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point(

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (in space)

a. el punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

To complete your driving test, you must go from point A to point B.Para completar tu examen de conducir, tienes que ir desde punto A a punto B.

2. (in time)

a. el momento

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

At this point in my life I really need my family.En este momento de mi vida, necesito mi familia.

3. (argument)

a. la posición

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

I understand your point, but I still think that there is a solution.Entiendo tu posición, pero sigo creyendo que existe una solución.

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Enough already! You've made your point.¡Basta ya! Has dejado muy claro lo que piensas.

You make a good point, Ryan.Tienes razón en lo que dices, Ryan.

4. (score)

a. el punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Michael Jordan scored 46 points during last night's game.Michael Jordan marcó 46 puntos en el partido de anoche.

5. (decimal separator)

a. la coma

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The table is one point eight meters long.La mesa mide uno coma ocho metros de largo.

b. el punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

She is one point five meters tall.Ella mide uno punto cinco metros de altura.

6. (feature)

a. la cualidad

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Modesty is not one of my best points.La modestia no es una de mis mejores cualidades.

7. (stocks)

a. el punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Ibex 35 went up 45 points.El Ibex 35 subió 45 puntos.

8. (sharp end)

a. la punta

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

You have to sharpen the pencil point.Tienes que afilar la punta del lápiz.

9. (dot)

a. el punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The points of light from the city shone in the distance.Los puntos de luz de la ciudad brillaban en la distancia.

10. (geography)

a. la punta

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The sailboat sailed around the point and headed for the pier.El velero navegó alrededor de la punta y se dirigió al muelle.

b. el cabo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

This is a very rugged coast, with numerous points and cliffs.Esta es una costa muy accidentada, con numerosos cabos y acantilados.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

11. (to direct)

a. apuntar

He pointed the gun at me.Me apuntó con la pistola.

b. indicar

The compass always points north.La brújula siempre indica el norte.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

12. (to indicate)

a. indicar

Everything points to him being the murderer.Todo indica que es el asesino.

point

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (in space)

a. el punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

point of contactpunto de contacto

point of salepunto de venta

point of viewpunto de vista

2. (in time)

a. el instante m, momento

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

at this point in timeen este preciso instante

at this point the phone rangen ese instante sonó el teléfono

to be on the point of doing somethingestar a punto de hacer algo

to reach the point of no returnllegar a un punto sin retorno

outspoken to the point of rudenessfranco(a) hasta lindar con la grosería

3. (of argument, discussion)

a. el punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

the point is,…la cuestión es que…

I take your pointestoy de acuerdo con lo que dices

she has a pointno le falta razón

he made several interesting pointshizo varias observaciones or puntualizaciones muy interesantes

to get to the pointir al grano

that's beside the pointeso no viene al caso

that's not the pointno es esa la cuestión

what's the point?¿para qué?

to make a point of doing somethingpreocuparse de or procurar hacer algo

there is no point in waiting any longerno vale la pena seguir esperando

in point of facten realidad

her remarks were very much to the pointsus comentarios fueron muy pertinentes

it has its good pointstiene sus cosas buenas

up to a pointhasta cierto punto

not to put too fine a point on it…hablando en plata…

a point of grammar/lawuna cuestión gramatical/legal

point of ordercuestión de procedimiento or de forma

4. (punctuation mark)

a. el punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

5. (mathematics)

(decimal) pointcoma (decimal)

three point fivetres coma cinco

6. (in game)

a. el punto m, tanto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

7. (in exam)

a. el punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

to win on pointsganar por puntos

8. (on compass, thermometer)

a. el grado

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

9. (finance)

a. el entero m, punto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

(on stockmarket)

