fazer ponte
Portuguese, verb/faˈze(ʁ) ˈpõ.t͡ʃi/
fazer ponte is a Portuguese verb meaning “to take a long weekend; to take an extra day off work in addition to a public holiday that falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, or between two…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does fazer ponte mean in English?
verb
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Portugalto take a long weekend; to take an extra day off work in addition to a public holiday that falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, or between two public holidays, thereby making a four-day weekend
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of fazer ponte
- faço ponte first-person present singular
- fiz ponte first-person preterite singular
- feito ponte participle past
- fazeres ponte infinitive second-person singular
- fazermos ponte first-person infinitive plural
- fazerdes ponte infinitive plural second-person
- fazerem ponte infinitive plural third-person
- fazendo ponte gerund
- feitos ponte masculine participle past
- feita ponte feminine participle past
- feitas ponte feminine participle past
- fazes ponte indicative present second-person
- faz ponte indicative present singular
- fazemos ponte first-person indicative plural
- fazeis ponte indicative plural present
- fazem ponte indicative plural present
- fazia ponte first-person imperfect indicative
- fazias ponte imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fazer ponte?
- Brazil /faˈze(ʁ) ˈpõ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [faˈze(h) ˈpõ.t͡ʃi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.