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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian punto. Doublet of point and punctum.

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

Anagrams

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

Esperanto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?punto/
• Hyphenation: pun?to
• Rhymes: -unto

Noun

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

1. lace (fabric)

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pun.to/, /?pun.t?/

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pun?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

Verb

punto

1. first-person singular present of puntare

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin punctus.

Verb

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

1. past participle of pungere

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?punto/, [?p?n?.t?o]
• Rhymes: -unto
• Hyphenation: pun?to

Etymology 1

From Latin punctum.

Noun

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

1. point (unit of measurement)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Interjection

¡punto!

1. that's it!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

punto

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

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pun?to

Noun

punto

1. point
2. (sociolinguistics) accent

English

Etymology

Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??n.t??/, /?d??n.t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??n.to?/

Noun

junto (plural juntos or juntoes)

1. A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.
   • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Premature Burial’:

     I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.

Anagrams

• Jotun, Jötun, Tounj, jotun, jötun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.tu/
• Hyphenation: jun?to

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese junto, from Latin i?nctus.

Adjective

junto m (feminine singular junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas, not comparable)

1. together

Alternative forms

• j?to (obsolete, abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Derived terms

• juntamente

Related terms

• juntar

Adverb

junto (not comparable)

1. together (at the same time, in the same place)

   Synonym: juntamente

2. near, next

   Synonyms: ao pé, ao lado, à beira, perto

Alternative forms

• j?to (obsolete, abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Derived terms

• junto com

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of juntar

Further reading

• “junto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xunto/, [?x?n?.t?o]

Etymology 1

From Latin i?nctus (“joined, united”).

Adjective

junto (feminine junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas)

1. together
2. joined
3. next to

Adverb

junto

1. together

2. (all) together, (in) total

Preposition

junto

1. next to, together with, alongside (+ a)

2. along with, together with, alongside (+ con)
3. in conjunction with (+ con)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junto

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

Further reading

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