bordar
Meanings
Verb
1. to embroider (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours) (transitive, intransitive)
2. to ace (to do something very well) (colloquial, figurative, transitive, figuratively)
Examples8
bordar un examen
to ace an exam
Había dos mujeres a bordo.
There were two women onboard.
Tom lo ha bordado.
Tom was absolutely terrific.
Ella se picó con una aguja bordando.
She pricked herself with a needle while embroidering.
No sé coser ni bordar.
I don't know how to sew or embroider.
Mi madre bordaba lágrimas desiertas en los primeros arcoíris.
My mother was embroidering deserted tears in the early rainbows.