To take one or more workdays off between a public holiday and the weekend in order to extend the holiday into a longer break (i.e., to create a long weekend).
2.
General Spanishneutral
To connect the battery of one vehicle to another with jumper cables in order to start a car with a discharged battery; to jump-start a vehicle.
3.
General Spanishtechnicalneutral
To create a temporary electrical or mechanical connection between two points (to bridge), especially to bypass a faulty component.
Examples:
ES: ¿Tienes cables para hacer puente?
EN: Do you have any jumper cables?
ES: ¿Y a qué se debe? ¿Para que podamos hacer puente, ir al centro comercial y comprar cosas?
EN: So we can get a long weekend and go to the shopping mall and buy things?