frontier
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USAGE NOTE
This word is often used in the plural in the sense shown in 3).
frontier(
fruhn
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tir
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (border)
a. la frontera (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I will not go with you on your trip across the frontier, because I don't have a valid passport.No te voy a acompañar en el viaje tras la frontera, porque no tengo un pasaporte válido.
a. la frontera del oeste (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My great-great-grandparents traveled to the frontier in a covered wagon in 1880.Mis tatarabuelos viajaron a la frontera del oeste en un carromato en 1880.
3. (figurative) (knowledge limit)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. la frontera (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Laurie became an astronaut so she could have a career at the frontiers of human knowledge.Laurie se hizo astronauta para tener una carrera en las fronteras del conocimiento humano.
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