fazer ponte
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “make (a) bridge”.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Verb
[edit]fazer ponte (first-person singular present faço ponte, first-person singular preterite fiz ponte, past participle feito ponte)
- (figuratively, Portugal) 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
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazil only.