Also means
frontier
Usage Note
Fronterizo is the adjective form of frontera ('border/frontier'), describing anything situated at or relating to a border: zona fronteriza ('border zone'), ciudad fronteriza ('border town'). Applied to people it can also be a noun for an inhabitant of a border region. Compare limítrofe, a near-synonym used more in formal or geographical writing to mean 'bordering' or 'neighbouring.'
Examples
"El control fronterizo se reforzó esta semana."
Natural Translation
Border control was reinforced this week.
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