puntilla

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puntilla
feminine noun
1point lace (encaje)
2(figurative)
  • dar la puntilla -> to give the coup de grâce
  • aquello fue la puntilla -> that was what did it
de puntillas,
en puntillas
adverbial phrase
1on tiptoe (Am)

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puntilla [poon-teel’-lyah]
noun
1A small point. (f)
2A narrow lace edging. (f)
  • De puntillas -> softly, gently; on tiptoe
  • Ponerse de puntillas -> to persist obstinately in one’s opinion
3Brad, joiner’snail; a carpenter’s tracing-point. (Mecahnic) (f)
4 (f)
verb
5CACHETE.

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puntilla
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Cos) lace edging
2 (Taur) short dagger for giving the coup de grâce
dar la puntilla to finish off the bull; give the coup de grâce
dar la puntilla a algo/algn to finish sth/sb off
aquello fue la puntilla that was the last straw
3
de puntillas on tiptoe; andar de puntillas to walk on tiptoe
4 (Técnica) tack
5 [de pluma] point; nib

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