fronterizo

Spanish

Etymology

From frontera +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /fɾonteˈɾiθo/ [fɾõn̪.t̪eˈɾi.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /fɾonteˈɾiso/ [fɾõn̪.t̪eˈɾi.so]
• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: fron‧te‧ri‧zo

Adjective

fronterizo (feminine fronteriza, masculine plural fronterizos, feminine plural fronterizas)

1. (relational) border

Noun

fronterizo m (plural fronterizos, feminine fronteriza, feminine plural fronterizas)

1. a person who lives on a national border

Further reading

• “fronterizo”, 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