puente

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • bridge construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height
  • long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred
  • arch of a foot curved part of the bottom of a foot
  • (nautical) bridge, bridge deck elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain
  • (dentistry) bridge, denture artificial replacement of one or more teeth

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puente inherited from Latin pontem inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (path, road).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pónteh₁s

Gloss

path, road

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

道, 路

Emoji

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