Frontier in spanish

Frontera

pronunciation: fɹ̩oʊnteɹ̩ɑ part of speech: noun
In gestures

frontier1 = frontera, límite. 

Example: Start afresh, think anew; the frontiers are boundless.

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» forge + new frontiers = abrir nuevas fronteras, abrir nuevos horizontes.

Example: Both artists and scientists share an 'affinity' for experimentation and a desire to forge new frontiers in their fields.

» frontier of knowledge = frontera del conocimiento.

Example: There is the biographer or historian who can write at an acceptably scholarly level but who is not necessarily advancing the frontiers of knowledge.

» push back + the frontiers of knowledge = ampliar las fronteras del conocimiento, hacer avanzar el conocimiento.

Example: The scholar's work is based on his (or her) researches pushing back the frontiers of knowledge, as the saying goes.

» push + the frontiers of = hacer avanzar, ampliar las fronteras de.

Example: A dynamic tension exists between the need for coordinated research and the continuation of individual efforts to push the frontiers of polar science.

» transfrontier = entre países.

Example: The associations have submitted both oral and written evidence to the European Communities on the transfrontier shipment of hazardous wastes.

frontier2 = fronterizo. 

Example: The frontier and opportunist nature of Australia had tended to promote social advancement either in terms of good fortune, hard work, or ingenuity rather than by virtue of birthright.

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» frontier days = época colonial.

Example: Becker takes the topic all the way back to the Coonskin Library and frontier days.

» frontier municipality = ciudad fronteriza.

Example: The authors visited the town library in Comitan and the library in the frontier municipality Las Margeritas.

» frontier spirit, the = espíritu fronterizo, el.

Example: Log cabins were considered symbols of democracy and the frontier spirit, and President Abraham Lincoln was viewed as a symbol of unity, hope, and the American dream of rising from a humble background to greatness.
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