frontera
Spanish, noun/fɾonˈteɾa/
frontera is spelled F-R-O-N-T-E-R-A (8 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,576th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frontera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “border, frontier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of frontero. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Confín de un Estado”.
What does frontera mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineborder, frontier
- 2
femininedemarcation
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of frontero
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Confín de un Estado. 2. Fachada. 3. Cada una de las fajas o fuerzas que se ponen en el serón por la parte de abajo para su mayor firmeza. 4. Tablero fortificado con barrotes que sirve para sostener los tapiales que forman el molde de la tapia cuando se llega con ella a las esquinas o vanos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of frontera
- fronteras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frontera?
- /fɾonˈteɾa/
- [fɾõn̪ˈt̪e.ɾa]
- [fɾõn̪ˈt̪eɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frontera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frontera in Spanish?
frontera appears 55 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).