fronteira
See also: Fronteira
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fronteira f (plural fronteiras)
- border (a line or frontier area separating regions)
- the region near a border
- (figuratively) separation
- (figuratively) limit; boundary
Synonyms edit
- (border): limite, divisa, estremadura
- (region near the border): confim, estremadura
- (separation): separação, divisão
- (limit): limite, máximo
Derived terms edit
- fronteira agrícola
- fronteira artificial
- fronteira linguística
- fronteira termodinâmica
- fronteira viva
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
fronteira