hacer puente

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, make (a) bridge.

Verb[edit]

hacer puente (first-person singular present hago puente, first-person singular preterite hice puente, past participle hecho puente)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) to take a long weekend; to take an extra day off work in addition to a public holiday that falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, or between two public holidays, thereby making a four-day weekend
  2. to hot-wire

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