frontera

See also: Frontera

Catalan

Etymology

From front +‎ -era. Compare Spanish frontera, Portuguese fronteira, French frontière, Italian frontiera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fɾunˈte.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fɾonˈte.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fɾonˈte.ɾa]

Noun

frontera f (plural fronteres)

1. border, frontier
2. (Valencia) façade

   Synonyms: façana, fatxada

Spanish

Etymology

From fronte, frente +‎ -era. Compare Catalan frontera, Portuguese fronteira, French frontière, Italian frontiera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾonˈteɾa/ [fɾõn̪ˈt̪e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: fron‧te‧ra

Noun

frontera f (plural fronteras)

1. border, frontier
2. demarcation

   Synonym: demarcación

Derived terms

• fronterizo

 

Adjective

frontera f

1. feminine singular of frontero

See also

• bambalina

Further reading

• “frontero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10