Front and back, of a flyer

Question

Hello.

There are lots of words for front, and back. What are the correct ones to use when referring to the respective sides of a flyer?

Answer 1

¿La portada?? That works well for the front of magazines, anyway. No suggestions for the back.

Answer 2

Delantera y trasera??

Just a guess. These are the terms used here in Mexico for the front and rear license plates on cars.

I found this in a recap of a front page article from a newspaper. They used the word "portada" for front page.

Yeah, portada has that specific meaning - it doesn't work for the front of a piece of paper. - afowen, Aug 25, 2013

In simple terms cara y espalda? - gringojrf, Aug 25, 2013

Answer 3

I tried to research this a little but got really bogged down with various fronts, backs, inverse, face and so on. This is one of those question that I like to ask my friend, librarian and Bolivian born American, but I cannot contact her today, so I will wait and see what a native speaker says. Did you find anything that made sense?

Thanks. That's why it's best to let the natives answer. I used respaldo for the back (99% certain that it's correct) and parte delantera for the front, which makes sense but I'm not sure as to how natural it is... - afowen, Aug 25, 2013

Answer 4

De manera general, uno puede referirse a la parte delantera o trasera de un flyer o de cualquier otra cosa con las palabras reverso y anverso.

Sin embargo, no conozco las palabras específicas para el anverso y el reverso de un folleto de publicidad de este tipo.

Answer 5

Hola. Hice una búsqueda de páginas web de impresión de volantes y parece que en Colombia es mas común como ya nos ha dicho afowen "el frente y el respaldo". En México parece que es más común "el frente y el reverso". No sé a ciencia cierta sino son los resultados de esta breve investigación por internet.

Answer 6

El frente y el respaldo según mi novia. De pronto se dice de otra manera en otros paises...