What does "puente" mean?

A long weekend made by bridging a midweek holiday.

Country: 🇪🇸 Spain
Say it: PWEN-teh
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How it's actually used

If a public holiday falls on Tuesday, you take Monday off and make a *puente*. Four days is an *acueducto*, a joke that is now standard. Spaniards plan trips around these and the whole country empties.

Examples

Nos vamos de puente a Valencia. We’re going to Valencia for the long weekend.
El puente de diciembre es el mejor. The December long weekend is the best one.

Where it comes from

Literally "bridge" — you bridge the working day between a holiday and the weekend.

Before you say it

Completely neutral. Just know that *hacer puente* means taking the day off, not building anything.

Now actually use it out loud

Reading a definition isn't the same as saying it to someone. Lingo Kaiava is a voice tutor set to Spanish (Spain) Spanish — it uses puente the way locals do, corrects you in the moment, and never "fixes" the way real people actually talk into textbook Spanish (Spain) Spanish.