puente

m.

1 bridge.

tender un puente (figurative) to offer a compromise

puente colgante suspension bridge

puente levadizo drawbridge

puente peatonal footbridge

2 ? long weekend.

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

3 gun deck.

puente de mando bridge

4 bridge.

5 link.

6 jumper.

7 bridge circuit.

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puente

► nombre masculino

1 (sobre un río etc) bridge

2 (fiesta) day taken off between a public holiday and the weekend or another holiday

■ el Pilar cae en jueves y el viernes hacemos puente Columbus Day is on a Thursday and we're taking Friday off as well

■ el martes es fiesta, pero el lunes no tengo puente Tuesday's a holiday, but I haven't got Monday off

3 (en dentadura, gafas) bridge

4 (en un coche) bridge circuit

5 (en gimnasia) backbend

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer el puente familiar (en vehículo) to hot-wire 2 (en gimnasia) to do a backbend

puente aéreo (pasajeros) shuttle service 2 (emergencia) airlift

puente colgante suspension bridge

puente de mando MARÍTIMO bridge

puente levadizo drawbridge

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noun m.

bridge

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1. SM

1) (Arquit) bridge

sirven de puente entre los refugiados y la Administración — they act as intermediaries o as a link between the refugees and the Government

- tender un puente

tender puentes de plata a algn — to make it as easy as possible for sb

puente aéreo — [de servicio frecuente] shuttle service; [en crisis] airlift

puente atirantado — suspension bridge

puente colgante — suspension bridge

puente de barcas — pontoon bridge

puente de peaje — toll bridge

puente de pontones — pontoon bridge

puente giratorio — swing bridge

puente grúa — bridge crane

puente levadizo — drawbridge

puente peatonal — footbridge

puente voladizo — cantilever bridge

2) [de gafas, entre dientes] bridge

3) (Elec)

hacer un puente a un coche — to hot-wire a car

4) (Náut) (tb: puente de mando) bridge; (=cubierta) deck

puente del timón — wheelhouse

5) [entre fiestas] long weekend

hacer puente — to take a long weekend

6) (=brecha) gap

habrá que salvar el puente de una cosecha a otra — something will have to be done to fill o bridge the gap between one harvest and the next

7) And (=clavícula) collarbone

2.

ADJ INV (=temporal) temporary; (=de transición) provisional, transitional

crédito puente — bridging loan

curso puente — intermediate course ( between two degrees )

gabinete puente — caretaker government

hombre puente — linkman, intermediary

préstamo puente — bridging loan

solución puente — temporary solution

HACER PUENTE When a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday it is common practice for employers to make the Monday or Friday a holiday as well and to give everyone a four-day weekend. This is known as hacer puente. When a named public holiday such as the Día de la Constitución in Spain falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, people refer to the whole holiday period as e.g. the puente de la Constitución.

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masculino

1) (Ing) bridge

tender (un) puente — to build bridges

- puente aéreo

- puente colgante/giratorio

- puente de barcas or pontones

- puente levadizo

2) (Mús, Odont) bridge; (de anteojos) bridge

3) (Elec) bridge (circuit)

le tuve que hacer el or un puente — (Auto) I had to hot-wire it

4) (vacación) ≈long weekend (linked to a public holiday by an extra day's holiday in between)

5) (Náut) tb

puente de mando — bridge

•• Cultural note:

puente

Puentes are very important in Spain and most of Latin America. Hacer puente means that when a working day falls between two public holidays, it too is taken as a holiday

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= bridge, bridge passage, gateway.

Ex. My own definition of 'Hypermedia' is a system whereby audiovisual 'statements' can be used as bridges between materials that are conceptually related in some way.

Ex. This sort of informal discussion between teacher and pupils is really a 'bridge passage' leading smoothly from one occupation -science, or P.E. or maths, etc.- to literary reading.

Ex. One of the roles of the local library is to act as a gateway to other information sources.

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* actuar de puente = act as + a bridge.

* cabeza de puente = bridgehead.

* cabeza de puente aéreo = airhead.

* expresión puente = transitional phrase.

* palabra puente = transitional word.

* puente aéreo = airlift.

* puente atirantado = cable-stayed bridge.

* puente colgante = suspension bridge.

* puente cubierto = covered bridge.

* puente de barcas = pontoon bridge.

* puente de barcazas = pontoon bridge.

* puente de pontones = pontoon bridge.

* puente de trabajo = catwalk.

* puente levadizo = drawbridge.

* puente peatonal = footbridge.

* ser puente = act as + a bridge.

* ser puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.

* servir de puente = act as + a bridge.

* servir de puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.

* tender puentes = build + bridges, span + boundaries, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gap, bridge + the gulf.

* tender un puente = bridge.

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masculino

1) (Ing) bridge

tender (un) puente — to build bridges

- puente aéreo

- puente colgante/giratorio

- puente de barcas or pontones

- puente levadizo

2) (Mús, Odont) bridge; (de anteojos) bridge

3) (Elec) bridge (circuit)

le tuve que hacer el or un puente — (Auto) I had to hot-wire it

4) (vacación) ≈long weekend (linked to a public holiday by an extra day's holiday in between)

5) (Náut) tb

puente de mando — bridge

•• Cultural note:

puente

Puentes are very important in Spain and most of Latin America. Hacer puente means that when a working day falls between two public holidays, it too is taken as a holiday

* * *

= bridge, bridge passage, gateway.

Ex: My own definition of 'Hypermedia' is a system whereby audiovisual 'statements' can be used as bridges between materials that are conceptually related in some way.

