puente
Spanish, noun/ˈpwente/
puente is spelled P-U-E-N-T-E (6 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,679th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bridge (construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Construcción sólida que permite salvar un obstáculo pasando sobre él”.
What does puente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebridge (construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height)
- 2
masculinelong weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred
- 3
masculinearch of a foot (curved part of the bottom of a foot)
- 4
masculinebridge, 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)
- 5
masculinebridge, denture (artificial replacement of one or more teeth)
- 6
masculinebridge (bodily position)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Construcción sólida que permite salvar un obstáculo pasando sobre él. 2. Día laboral entre dos festivos o entre un festivo y el fin de semana que se toma como descanso. 3. En un circuito eléctrico, conexión entre dos componentes físicamente separados. 4. En odontología es el reemplazo de uno o más piezas dentarias que se sostiene sobre los dientes contiguos.
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 puente
- puentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puente?
- /ˈpwente/
- [ˈpwẽn̪.t̪e]
- [ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puente in Spanish?
puente appears 51 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).