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tope

limit

noun TOH-peh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities

Also means

bump

Usage Note

Tope as a noun means a cap or ceiling: tope salarial ('wage cap'), a tope ('full to the brim, at full capacity' — colloquial). As a physical object it is a door stopper or a speed bump (tope de velocidad). The colloquial phrase estar a tope means 'to be packed out' or 'to be at full stretch'.

Examples

"El contrato fija un tope de horas semanales."

Natural Translation

The contract sets a weekly hours limit.

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