en punto
Galician
Further reading
- “en punto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /em ˈpunto/ [ẽm ˈpũn̪.t̪o]
- Syllabification: en pun‧to
Adverb
- o'clock
- on the dot, sharp
- 2023 February 10, Iker Seisdedos, Wilfredo Miranda, “Las 605 noches de infierno de la Comandante Dos: “Cada día que no me ahorcaba era un triunfo sobre Ortega””, in El País:
- “Un día, uno de los guardias, que tenían prohibido portar reloj para no darnos pistas, se fue al baño, sacó el suyo y, a hurtadillas, me lo confirmó: ‘No sé cómo lo hace: ¡Son las 10.15 en punto!”.
- “One day, one of the guards, who were forbidden to wear a watch so as not to give us clues, went to the bathroom, took out his own and, on the sly, confirmed it to me: 'I don't know how he does it: it's exactly 10:15!”.
Further reading
- “en punto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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