frente

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin frōns, frontis.

Noun

frente f (plural frentes)

1. forehead (part of face above eyebrows)

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish fruente, from Latin frōns, frontis.

Noun

frente f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פ׳רינטי)

1. (anatomy) forehead

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish frente f, from Old Spanish fruente f, from Latin frontem m. Doublet of fronte and front.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: fren‧te

Noun

frente f (plural frentes)

1. front (facing side)

   Synonym: dianteira

   Antonym: (Mozambique) trás

2. front (main entrance side)

   Synonym: entrada

3. (military) front (area or line of conflict)

   Synonym: fronte

4. (meteorology) front

Derived terms

• à frente
• à frente de seu tempo
• bola pra frente
• candeia que vai à frente alumia duas vezes
• colocar o carro à frente dos bois
• com uma mão na frente e a outra atrás
• de frente
• em frente a
• encarar de frente
• enfrentar
• frente a
• frente ártica
• frente de batalha
• frente fria
• frente popular
• frente quente
• frentear
• frentista
• ir em frente
• na frente de
• para a frentex

 

Related terms

• frontal
• fronteira

 

Further reading

• “frente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “frente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fruente, from Latin frontem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰron-t-, from *bʰren- (“project”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾente/ [ˈfɾẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: fren‧te

Noun

frente f (plural frentes)

1. (anatomy) forehead, brow

Derived terms

• adornar la frente
• capuchino de frente blanca
• con la frente en alto

 

Noun

frente m (plural frentes)

1. front
2. (architecture) front
3. (military) front
4. (weather) front
5. (politics) front

Hyponyms

• frente de trabajo
• frente frío

 

Derived terms

• al frente
• de frente (“head-on”)
• en frente de
• enfrentar
• enfrente
• frente a
• frente a frente (“face-to-face; one-on-one”)
• frente cálido
• frente de batalla
• frente de onda
• frente en alto (“head held high”)
• frente popular
• frente por frente
• frentera
• hacer frente
• no tener dos dedos de frente
• ponerse al frente

 

Related terms

• afrentar
• afrontar
• frontal
• frontera

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: frente

Further reading

• “frente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28