puente

See also: Puente

Asturian

Noun

puente m (plural puentes)

1. Alternative form of ponte

Spanish

Puente (bridge)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puente, from Latin pontem, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Compare Catalan pont, French pont, Italian ponte, Occitan pònt, Portuguese ponte, Romanian punte, Romansch punt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpwente/ [ˈpwẽn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: puen‧te

Noun

puente m (plural puentes)

1. bridge (construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height)

   Synonym: (El Salvador) bóveda

2. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

   Synonym: (Chile) sándwich

3. arch of a foot (curved part of the bottom of a foot)
4. (nautical) bridge, bridge deck (elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain)
5. (dentistry) bridge, denture (artificial replacement of one or more teeth)

Usage notes

In some archaic texts or expressions this noun may take the feminine gender instead.

Hyponyms

• puente aéreo
• puente atirantado (“cable-stayed bridge”)
• puente colgante simple (“simple suspension bridge, Inca rope bridge”)
• puente colgante (“suspension bridge”)
• puente de arco atirantado (“tied-arch bridge”)
• puente de arco, puente en arco (“arch bridge”)
• puente de barcas (“pontoon bridge”)
• puente de caballetes (“trestle”)
• puente de viga (“beam bridge”)
• puente en celosía (“truss bridge”)
• puente en ménsula (“cantilever bridge”)
• puente levadizo
• puente luna (“moon bridge”)
• puente móvil (“movable bridge”)
• puente transbordador (“transporter bridge, ferry bridge”)
• puente tubular (“tubular bridge”)

 

Derived terms

• a enemigo que huye, puente de plata
• hacer puente
• lanzapuentes
• pontazgo
• puente de mando
• puente terrestre
• puentear
• tender puentes
• tender un puente

 

Related terms

• pontífice
• pontón

 

Further reading

• “puente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014