frente

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin frōns, frontis.

Noun

frente f (plural frentes)

1. forehead (part of face above eyebrows)

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish fruente, from Latin frōns, frontis.

Noun

1. (anatomy) forehead

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish frente, from Latin frōns, frontem. Compare the inherited doublet fronte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾẽt͡ʃi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾẽtɨ/
• Hyphenation: fren‧te

Noun

frente f (plural frentes)

1. front (facing side)
2. front (main entrance side)
3. (military) front (area or line of conflict)

Synonyms

• (facing side): dianteira
• (entrance site): entrada
• (line of conflict): fronte

Related terms

• frontal
• fronteira

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish fruente, from Latin frontem, accusative of frōns, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰron-t-, from *bʰren- (“project”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾente/ [ˈfɾẽn̪.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: fren‧te

Noun

frente f (plural frentes)

1. (anatomy) forehead, brow

Derived terms

• con la frente en alto

Noun

frente m (plural frentes)

1. front
2. (architecture) front
3. (military) front
4. (weather) front
5. (Politics) front

Hyponyms

• frente de trabajo
• frente frío

 

Derived terms

• de frente (“head-on”)
• en frente de
• enfrentar
• enfrente
• frente a
• frente a frente (“face-to-face; one-on-one”)
• frente en alto (“head held high”)
• frentera
• no tener dos dedos de frente

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: frente

Related terms

• afrentar
• afrontar
• frontal
• frontera