frentista
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fɾẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɾẽˈtiʃ.tɐ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal) -iʃtɐ
- Hyphenation: fren‧tis‧ta
Noun
frentista m or f by sense (plural frentistas)
- pump attendant, an attendant at a gas station who is responsible for filling up vehicles
Further reading
- “frentista”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From frente + -ista, from enfrentar (“confront, set against”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɾenˈtista/ [fɾẽn̪ˈt̪is.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: fren‧tis‧ta
Adjective
frentista m or f (masculine and feminine plural frentistas)
- confrontational
- el discurso frentista ― confrontational discourse
- 2018 May 15, Anabel Díez, “PP y PSOE preparan una intervención más dura si el separatismo reincide”, in El País[1]:
- Rajoy y Sánchez rechazan el "discurso frentista" y las "manifestaciones xenófobas" de Torra.
- Rajoy and Sánchez reject the Torra's "confrontational discourse" and "xenophobic protests".
- 2019 July 11, Victoria Fernández, “Tezanos acusa a Cs de ser "frentista y extremo" y de hacer "pactos vergonzantes" con Vox”, in El Español[2]:
- José Félix Tezanos ha acusado a Ciudadanos de tener un "comportamiento frentista y extremo" y de hacer "pactos vergonzantes" con Vox.
- José Félix Tezanos has accused Ciudadanos of having an "extreme and confrontational behavior" and of making "shameful pacts" with Vox.