punto

See also: puntó and puntò

English

Alternative forms

• puncto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian punto. Doublet of point and punctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌntəʊ/, /ˈpʊntəʊ/

Noun

punto (plural puntos)

1. (fencing) A hit or point.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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

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Esperanto

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. lace (fabric)

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese punto, from Latin punctus. Cognate with Portuguese ponto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuntʊ]

Noun

punto m (plural puntos)

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

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

• a punto
• a punto de
• dous puntos
• en punto
• medio punto
• punto e coma
• puntos suspensivos

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ponto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ponto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “punto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “punto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “punto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “punto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “punto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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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

(deprecated template usage)

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpun.to/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -unto
• Hyphenation: pùn‧to

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
6. (Tuscany) none
7. (baseball) run

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

• di punto in bianco
• due punti
• fare il punto
• in punto
• punto cieco
• punto dolente
• punto e virgola
• punto erba
• punto esclamativo
• punto interrogativo
• punto luce
• punto morto
• punto vendita

Etymology 2

Verb

punto

1. first-person singular present indicative of puntare

Related terms

(deprecated template usage)

• pungere
• punta
• punzone

Etymology 3

From Latin punctus.

Participle

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

1. past participle of pungere

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin punctum.

Noun

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

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

(deprecated template usage)

• a punto
• a punto de
• a punto de caramelo
• a punto de nieve
• aguja de punto
• al punto
• apuntar
• de todo punto
• dos puntos
• en punto
• en su punto (“at an all-time...; at its peak”)
• hasta cierto punto (“to a certain extent/degree, to some extent/degree”)
• poner los puntos sobre los íes (“to dot one's I's”)
• puntal
• puntar
• puntear
• punto cardinal
• punto ciego
• punto de condensación
• punto de cruz
• punto de ebullición
• punto de entrada
• punto de fuga
• punto de golpeo
• punto de inflexión
• punto de mira
• punto de partida
• punto de referencia
• punto de resistencia
• punto de rocío
• punto de vista
• punto débil
• punto decimal
• punto en boca (“mum's the word; don't say a word”)
• punto fijo
• punto flotante
• punto fuerte
• punto G
• punto limpio
• punto muerto
• punto negro
• punto por punto (“point by point”)
• punto remoto
• punto verde
• punto y aparte (“full stop, new paragraph”)
• punto y coma
• punto y seguido (“full stop, new paragraph”)
• puntos suspensivos

Related terms

(deprecated template usage)

• pungir
• punta
• punzar
• punzón

Interjection

¡punto!

1. that's it!

Derived terms

• y punto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

punto

1. first-person singular present indicative of puntar

Further reading

• “punto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish punto.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

punto

1. point
2. (sociolinguistics) accent

Related terms

(deprecated template usage)

• apunta
• punta
• punterya

Further reading

• “punto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pun.tɔ/

Noun

punto (definite accusative puntoyu, plural puntolar)

1. font size

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	punto
Definite accusative	puntoyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	punto	puntolar
Definite accusative	puntoyu	puntoları
Dative	puntoya	puntolara
Locative	puntoda	puntolarda
Ablative	puntodan	puntolardan
Genitive	puntonun	puntoların