despuntar

v.

1 to break the point off (romper la punta).

2 to bud (flor, capullo).

3 to excel, to stand out (person).

4 to break (alba).

5 to blunt, to dull.

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despuntar

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar la punta) to blunt, make blunt

2 MARÍTIMO to round

► verbo intransitivo

1 (planta) to sprout; (flor) to bud

2 (destacar) to excel, stand out

■ este autor despunta en poesía this writer's poetry is outstanding

■ despuntaba por su destreza she was renowned for her cleverness

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FRASEOLOGÍA

al despuntar el alba/día at dawn, at daybreak

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verb

1) to blunt

2) excel, stand out

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1.

VT [+ lápiz, cuchillo] to blunt

2. VI

1) (Bot) [plantas] to sprout; [flores] to bud

2) [día] to dawn

al despuntar el alba — at daybreak, at dawn

3) [persona] (=destacar) to excel, stand out

despunta en matemáticas — he shines o excels at maths

despunta por su talento — she is outstandingly talented

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1.

verbo transitivo to blunt

2.

despuntar vi

a) día to break, dawn

al despuntar el día/alba — at daybreak/dawn

b) flores to bud; plantas to sprout

c) persona

despuntar en algo — to excel at o in something

despunta por su belleza — she's outstandingly beautiful

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= blunt.

Ex. It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.

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* al despuntar el alba = at the crack of dawn.

* al despuntar el día = at the crack of dawn.

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1.

verbo transitivo to blunt

2.

despuntar vi

a) día to break, dawn

al despuntar el día/alba — at daybreak/dawn

b) flores to bud; plantas to sprout

c) persona

despuntar en algo — to excel at o in something

despunta por su belleza — she's outstandingly beautiful

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= blunt.

Ex: It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.

* al despuntar el alba = at the crack of dawn.

* al despuntar el día = at the crack of dawn.

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despuntar [A1 ]

vt

to blunt

■ despuntar

vi

1 «día» to break, dawn

al despuntar el día/alba at daybreak/dawn

2 «flores» to bud; «plantas» to sprout

3

«persona»: despuntaba en geografía she shone o excelled at geography

despunta en el campo de la dermatología he's an eminent dermatologist

viene despuntando en el mundo de la moda she is beginning to be noticed o to make an impression o to make a name for herself in the fashion world

despunta por su eficiencia her efficiency is outstanding, she's extremely efficient

■ despuntarse

v pron

to go blunt

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despuntar (conjugate despuntar) verbo transitivo
to blunt
verbo intransitivo

a) [día] to break, dawn;

◊ al despuntar el día at daybreak

b) [flor] to bud;

[plantas] to sprout

c) [persona] despuntar en algo to excel at o in sth

despuntar
I vtr (quitar la punta) to blunt, make blunt
II verbo intransitivo
1 (comenzar a manifestarse) to appear
(el día) to dawn
2 (destacar) to excel, stand out
'despuntar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
clarear
English:
blunt
- crack

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despuntar

♦ vt

1. [romper la punta de] to break the point off

2. [desgastar la punta de] to blunt

♦ vi

1. [brotar] [flor, capullo] to bud;

[planta] to sprout

2. [destacar] to excel, to stand out;

despunta en francés she excels in French;

despunta por su inteligencia his intelligence makes him stand out

3. [comenzar] [alba] to break;

[día] to dawn;

al despuntar el alba/día at dawn/daybreak;

saldremos de viaje apenas despunte el día we'll set off at the crack of dawn

♦ See also the pronominal verb despuntarse

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despuntar

I v/t blunt

II v/i

1 de planta sprout

2 de día dawn;

al despuntar el día at daybreak

3 de persona excel (en in)

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despuntar vt

: to blunt

despuntar vi

1) : to dawn

2) : to sprout

3) : to excel, to stand out