línea

Borrowed from Latin līnea (“line, thread”). Compare the popularly inherited Old Spanish form liña (also found in archaic modern Spanish)[1].

• IPA^(key): /ˈlinea/

línea f (plural líneas)

1. line (mathematics, art, electricity or telephone)
2. individual script, dialogue for each actor (theatre and TV)
3. command, order (government and enterprises)
4. government policy, government action (e.g. línea dura = hard or strict government policy)
5. a thin, long dose of cocaine (slang)

• alinear
• en línea

• delinear
• lineal
• linear

• → Tagalog: linya

• “línea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.