English-Spanish Dictionary

Spanish Translation of “hedge”

hedge (hedʒ Pronunciation for hedge

Translations

noun

  1. (horticulture, agriculture) seto masculine (vivo)
  2. (figurative) protección feminine
    1. (economics) cobertura feminine
     ⇒ as a hedge against inflation como protección contra la inflación

transitive verb

  1. (agriculture) cercar con un seto
  2. (figurative) ⇒ to be hedged with estar erizado de ⇒ to hedge one's bets hacer apuestas compensatorias

intransitive verb

  1. (= be evasive) contestar con evasivas ⇒ stop hedging! ¡dilo sin sofismas!
  2. (economics) ⇒ to hedge against inflation cubrirse contra la inflación

Compounds

Similar Words

= hedgerow, quickset
= prevaricate, evade, sidestep, duck, dodge, flannel, waffle, quibble, beg the question, pussyfoot, equivocate, temporize, be noncommittal

'hedge' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: سِيَّاجٌ مِنَ الشُجَيراتِPronunciation for سِيَّاجٌ مِنَ الشُجَيراتِ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cerca vivaPronunciation for cerca viva
  • Chinese: 树篱Pronunciation for 树篱
  • Croatian: živicaPronunciation for živica
  • Czech: živý plotPronunciation for živý plot
  • Danish: hækPronunciation for hæk
  • Dutch: hegPronunciation for heg
  • European Spanish: setoPronunciation for seto
  • Finnish: pensasaitaPronunciation for pensasaita
  • French: haiePronunciation for haie
  • German: HeckePronunciation for Hecke
  • Greek: θαμνοφράκτηςPronunciation for θαμνοφράκτης
  • Italian: siepePronunciation for siepe
  • Japanese: 垣根Pronunciation for 垣根
  • Korean: 생울타리Pronunciation for 생울타리
  • Norwegian: hekkPronunciation for hekk
  • Polish: żywopłotPronunciation for żywopłot
  • Portuguese: sebePronunciation for sebe
  • Romanian: gard viu garduri vii
  • Russian: живая изгородьPronunciation for живая изгородь
  • Spanish: setoPronunciation for seto
  • Swedish: häckPronunciation for häckbuskage
  • Thai: แนวพุ่มไม้Pronunciation for แนวพุ่มไม้
  • Turkish: çitPronunciation for çitçalılık
  • Ukrainian: живопліт
  • Vietnamese: hàng ràoPronunciation for hàng rào
  • Brazilian Portuguese: dar evasivas
  • Chinese: 防备 >尤指金钱损失防备備 >
  • European Spanish: contestar con evasivas
  • French: se prémunir
  • German: sich schützen vor
  • Italian: cautelarsi
  • Japanese: 保護する
  • Korean: 대비하다
  • Portuguese: proteger-se de algo
  • Spanish: contestar con evasivas

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