rozar
Meanings
Verb
1. to clear or scrape land
2. to graze, to brush (touch lightly and briefly)
3. to border (on) (be close to) (figurative, figuratively)
Examples7
un salario que roza los mil euros
a salary bordering on a thousand euros
El descuento roza el 40%.
The discount is close to 40%.
roza la perfección
it borders on perfection
la tela de un vestido de mujer que roza el suelo al andar
the fabric of a woman's dress brushing the ground as she walks
Su coche rozó los muros del túnel.
His car shaved the wall of the tunnel.
El coche rozó la valla y se rayó.
The car brushed the fence and got scratched.