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puente

bridge

noun PWEN-teh Less Common

Origin: from Latin pons, pontis

Also means

long weekend

Usage Note

Puente has a well-known secondary meaning in Spain: a long weekend created when a public holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, prompting people to 'bridge' the gap to the weekend. Hacer puente means to take that extra day off. The word is also used in dentistry (puente dental — dental bridge) and engineering.

Examples

"Cruzamos el puente a pie."

Natural Translation

We crossed the bridge on foot.

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