acera de enfrente
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˌθeɾa de enˈfɾente/ [aˌθe.ɾa ð̞e ẽɱˈfɾẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /aˌseɾa de enˈfɾente/ [aˌse.ɾa ð̞e ẽɱˈfɾẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a‧ce‧ra de en‧fren‧te
Noun
acera de enfrente f (plural aceras de enfrente)
- (informal) batting for the other team
- ser de la acera de enfrente
- to bat for the other team
- (literally, “to be on the opposite side of the pavement/sidewalk”)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see acera, enfrente.
Further reading
- “la acera de enfrente, o la otra acera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024