Ex: This sort of informal discussion between teacher and pupils is really a 'bridge passage' leading smoothly from one occupation -science, or P.E. or maths, etc.- to literary reading.

Ex: One of the roles of the local library is to act as a gateway to other information sources.

* actuar de puente = act as + a bridge.

* cabeza de puente = bridgehead.

* cabeza de puente aéreo = airhead.

* expresión puente = transitional phrase.

* palabra puente = transitional word.

* puente aéreo = airlift.

* puente atirantado = cable-stayed bridge.

* puente colgante = suspension bridge.

* puente cubierto = covered bridge.

* puente de barcas = pontoon bridge.

* puente de barcazas = pontoon bridge.

* puente de pontones = pontoon bridge.

* puente de trabajo = catwalk.

* puente levadizo = drawbridge.

* puente peatonal = footbridge.

* ser puente = act as + a bridge.

* ser puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.

* servir de puente = act as + a bridge.

* servir de puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.

* tender puentes = build + bridges, span + boundaries, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gap, bridge + the gulf.

* tender un puente = bridge.

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puente¹

adj inv

crédito, préstamo

puente²

masculine

puente (↑ puente a1)

A (Ing) bridge

sirvió de puente entre las autoridades y los secuestradores he acted as intermediary between o as a go-between for the authorities and the kidnappers

tender puenteor un puente to build bridges

Compuestos:

● puente aéreo

(servicio frecuente) shuttle service, shuttle; (Mil) airlift

● puente basculante

bascule o balance bridge

● puente colgante

suspension bridge

● puente de barcas or pontones

pontoon bridge

● puente de carretera

road bridge

● puente giratorio

swing bridge

● puente levadizo

(en un castillo) drawbridge; (en una carretera) lifting bridge

● puente peatonal

footbridge

● puente transportador

transporter bridge

B

1 (Odont) bridge

2 (Mús) bridge

3 (de anteojos) bridge

C (Elec) bridge circuit, bridge

le tuve que hacer el or un puente (Auto) I had to hot-wire it

D (vacación) ≈ long weekend (linked to a public holiday by an extra day's holiday in between)

el martes es fiesta, así que seguramente haremos puente Tuesday's a public holiday so we'll probably get Monday off as well

puente de mayo (junio, etc) the May (June, etc) long weekend

E (Náut) tb

puente de mando bridge

CULTURAL NOTE

puente

Puentes are very important in Spain and most of Latin America. Hacer puente means that when a working day falls between two public holidays, it too is taken as a holiday.

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puente sustantivo masculino
1 (Ing) bridge;

◊ puente colgante/giratorio suspension/swing bridge;

puente levadizo (en castillo) drawbridge;

(en carretera) lifting bridge;

◊ puente aéreo (servicio frecuente) shuttle (service);

(Mil) airlift
2 (Mús, Odont) bridge;
(de anteojos) bridge
3 (Elec) bridge (circuit)
4 (vacación) ≈ long weekend (linked to a public holiday by an extra day's holiday in between)
5 (Náut) tb

◊ puente de mando bridge

puente sustantivo masculino
1 bridge
puente levadizo, lifting bridge
(de un castillo) drawbridge
2 Av puente aéreo, shuttle service
3 (en un barco) puente de mando, bridge
4 (entre dos fiestas) long weekend
♦ Locuciones: tender un puente, to build bridges
'puente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arcada
- colgante
- crecida
- crecido
- hacer
- ojo
- pasarela
- por
- tender
- tendida
- tendido
- ceder
- cruzar
- después
- licitación
- pilar
- pilón
- seguir
- trazar
- volar
English:
airlift
- architecture
- bridge
- drawbridge
- footbridge
- get across
- go over
- impassable
- link
- metre
- outcast
- railway bridge
- shuttle
- span
- suspension bridge
- unsafe
- walk across
- air
- draw
- jump
- over
- suspension
- swing
- toll
- walk
- world

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puente nm

1. [construcción] bridge;

Comp

tender un puente to offer a compromise

Comp

puente de barcas pontoon (bridge);

puente basculante balance o bascule bridge;

puente colgante suspension bridge;

puente ferroviario rail bridge;

puente giratorio swing bridge;

puente levadizo drawbridge;

puente de peaje toll bridge;

puente peatonal footbridge;

puente de pontones pontoon (bridge)

2. [días festivos] ≈ long weekend [consisting of a public holiday, the weekend and the day in between];

hacer puente = to take an extra day off to join a public holiday with the weekend

3. [en barco] bridge

Comp

puente de mando bridge

4. puente aéreo [civil] air shuttle;

[militar] airlift

5. [en dientes] bridge

6. [de gafas] bridge

7. [en instrumento de cuerda] bridge

8. [del pie] arch

9. [en gimnasia] arch, back bridge

10.

hacer un puente [para arrancar un coche] to hot-wire a car

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

m bridge;

hacer puente have a day off between a weekend and a public holiday ;

hacer el puente DEP do a bridge;

hacer un puente a un coche hot-wire a car;

tender un puente tb fig build a bridge

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puente nm

1) : bridge

puente levadizo: drawbridge

2) : denture, bridge

3)

puente aéreo : airlift

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puente n (en general) bridge

han construido un puente sobre el río they've built a bridge over the river

En Inglaterra no existe la costumbre de hacer puente entre festivos, así que no hay término en inglés

como el jueves es fiesta, haremos puente el viernes as Thursday is a holiday, we'll take Friday off as well

puente aéreo air shuttle