0 very thick, strong string -- cuerda
1 to jump over a rope while you or two other people move it over and then under your body again and again -- saltar a la comba
2 a long piece of twisted string or fiber, used to tie or pull things -- cuerda [ feminine, singular ]
They tied the rope to the wagon. Ataron la cuerda al carro.
3 the way to do a job -- aprender el funcionamiento
They unlocked them, took off the rope that was binding them and then 20 minutes later they were locked and bound again.
This report, though, is very selective – after all, you do not talk about rope in the house of a man who hanged himself.