puente

Asturian

Noun

puente m (plural puentes)

1. Alternative form of ponte

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Spanish

Puente (bridge)

Etymology

From Old Spanish puente, from Latin pontem, singular accusative of pōns, 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]
• Hyphenation: puen‧te
• See also: fuente

Noun

puente m (plural puentes)

1. bridge (construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height)
2. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred
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)

Notes

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

Synonyms

• bóveda f (El Salvador)
• (long weekend): sándwich m (Chile)

Derived terms

• lanzapuentes
• pontazgo
• puente atirantado
• puente colgante
• puente levadizo

Related terms

• pontífice
• pontón