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fronteira.

border (a line or frontier area separating regions)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɾõˈte(j).ɾɐ/Brazil[fɾõˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]Brazil/fɾõˈtɐj.ɾɐ/Portugal/fɾõˈtej.ɾɐ/Northern, Portugal

  1. border (a line or frontier area separating regions)

    feminine

  2. the region near a border

    feminine

  3. separation

    feminine · figuratively

  4. limit; boundary

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fronteira. By surface analysis, fronte + -eira. Compare Galician fronteira, Mirandese frunteira, Spanish and Catalan frontera, French frontière, Italian frontiera. Piecewise doublet of frontaria.

adj/fɾõˈte(j).ɾɐ/Brazil[fɾõˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]Brazil/fɾõˈtɐj.ɾɐ/Portugal/fɾõˈtej.ɾɐ/Northern, Portugal

  1. feminine singular of fronteiro

    feminine · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fronteira. By surface analysis, fronte + -eira. Compare Galician fronteira, Mirandese frunteira, Spanish and Catalan frontera, French frontière, Italian frontiera. Piecewise doublet of frontaria.

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