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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puntilla. Doublet of pointelle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʊnˈtiːə/ (or as Spanish, below)

Noun

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puntilla (countable and uncountable, plural puntillas)

  1. (countable, bullfighting) The small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull.
  2. Decorative lacework.

Finnish

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Noun

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puntilla

  1. adessive singular of puntti

Spanish

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Etymology

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From punta +‎ -illa. Cognate with English pointel and pointelle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /punˈtiʝa/ [pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /punˈtiʎa/ [pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /punˈtiʃa/ [pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /punˈtiʒa/ [pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

  • Syllabification: pun‧ti‧lla

Noun

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puntilla f (plural puntillas)

  1. puntilla, dagger
  2. (bullfighting) puntilla
  3. (also figurative) final blow, coup de grâce
    Synonym: golpe de gracia
    dar la puntillato deliver the final blow
    • 2020 July 26, “La cuarentena británica da la puntilla al turismo en España, que se prepara para un verano desastroso”, in El País[1]:
      La cuarentena impuesta por el Reino Unido da la puntilla al turismo español, abocado sin remedio a un verano desastroso.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. tiptoe
    en/de puntillason tiptoes
    • 1998, Roberto Bolaño, Los detectives salvajes, →ISBN, page 287:
      A eso de las tres me levanté para ir al baño y al pasar de puntillas por la sala escuché que Ulises estaba llorando. No creo que se diera cuentra que yo estaba allí.
      Around three I got up to go to the bathroom, and when I tiptoed through the room I heard that Ulises was crying. I don't think he realized I was there.
  5. baby squid
  6. lace (material)
  7. (cooking) paring knife

Derived terms

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