frentista

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fɾẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/

  • Hyphenation: fren‧tis‧ta

Noun

frentista m or f by sense (plural frentistas)

  1. pump attendant, an attendant at a gas station who is responsible for filling up vehicles

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)

  1. 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:
      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:
      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.
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