Pretil (en. Parapet)

/pɾe'til/

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Slang Meanings

Place where you sit to gossip or hang out.
We sat on the parapet of the square to chat about everything a bit.
Nos sentamos en el pretil de la plaza a platicar de todo un poco.
Barrier or boundary that marks where something ends, like an area.
The parapet of the bridge is like the end of the city; from there, it's all highway.
El pretil del puente es como el fin de la ciudad, de ahí todo es carretera.