Te presento el nuevo punto

Question

They show a new ship, and the captain says "Te presento el nuevo punto". Does he mean "Te presento el nuevo diseño"? Why punto? Is that common to say in Mexico? Gracias....

Punto does not make much sense here, I'm afraid, unless it's a proper name "Punto". - gone, Jan 28, 2011

Answer 1

To Jeezzle:

Your friend should have specified the idea of a new viewpoint. En español: Te presento nuestro nuevo punto de vista. Punto alone does not cut it in my opinion.

Answer 2

Maybe he said Pinta and he is going to reenact the voyage of Columbus. . .

Answer 3

I really can´t figure this out. Some possibilities:

A. It was poorly subtitled.It should say ´puente´ (de mando) as in the Enterprise.

B. There is heavy contextual information missing. Maybe the owner of the ship is Punto Corporation. Maybe there is a competition and he´s scoring one point.

C. there was an old ship called ´punto´ (or the captain called that way) and this is the new one.

D. Creeping translation of pontoon---> pontón (Cuerpo en forma de bote, más completamente cerrado a prueba de agua. Sirve para sostener los hidroaviones en el agua.)

Agree. - Gekkosan, Jan 28, 2011

Answer 4

I am not sure that he said "punto".

Answer 5

I asked my friend Maria at work (my tutor) and she said this makes sense. Her logic: If they said "Te presento nuestro nuevo diseño" like I expected, it would mean "a whole new design", "the entire thing is new". But if you said "Te presento nuestro nuevo punto" it means "we made a small change, or a change but not a whole new design, and here is the affect of that change". She is pretty smart, but it still sounds wierd to me, any other thoughts?