Spanish | English |
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punta noun {f} | head [heads](topmost or leading part) point [points](sharp tip) prong [prongs](thin, pointed, projecting part) pussy [pussies](slang: female genitalia) roach [roaches](slang: butt of a marijuana cigarette) spearhead [spearheads](the pointed head, or end, of a spear) spike [spikes](anything resembling such a nail in shape) tip [tips](extreme end of something) |
punta abierta noun {f} | split end(hair which has split at the end) |
punta de flecha noun {f} | arrowhead [arrowheads](the pointed part of an arrow) |
punta de lanza noun {f} | spearhead [spearheads](the pointed head, or end, of a spear) |
punta de pistola noun | gunpointnoun |
punta de trazar noun {f} | scribe [scribes](steel drawing implement) |
punta del iceberg noun {f} | tip of the iceberg(small indication of a larger possibility) |
punta del pie noun {f} | tiptoe [tiptoes](tips of one's toes) |
punta final noun {f} | stump [stumps](remains of something that has been cut off) |
punta florecida noun {f} | split end(hair which has split at the end) |
punta rota noun {f} | split end(hair which has split at the end) |
puntabola noun {f} | ballpoint pen [ballpoint pens](pen) |
puntada noun {f} | stitch [stitches](single pass of the needle in sewing) |
puntaje noun {m} | score [scores](number of points earned) |
puntal noun {m} | prop [props](object placed against or under another, to support it) spur [spurs](carpentry: brace strengthening a post and some connected part) stanchion [stanchions](vertical pole, post or support) strut [struts](beam or rod providing support) |
puntapié noun {m} | kick [kicks](hit or strike with the leg or foot) |
a punta de pala noun | ton [tons](large amount) |
a punta de pistola preposition | at gunpoint(under coercion by someone with a firearm) |
a punta pala preposition | in spades(to excess) |
apuntador noun {m} | pointer [pointers](computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable) prompter [prompters](person in a theater) |
apuntadora noun {f} | prompter [prompters](person in a theater) |
apuntalar verb | buttress [buttressed, buttressing, buttresses](support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress) prop up(to support with a prop) shore up(to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)) support [supported, supporting, supports](to keep from falling) underpin [underpinned, underpinning, underpins](To support from below with props or masonry) |
apuntar verb | aim [aimed, aiming, aims](to point or direct a missile weapon) cover [covered, covering, covers](protect by shooting) finger [fingered, fingering, fingers](to identify or point out) |