punto

• puncto

From Latin punctum (“point”) via Italian and Spanish punto, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, punctum, and ponto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌntəʊ/, /ˈpʊntəʊ/

punto (plural puntos)

1. (fencing) A hit or point.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:

     To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse, to see thee here, to see thee there, to see thee pass thy puncto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.

2. (historical) A traditional small Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm.

• (fencing term): point, strike, hit
• (unit of length): Spanish point, point (Spanish contexts)

• (unit of length): linea (12 puntos), dedo (108 puntos), pulgada (144 puntos)

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

• punto in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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

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

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

1. lace (fabric)

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese punto, from Latin punctus. Cognate with Spanish punto, Portuguese ponto, and Catalan punt.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuntʊ]

punto m (plural puntos)

1. point
2. spot, place
3. dot
4. (grammar) full stop

• “ponto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ponto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “punto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “punto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “punto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “punto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• “punto” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpun.to/, /ˈpun.tɔ/

punto (plural punti)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpun.to/

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• Rhymes: -unto
• Hyphenation: pùn‧to

From Latin punctum.

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
6. (Tuscany) none
7. (baseball) run
8. (surgery, sewing) stitch
9. staple

punto

1. first-person singular present indicative of puntare

From Latin punctus.

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

1. past participle of pungere

• IPA^(key): /ˈpunto/ [ˈpũn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -unto
• Syllabification: pun‧to

From Latin punctum (“point”), from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Cognate with Galician punto, Portuguese ponto, and Catalan punt.

punto m (plural puntos) (diminutive puntillo or puntito)

1. point, a specific spot, location, or place
2. point, a unit of scoring

   Tienes cinco puntos.

   You have five points.

   Ese artículo cuesta tres puntos.

   That item costs three points.

3. (grammar) point, a full stop or period
4. (mathematics) point, a decimal mark
5. (sewing) stitch, a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture
6. bombshell, a great surprise or shock
7. (historical) punto, Spanish point, a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm

• (unit of length): línea (12 puntos), dedo (108 puntos), pulgada (144 puntos)

• Tagalog: punto

¡punto!

1. that's it!

• y punto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

punto

1. first-person singular present indicative of puntar

• “punto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish punto.

• Hyphenation: pun‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈpunto/, [ˈpun.to]

punto

1. point
2. (sociolinguistics) accent

• “punto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

From Ottoman Turkish پونطو‎ (punto), from Italian punto.

• IPA^(key): /pun.tɔ/

punto (definite accusative puntoyu, plural puntolar)

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