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Webster 1913 Edition

Punto

Pun′to

,
Noun.
[It.
punto
, L.
punctum
point. See
Point
.]
(Fencing)
A point or hit.
‖Punto diritto
[It.]
,
a direct stroke or hit.
–
‖Punto reverso
[It.
riverso
reverse]
,
a backhanded stroke.
Halliwell.
“Ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso!”
Shak.

Definition 2024

punto

punto

See also: puntó and puntò

English

Noun

punto ‎(plural puntos)

  1. (fencing) A point or hit.

Derived terms

  • punto diritto
  • punto reverso

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing 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

  • puntizar ‎(“to dot, prick, mark (something) with a point; to punctuate”)
  • puntizado ‎(“punctuation; dotting”)
  • puntizuro ‎(“punctuation; dotting”)
  • puntizo-signo ‎(“stop”)
  • punto-komo ‎(“semicolon (;)”)
  • klamo-punto ‎(“exclamation mark (!)”)
  • bipunto ‎(“colon (:)”)
  • questiono-punto ‎(“question mark (?)”)
  • suto-punto ‎(“stitch”)
  • kontakto-punto ‎(“point of contact”)
  • departo-punto ‎(“point of departure”)
  • seko-punto ‎(“point of intersection”)
  • incido-punto ‎(“point of incidence”)
  • halto-punto ‎(“stop”)
  • vido-punto ‎(“viewpoint”)
  • morto-punto ‎(“point of death”)
  • kardinala punto ‎(“(geography) cardinal point”)
  • krizala punto ‎(“critical point”)
  • repozo-punto ‎(“(music) pause”)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Related terms

Verb

punto

  1. first-person singular present tense of puntare

Etymology 2

From Latin punctus.

Verb

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

  1. past participle of pungere

Spanish

Etymology

From the 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

Related terms

Verb

punto

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

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian punto.

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