punto

See also: puntó and puntò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian punto.

Noun

punto (plural puntos)

1. (fencing) a point or hit

Derived terms

• punto diritto: a direct or straight hit
• punto reverso, punto riverso: a back-handed stroke

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for punto in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• Upton, not up, put on, put-on, ton-up, unpot, upon't

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpunto/
• Hyphenation: pun‧to
• Rhymes: -unto

Noun

punto (accusative singular punton, plural puntoj, accusative plural puntojn)

1. lace (fabric)

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Ido

Etymology

From English point, French point, German Punkt, Italian punto, Russian пункт (punkt), Spanish punto, all ultimately from Latin punctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpun.to/, /ˈpun.tɔ/

Noun

punto (plural punti)

1. (geometry, astronomy, typography, grammar, music, games) point; dot; position; period; small hole (as made by a needle or awl)

Derived terms

Terms derived from punto

• bipunto (“colon (:)”)
• departo-punto (“point of departure”)
• halto-punto (“stop”)
• incido-punto (“point of incidence”)
• kardinala punto (“(geography) cardinal point”)
• klamo-punto (“exclamation mark (!)”)
• kontakto-punto (“point of contact”)

• krizala punto (“critical point”)
• morto-punto (“point of death”)
• puntizado (“punctuation; dotting”)
• puntizar (“to dot, prick, mark (something) with a point; to punctuate”)
• puntizo-signo (“stop”)
• puntizuro (“punctuation; dotting”)

• punto-komo (“semicolon (;)”)
• questiono-punto (“question mark (?)”)
• repozo-punto (“(music) pause”)
• seko-punto (“point of intersection”)
• suto-punto (“stitch”)
• vido-punto (“viewpoint”)

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Italian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Latin punctum.

Noun

punto m (plural punti)

1. point (all senses), jot, iota
2. full stop, period
3. dot
4. instant (point in time)
5. (in the plural) points, score

Derived terms

Terms derived from punto

• di punto in bianco
• due punti
• fare il punto
• in punto

• punto cieco
• punto dolente
• punto erba

• punto esclamativo
• punto e virgola
• punto interrogativo

• punto luce
• punto morto
• punto vendita

Verb

punto

1. first-person singular present of puntare

Related terms

Terms related to punto

• pungere

• punta

• punzone

Etymology 2

From Latin punctus.

Verb

punto m (feminine singular punta, masculine plural punti, feminine plural punte)

1. past participle of pungere

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin punctum.

Interjection

¡punto!

1. that's it!

Noun

punto m (plural puntos)

1. point (unit of measurement)

   Tienes cinco puntos. ― You have five points.

   Ese artículo cuesta tres puntos. ― That item costs three points.

2. decimal, point (arithmetic symbol), period
3. (punto de encuentro) point, location, place
4. stitch
5. great surprise

Derived terms

Terms derived from punto

• al punto
• apuntar
• a punto
• a punto de
• dos puntos
• en punto

• en su punto
• hasta cierto punto
• poner los puntos sobre los ies
• por punto
• puntar
• puntear

• punto ciego
• punto de condensación
• punto de nieve
• punto de rocío
• punto de vista
• punto en boca

• punto fuerte
• punto por punto
• puntos suspensivos
• punto y aparte
• punto y coma
• punto y seguido

Related terms

Terms related to punto

• pungir

• punta

• punzar

• punzón

Verb

punto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of puntar.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pun‧to

Noun

punto

1. point
2. (sociolinguistics) accent