lima

a yellow citrus fruit with a thick skin and very sour juice, used in cooking or to make drinks

limón

• eat/drink something made from lime

Collocations lime juice · salt and lime

• She likes to drink salt and lime.

  Ella gusta tomar sal y lima.

the capital city of Peru, on the Pacific coast

Lima (nombre propio)

Collocations travel to Lima

• He is traveling to Lima next week.

  Él viajará a Lima la próxima semana.

a tool for cutting or shaping metal, wood, etc., with a blade that can be moved back and forth along a rail

lima (herramienta)

• use a file/lima on something

• Use the lima to smooth out rough edges.

  Utiliza la lima para suavizar los bordes irregulares.

to remove or reduce something by rubbing it away with a tool, such as a file or emery board

alisar, pulir

• [transitive], T + obj

• She limed the rough edges of the metal.

  Ella alisó los bordes irregulares del metal.