What does "frontea" mean? (Not "frontera")

Question

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/Te-suelto-el-pelo-I-let-your-hair-down.html

There is a line in the song (linked above) that goes:

• Vela como ella frontea

And the provided translation for the line is:

• Look at her how she is coming on me

Which I assume should be more like "Look at her how she comes on to me."

So does frontear mean to come onto someone? I know there is a synonym for this phrase but I can't remember it. It means something like "to fall for/get a crush on somebody."

It would be 've la' two words ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 13, 2013

Why? I thought imperative forms of verbs were always combined with direct/indirect objects or whatever it's called lol. - SlimNm, Sep 14, 2013

You are quite right, I don't know what I was thinking lol, sorry. But now I look again I don't think I've ever seen vela used like that, I think 'mírala' would be more common, especially given that 've' is the command form of ir too and is commonly used. - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 14, 2013

But in songs I guess it's poetic license and technically correct anyway :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 14, 2013

Answer 1

Frontear is not a verb that is accepted by RAE but I believe it is used as a kind of slang in some place, Puerto Rico for one, and I've read that it can mean one of many things ....

"putting yourself out there, hanging out with friends, going to a party, getting to know someone romantically, having a drink, coming-on to someone" etc, etc

Thanks, it seems like it was made from the English word 'front', just by adding 'ear', and I've seen done for many pseudo-spanish words (like Trollear, lol). I can see how it came from the word 'front.' - SlimNm, Sep 14, 2013

Exactly, putting your goods up front perhaps? - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 14, 2013

Haha, yea I guess, lol. - SlimNm, Sep 14, 2013