sea mist
bruma f
sea monster
monstruo m marino
sea view
vista f al mar

See also mar

mar <pres part marring; pt, pp marred> [Am mɑr, Brit mɑː] VB trans

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sea wall in the PONS Dictionary

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Protection includes a sea wall, a riprap, groynes and a permeable groyne as well as drainage.
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In 1900, a sea wall was built to stabilize erosion.
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The sea front is protected by a sea wall and a wide beach encouraged by wooden groynes which trap the sand.
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The facility can be found at the east end behind the sea wall close to the slipway.
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The unstable soggy land was unfit for residential construction until a sea wall was built.
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At 1909:22 the aircraft impacted the sea wall six feet above the waterline.
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To the right of the port on the sea wall-lined pavement is a bus stop for buses headed north.
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Early attempts to land tanks for close support and to get past the sea wall failed when the LCM landing craft carrying them hung up behind the reef.
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Waves exceeding 16 ft (4.8 m) impacted coastal regions of the county, with some areas reporting that waves were topping the sea wall.
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All that remains is the swimming pool, though it is currently buried in a sand dune that helps support part of the sea wall.
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