Spanisch | Englisch |
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apuntar verb | mark [marked, marking, marks](take note of) point [pointed, pointing, points](to extend finger) point out(identify with a bodily gesture) prompt [prompted, prompting, prompts](to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing) remark [remarked, remarking, remarks](to express in words or writing; to state, as an observation) sight [sighted, sighting, sights](take aim at) take aim(position oneself and/or one's weapon) take down(write a note, usually recording something that is said) write [wrote, written, writing, writes](record (data)) write down(to set something down in writing) |
apuntar a verb | pursue [pursued, pursuing, pursues](to aim for) |
caer chuzos de punta verb | bucket down(rain heavily) |
dar un puntapié verb | kick [kicked, kicking, kicks](strike with or raise the foot or leg) |
de punta adjective | spiky [spikier, spikiest](hairstyle) state of the art(at the highest level of development) |
de punta en blanco adjective | dressed to kill(dressed in a very fashionable style) dressed to the nines(very fancily or formally dressed) |
de una punta de la ciudad a otra adjective | crosstown((US) extending across a city or town) |
despuntar verb | top [topped, topping, tops](to cut or remove the top) |
en la otra punta proper noun | Timbuktu(distant place) |
en la punta de la lengua preposition | on the tip of one's tongue(known but not quite remembered) |
en puntas de pie preposition | on tiptoe(moving carefully) |
grabado a punta seca noun {f} | drypoint(a technique of intaglio printmaking) |
hora punta noun {f} | rush hour(times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) |
mediapunta noun | attacking midfielder(midfield player) |
pelos de punta noun {m-Pl} | goose bump(raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear) |
pespuntar verb | backstitch(to sew with a backstitch) |
poner el vello de punta verb | |
poner los nervios de punta verb | get on someone's nerves(annoy or irritate) |
repuntar verb | pick up(to improve, increase, or speed up) rally [rallied, rallying, rallies](to recover strength after a decline in prices) |
sacapuntas noun {m} | pencil sharpener(device used to sharpen pencils) sharpener [sharpeners](device for making things sharp) |
sacar punta a verb | twist [twisted, twisting, twists](to distort or change the truth or meaning) |
serrucho de punta noun {m} | keyhole saw(type of narrow-bladed saw) |
sierra de punta noun {f} | keyhole saw(type of narrow-bladed saw) |
tiburón oceánico de puntas blancas noun {m} | oceanic whitetip shark(Carcharhinus longimanus) |
tornapunta noun {f} | strut [struts](beam or rod providing support) |