puente
See also: Puente
Asturian
Noun
puente m (plural puentes)
- Alternative form of ponte
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]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: puen‧te
Noun
puente m (plural puentes)
- bridge (construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height)
- Synonym: (El Salvador) bóveda
- long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred
- Synonym: (Chile) sándwich
- arch of a foot (curved part of the bottom of a foot)
- (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)
- (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
- puentear
- puente de mando
- puente terrestre
- 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