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frente, noun
forehead

There are a few weasel words in Spanish which have two genders, each with a distinct meaning. Capital is one of these, but both its meanings translate into the same English word, capital. Frente however has different translations, depending on its gender. La frente refers to your forehead.

Tiene una cicatriz en la frente.
He’s got a scar on his forehead.

If you link this word to the word for face, la cara, which is also feminine, it may help you remember.
Masculine el frente refers to fronts of different kinds. For instance, the front of a building or buildings:

El proyecto permitirá homogeneizar todo el frente de mar.
The plan will make it possible to make the sea front homogeneous.

A political front:

El Frente Democrático Nacional
The National Democratic Front

And a weather front:

un frente frío
a cold front

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