bordeabas

Bordeabas is a conjugated form of the Spanish verb bordear used in past imperfect contexts. Bordear means to border, to skirt, or to run along the edge of something. The term can describe physical boundaries as well as figurative margins.

In standard grammar, the imperfect second-person singular is bordabas. The form bordeabas may appear in some texts or as a mistaken variant, but it is not the normative conjugation in contemporary Spanish.

The imperfect tense expresses habitual past actions, ongoing states, or background details in a narrative. Bordear is commonly used with geographical features or boundaries, for example bordear la costa, bordear un río, or bordear la forma de un límite, and it can also be used figuratively to indicate approaching a limit or margin.

Examples:

- Cuando era niño, bordabas la orilla del río para no mojarte los pies.

- En la novela, la ciudad bordaba la laguna por la noche, delineando su perímetro.

Etymology: bordear deriva del sustantivo borde, que significa edge, y está relacionado con raíces latinas que denotan límites o márgenes.

See also: bordear, conjugación verbal, tiempo imperfecto.