fronteira

/fɾõˈtejɾɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
as fronteiras

Meaning

  1. border

    • Cruzamos a fronteira.

      We crossed the border.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: place. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

margem

Close — figuratively, "margin" and "border" overlap.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

frontera

frontera is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "border."

French

frontière

frontière is the French word for the same thing — both mean "border."

Practice

1 What does fronteira mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cruzamos a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fronteira?

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