verb/pwenteˈaɾ/
to bypass, bridge, hot-wire; to go over someone's head (to take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person)
Etymology tree Spanish puente Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish puentear From puente + -ear.