frontier

frontier
noun
1) (a boundary between countries: We crossed the frontier; (also adjective) a frontier town.) frontera
2) (the farthest area of land on which people live and work, before the country becomes wild and deserted: Many families went to make a new life on the frontier.) frontera
3) (the limits or boundaries (of knowledge etc): the frontiers of scientific knowledge.) frontera
frontier n frontera
frontier
tr['frʌntɪəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 frontera
adjective
1 fronterizo,-a
■ a frontier zone una zona fronteriza
plural noun the frontiers
1 fronteras nombre femenino plural, límites nombre masculino plural
■ the frontiers of science las fronteras de la ciencia
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
frontier post puesto fronterizo
frontier [.frʌn'tɪr] n
: frontera f
frontier
adj.
• extremeño, -a adj.
• fronterizo, -a adj.
n.
• frontera s.f.
frʌn'tɪr, 'frʌntɪə(r)
noun
1)
a) (between countries) frontera f; (before n) <guard, zone> fronterizo
b) (in US history)

the Frontier — la frontera (del oeste) (el límite de los territorios colonizados)

2) frontiers pl (of knowledge, science) confines mpl
['frʌntɪǝ(r)]
1.
N (=border, also fig) frontera f ; (=dividing line) línea f divisoria

to push back the frontiers of knowledge — ensanchar or ampliar los límites del conocimiento

2.
CPD fronterizo

frontier dispute N — conflicto m fronterizo

frontier post N — puesto m fronterizo

post I, 1., 3)

frontier technology N — tecnología f de vanguardia

* * *
[frʌn'tɪr, 'frʌntɪə(r)]
noun
1)
a) (between countries) frontera f; (before n) <guard, zone> fronterizo
b) (in US history)

the Frontier — la frontera (del oeste) (el límite de los territorios colonizados)

2) frontiers pl (of knowledge, science) confines mpl

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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