10. (of needle, pencil, sword)

a. la punta

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

to end in a pointacabar en punta

11. (electric socket)

a. la toma de corriente

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

12. (of land)

a. el punta f, cabo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

13. (railroad)

pointsagujas fpl

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

14. (aim)

a. dirigir

to point a gun at somebodyapuntar con un arma a alguien

15. (fig)

to point the finger at somebodyseñalar (con el dedo) a alguien

16. (colloquial)

just point me in the right directionbasta con que me digas cómo hacerlo más o menos

to point the wayindicar el camino

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

17. (general)

to point at something/somebodyseñalar algo/a alguien

to point northseñalar al norte

to be pointing toward somethingestar mirando hacia algo, estar en dirección a algo

this points to the fact that…esto nos lleva al hecho de que…

all the evidence points to suicidetodas las pruebas sugieren que se trata de un suicidio

point [pɔɪnt]

noun

1 (Geom) (dot) punto (m); (decimal point) punto (m) decimal; coma (f)

two point six (2.6) dos coma seis (2,6)

2 (on scale, thermometer) punto (m)

boiling/freezing point punto de ebullición/congelación; the thermometer went up three points el termómetro subió tres grados; the index is down three points el índice bajó tres enteros; the shares went down two points las acciones bajaron dos enteros

3 (on compass) cuarta (f); grado (m)

from all points of the compass desde los cuatro rincones del mundo

4 [of needle, pencil, knife etc] punta (f); [of pen] puntilla (f)

to put a point on a pencil sacar punta a un lápiz; a star with five points una estrella de cinco puntas

at the point of a sword a punta de espada

She forced him to leave at the point of a gun

with a sharp point puntiagudo

not to put too fine a point on it (frankly) hablando sin rodeos

5 (place) punto (m); lugar (m)

... the highest point in the district ... at that point in the road He had reached a point where he began to doubt whether ...

he had reached the point of resigning había llegado al punto de la dimisión

I never reached the point of actually wanting to chuck myself out of the window though the thought did cross my mind one night

this was the low/high point of his career este fue el momento más bajo/el momento cumbre de su carrera

at all points por todas partes; en todos los sitios

`German attacks repelled at all points" ...at any point in the space-time matrix, or at all points simultaneously

delivered free to all points in Spain entrega gratuita en cualquier punto de España; the train stops at Carlisle and all points south el tren para en Carlisle y todas las estaciones al sur

at this point (in space) aquí; allí; (in time) en este or aquel momento

when it comes to the point en el momento de la verdad

when it came to the point of paying ... cuando llegó la hora de pagar ...; a la hora de pagar ...

When it came to the point of making the first repatriations, there was an outcry by public opinion

there was no point of contact between them no existía ningún nexo de unión entre ellos

She feared there could be little meeting-ground or point of contact between the two philosophies, peoples and countries For learning to occur, there must be a point of contact between the reader's knowledge of the world and the ideas communicated by the textbook author

to be on or at the point of death estar a punto de morir

While Lady Mourne was on the point of death, the Mournes' houseman had absconded with the family silver In this final chapter I shall hope to show how, even at the point of death, visualization can help and comfort

point of departure punto (m) de partida

point of entry (into a country) punto (m) de entrada; paso (m) fronterizo

Your passport hasn't been stamped at any point of entry. You have no return ticket, no hotel booking

from that point on ... de allí en adelante ...

to reach the point of no return llegar al punto sin retorno

to be on the point of doing sth estar a punto de hacer algo

abrupt to the point of rudeness tan brusco que resulta grosero

up to a point (in part) hasta cierto punto; en cierta medida

I agree with you up to a point

at the point where the road forks donde se bifurca el camino

6 (counting unit) (in Sport, test) punto (m)

points against puntos (m) en contra

points for puntos (m) a favor

to win on points ganar por puntos

to give sth/sb points out of ten dar a algo/algn un número de puntos sobre diez

How many points would you give her out of ten?

to score ten points marcar diez puntos

7 (most important thing)

the point is that ... el caso es que ...

The point is that you promised it for today! The point is, why was he in the house at all?

that's the whole point that's just the point! ¡eso es!; ¡ahí está!

the point of the joke/story la gracia del chiste/cuento

to be beside the point no venir al caso

it is beside the point that ... no importa que

do you get the point? ¿entiendes por dónde voy or lo que quiero decir?

But he's 10 years younger than I am. You get the point?

to miss the point no comprender

that's not the point esto no viene al caso; no es eso

to get off the point salirse del tema

We're getting off the point

his remarks were to the point sus observaciones venían al caso

an argument very much to the point un argumento muy a propósito; that is hardly to the point eso apenas hace al caso; to come or get to the point ir al grano; to get back to the point volver al tema; to keep or stick to the point no salirse del tema; to speak to the point (relevantly) hablar acertadamente; hablar con tino

8 (purpose, use) [of action, visit] finalidad (f); propósito (m)

What was the point of his visit?

it gave point to the argument hizo ver la importancia del argumento

"It's the Interval now - and the bar is open." The audience retreated en masse to the bar, giving point to her words The fact that in philosophy so much depends on the way things are expressed gives point to the saying that philosophy is an exercise in rhetoric

there's little point in telling him no merece la pena or no tiene mucho sentido decírselo

there's no point in staying no tiene sentido quedarse

a long story that seemed to have no point at all una larga historia que no parecía venir al caso en absoluto

to see the point of sth encontrar or ver sentido a algo; entender el porqué de algo

I don't see the point of or in doing that no veo qué sentido tiene hacer eso

The owners did not quite see the point of the exercise so I gave then a quick demonstration to show them what I hoped would happen It wasn't Larry's birthday and he couldn't see the point of all the fuss

what's the point? ¿para qué?; ¿a cuento de qué?

Sometimes I think I should give up smoking. Then I think, what's the pont? I'll still be breathing in my husband's smoke

what's the point of or in trying? ¿de qué sirve intentar?

9 (detail, argument) punto (m)

He had difficulty getting his point across to the audience

the points to remember are ... los puntos a retener son los siguientes ...; to carry or gain or win one's point salirse con la suya; five-point plan proyecto (m) de cinco puntos

to argue point by point razonar punto por punto

Franco read the text and discussed it at length with Don Juan, arguing it point by point

in point of fact en realidad; el caso es que

I think she has a point creo que tiene un poco de razón

you've got or you have a point there! ¡tienes razón!; ¡es cierto!; (LAm)

the point at issue el asunto; el tema en cuestión

to make one's point convencer

you've made your point nos etc has convencido; he made the following points dijo lo siguiente; to make the point that ... hacer ver or comprender que ...

to make a point of doing sth make it a point to do sth poner empeño en hacer algo

I always made it a point to remember who liked baseball and whose kids had just started college

on this point sobre este punto

on that point en cuanto a eso; on that point we agree sobre eso estamos de acuerdo; to differ on a point no estar de acuerdo en un particular

to press the point insistir;that en que

to stretch a point hacer una excepción

I take your point acepto lo que dices

point taken! ¡de acuerdo!

point of view punto (m) de vista

from the point of view of desde el punto de vista de; to see or understand sb's point of view comprender el punto de vista de algn; to look at a matter from all points of view considerar una cuestión bajo todos sus aspectos; to come round to sb's point of view adoptar el criterio de algn

11 (matter) cuestión (f)

point of detail detalle (m)

The best positions for the press, radio and television were discussed and many other points of detail

point of honour cuestión (f) or punto (m) de honor

Beer is currently fashionable in Italy, and it is becoming a point of honour for bars to stock as many foreign brands as possible

point of interest punto (m) interesante

The only point of interest is that the fellow was killed not very long afterwards

point of law cuestión (f) de derecho

Both sides had a case and one of the points of law at issue was highly arcane It involved an interesting point of law and I looked forward to some hours of quiet research in case books, parliamentary laws and codes

point of order cuestión (f) de procedimiento

a point of principle una cuestión de principios

12 (characteristic) cualidad (f)

what points should I look for? ¿qué puntos debo buscar?

bad points cualidades (f) malas

good points cualidades (f) buenas

he has his points tiene algunas cualidades buenas

tact isn't one of his strong points la discreción no es uno de sus (puntos) fuertes

it was always his strong point siempre ha sido su punto fuerte

weak point flaco (m); punto (m) flaco; punto (m) débil

13 points (Britain) (Ferro) agujas (f); (Aut) platinos (m)

14 (Britain) (Electricity and Electronics) (also power point) toma (f) de corriente; tomacorriente (m); (S. Cone)

15 (Geog) punta (f); promontorio (m); cabo (m)

16 (Tip) (punctuation mark) punto (m)

9 point black (Tip) negritas (f) del cuerpo 9

17 (Ballet) (usu pl) punta (f)

to dance on points bailar sobre las puntas

transitive verb

1 (aim, direct) apuntar;at a

to point a gun at sb apuntar a algn con un fusil

to point one's finger at sth/sb señalar con el dedo algo/a algn

to point one's toes hacer puntas

he pointed the car towards London puso el coche rumbo a Londres

to point the finger at sb señalar con el dedo a algn

Often, it is easy for the violent or abusive wife to turn the tables, pointing the finger at her husband as the aggressor

2 (indicate, show) señalar; indicar

would you point me in the direction of the town hall? ¿me quiere decir dónde está el ayuntamiento?

we pointed him in the right direction le indicamos el camino

to point the moral that ... subrayar la moraleja de que ...

to point the way señalar el camino

3 (Constr) [+wall] rejuntar

4 [+text] puntuar; [+Hebrew etc] puntar

intransitive verb

1 señalar

it's rude to point

to point at or towards sth/sb (with finger) señalar algo/a algn con el dedo

the car isn't pointing in the right direction el coche no va en la dirección correcta

it points (to the) north apunta hacia el norte

the hands pointed to midnight las agujas marcaban las 12 de la noche

2 (indicate) indicar

everything points that way todo parece indicarlo

this points to the fact that ... esto indica que ...

the evidence points to her las pruebas indican que ella es la culpable; everything points to his success todo anuncia su éxito; everything points to the festival being a lively one el festival se anuncia animado

to point to sth (call attention to) señalar algo

I want to point to one or two facts Fodor points to other weaknesses in the way the campaign has progressed Gooch pointed to the team's bowling as the key to their success

4 [+dog] mostrar la caza; parar

modifier

point duty (n) (Britain) (Police) control (m) de la circulación

to be on point duty dirigir la circulación or el tráfico

point of reference (n) punto (m) de referencia

point of sale (n) punto (m) de venta

points decision (n) (Boxing) decisión (f) a los puntos

points failure (n) (Britain) (Ferro) fallo (m) en el sistema de agujas

points system (n) (gen) sistema (m) de puntos; (Aut) sistema de penalización por las infracciones cometidas por un conductor que puede llevar a determinadas sanciones (p. ej. la retirada del permiso de conducir)

All the legislation is in place for France to lower its accident rate - rear seat belts, safety inspection of child seats, lower speed limits, lower drink-drive limits and a points system on driving licences

points victory points win (n) victoria (f) a los puntos

point-of-sale

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point of view	el punto de vista
point out	señalar
turning point	el momento decisivo
at this point	en este momento
at some point	en algún momento
grade point average	el promedio de calificaciones
at one point	en un momento determinado
point to the book	señala el libro
power point	el tomacorriente
from my point of view	desde mi punto de vista
listen and point	escucha y señala escuchar y señalar
point to	señalar
starting point	el punto de partida
exclamation point	el signo de exclamación
on point	a cargo preciso
to the point	hasta el punto al grano
focal point	el foco
good point	tienes razón
point guard	el/la base
main point	punto principal