restringido

/restɾinˈxido/ · B2 · adj

restricted

🚧 re-STRING-ido: strung tight with a string, so held back and limited

Spanish restringir comes from Latin restringere, 're- + stringere', meaning to bind tightly. Hear 'string' in re-STRING-ido: whatever is bound by a string can only move so far, so it is restricted.

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