frentudo
Spanish
Etymology
From frente (“forehead”) + -udo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɾenˈtudo/ [fɾẽn̪ˈt̪u.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -udo
- Syllabification: fren‧tu‧do
Adjective
frentudo (feminine frentuda, masculine plural frentudos, feminine plural frentudas)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina) large-foreheaded
- Synonym: frontudo
- (politics, El Salvador, often derogatory) Of or pertaining to the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front of El Salvador.
- Coordinate terms: arenero, golondrino
Noun
frentudo m (plural frentudos, feminine frentuda, feminine plural frentudas)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina) a large-foreheaded person
- Synonym: frontudo
- (politics, El Salvador, often derogatory) A member or supporter of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front of El Salvador.
- Coordinate terms: arenero, golondrino
Further reading
- “frentudo”, 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
- frentudo, frentuda | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE