No. 8,900 in Spanish
topes
Speed bumps.
In a sentence
Los conductores deben reducir la velocidad al pasar sobre los topes en la carretera.
Drivers must reduce speed when passing over the speed bumps on the road.
In this sentence, 'topes' refers to 'speed bumps,' obstacles on the road designed to enforce speed limitations.
Hemos llegado a los topes de las capacidades de nuestro servidor.
We have reached the limits of our server's capacity.
Here, 'topes' is used to denote 'limits' or 'bounds' in a metaphorical sense, indicating maximum capacity.
En el taller, colocaron topes de goma para proteger las paredes.
In the workshop, they placed rubber stoppers to protect the walls.
In this context, 'topes' means 'stoppers' or 'buffers,' referring to physical objects used to prevent contact or damage.
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