bornerai in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bornerai in the French»English Dictionary

I.borner [bɔʀne] VB trans

1. borner LAW:

borner propriété

to mark out the boundaries of

2. borner lit rivière, montagne pays, région:

borner

to border

3. borner fig ambition, désirs:

borner

to limit (à qc to sth, à faire to doing)

II.se borner VB refl

1. se borner (se contenter):

se borner à faire personne:

to content oneself with doing

il s'est borné à déclarer/préciser que …

he contented himself with declaring/explaining that …

2. se borner (se limiter):

se borner à qc/à faire rôle, fonctions:

to be limited to sth/to doing

se borner à qc/à faire personne:

to limit oneself to sth/to doing

notre rôle se borne à analyser/évaluer

our role is limited to analysing Brit /evaluating

je me bornerai à dire que …

I'll just say that …

je me suis bornée au strict nécessaire

I kept it down to the absolute essentials

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bornerai in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bornerai in the French»English Dictionary

I.borner [bɔʀne] VB trans

1. borner (limiter):

borner terrain

to mark out

2. borner fig:

borner son ambition à qc

to limit one's ambitions to sth

II.borner [bɔʀne] VB refl

se borner à qc (se limiter à)

to limit oneself to sth

se borner à qc (se contenter de)

to content oneself with sth

bornerai Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

borner son ambition à qc

to limit one's ambitions to sth

se borner à qc (se limiter à)

to limit oneself to sth

se borner à qc (se contenter de)

to content oneself with sth