puente

=

bridge

noun

puente
masculine noun
1. bridge (construcción)
  • tender un puente (figurative) -> to offer a compromise
  • puente colgante -> suspension bridge
  • puente levadizo -> drawbridge
  • puente peatonal -> footbridge
2. ≅ long weekend (días festivos)
  • hacer puente (consisting of a public holiday, the weekend and the day in between) -> = to take an extra day off to join a public holiday with the weekend
also:
  • puente aéreo -> air shuttle; (civil) airlift (militar)
3. gun deck (en barco)
  • puente de mando -> bridge
4. (informal)
  • hacer un puente -> to hot-wire a car (para arrancar un coche)
5. bridge (en dientes)
PUENTE When a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, Spanish people usually take another day's holiday to make a four-day “long weekend”. This is called “hacer puente” (literally “making a bridge”). Depending on the employer, this extra day may be regarded as extra to the agreed annual holidays.

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puente [poo-en’-tay]
noun
1. A bridge. (m)
  • Puente volante -> flying-bridge
  • Puente levadizo -> draw-bridge
2. Deck of a ship. (Nautical) (m)
3. Bridge, in stringed instruments. (Music) (m)
4. Transom, lintel, crossbeam. (m)
  • Hacer puente -> to take a long weekend
  • Puente aéreo -> airlift
  • Cabeza de puente -> bridgehead
  • Puente colgante -> suspension bridge
  • Puente de mando -> bridge
  • A enemigo que huye puente de plata -> let the enemy escape

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