different between punta vs punts

English

Noun

punta (uncountable)

1. A Garifuna style of festive music and dance.

Anagrams

• Anput, tupan, unapt, untap

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?pun.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?pun.ta/

Noun

punta m (plural puntes)

1. point, tip
2. pinch, bit (small amount)
3. peak, top
4. point, purpose, reason
5. lace

   Synonym: randa

Derived terms

• punteta

Related terms

• apuntar
• punt

Further reading

• “punta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *punta (compare Estonian pund, Livonian p?n­da), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pund? (“pound, weight”), itself from Latin pond?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?punt?/, [?pun?t??]
• Rhymes: -unt?
• Syllabification: pun?ta

Noun

punta

1. pound (currency)

Declension

Anagrams

• pantu, patun, punat

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??n??t???/

Etymology 1

Noun

punta m (genitive singular punta, nominative plural puntaí)

1. punt (boat)

Declension

Synonyms

• puint

Etymology 2

Noun

punta

1. Cois Fharraige form of puint (“pounds”)

Mutation

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.

Noun

punta f (plural punte)

1. point, head, tip, top, peak, end

   Synonyms: estremità, cima, testa

2. pinch, touch, hint (small quantity)

   Synonyms: pizzico, tocco, accenno

3. bit (of a drill)
4. (soccer) forward, striker, attacker

   Synonym: attaccante

5. pile (of arrow or spear)
6. scriber

Derived terms

Related terms

• punto

Verb

punta

1. third-person singular present indicative of puntare
2. second-person singular imperative of puntare

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish punta.

The word "punda" is an obsolete variation.

Noun

punta

1. point

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?punta/, [?p?n?.t?a]

Etymology 1

From Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.

Noun

punta f (plural puntas)

1. tip, point, end

2. pinch, bit (small amount)

Derived terms

Related terms

• punto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

punta

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of puntar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of puntar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of puntar.

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /pun?ta/

Noun

puntá

1. destination, direction

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish punta.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?punta/

Noun

púnta

1. point, end

   Synonyms: dunggit, dulo

2. (geology) headland, promontory
3. (colloquial) aim, purpose

   Synonyms: layon, layunin, hangad, hangarin, intensyon, pakay

See also

• puntilya
• puntahin
• puntablangko

Etymology 3

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /pun?ta?/

Noun

puntâ

1. a piece of bamboo with metal wire hooked on both sides, which is hooked to a pail or bucket, and is carried on the shoulders

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nts/

Noun

punts

1. plural of punt

Verb

punts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of punt

Catalan

Noun

punts

1. plural of punt