puntilla

f.

1 point lace (encaje).

2 picot, lace, fine lace, point lace.

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puntilla

► nombre femenino

1 COSTURA lace

2 (puñal) dagger

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FRASEOLOGÍA

andar de puntillas to tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

de puntillas on tiptoe

■ si te pones de puntillas a lo mejor alcanzas if you stand on tiptoe you might reach it

dar la puntilla familiar to finish off

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SF

1) (Cos) lace edging

2) (Taur) short dagger for giving the coup de grâce

- dar la puntilla

- dar la puntilla a algo/algn

- aquello fue la puntilla

3)

de puntillas — on tiptoe

andar de puntillas — to walk on tiptoe

4) (Téc) tack

5) [de pluma] point, nib

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femenino

1) (Taur) dagger (used to administer the coup de grâce in a bullfight)

dar la puntilla — (Taur) to administer the coup de grâce

se dio la puntilla a esta práctica — they put an end to this practice

aquello la dio la puntilla — that was the final blow

2) (punta del pie)

de puntillas or (AmL) en puntillas — on tiptoe

ponerse/andar de puntillas — to stand/walk on tiptoe

entró de puntillas — she tiptoed into the room

3) (encaje) lace edging

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femenino

1) (Taur) dagger (used to administer the coup de grâce in a bullfight)

dar la puntilla — (Taur) to administer the coup de grâce

se dio la puntilla a esta práctica — they put an end to this practice

aquello la dio la puntilla — that was the final blow

2) (punta del pie)

de puntillas or (AmL) en puntillas — on tiptoe

ponerse/andar de puntillas — to stand/walk on tiptoe

entró de puntillas — she tiptoed into the room

3) (encaje) lace edging

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puntilla¹

¹ = nail.

Ex: The ball pelts, which were usually sheepskin, were fixed to the handles with nails which were only lightly knocked in, and were removed after the day's work (and often during the midday break as well).

* andar de puntillas = tiptoe.

* de puntillas = stand on + tiptoes.

puntilla²

² = killer blow, death blow.

Ex: Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night.

Ex: Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region.

* dar la puntilla a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end.

* la puntilla = the final/last nail in + Posesivo + coffin.

puntilla³

³ = lace.

Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.

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puntilla

feminine

A (Taur) dagger (used to administer the coup de grâce in a bullfight)

dar la puntilla (Taur) to administer the coup de grâce

se dio la puntilla a esta práctica they put an end to this practice

B (clavo) nail

C

(punta del pie): de puntillas or (AmL) en puntillas on tiptoe

ponerse/andar de puntillas to stand/walk on tiptoe

entró de puntillas para no despertar al niño she tiptoed into the room so as not to wake the child

D (encaje) lace edging

E (península) spit, headland

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puntilla sustantivo femenino
1 (Taur) dagger (used to administer the coup de grâce in a bullfight);

◊ dar la puntilla (Taur) to administer the coup de grâce

2 (punta del pie): de puntillas or (AmL) en puntillas on tiptoe;

◊ entró de puntillas she tiptoed into the room

3 (encaje) lace edging
puntilla sustantivo femenino (encaje) lace edging
♦ Locuciones: andar/ir de puntillas, to tiptoe
salir de puntillas, to go out on tiptoes
'puntilla' also found in these entries:
English:
lace
- nail

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puntilla nf

1. [encaje] point lace

2. Taurom = short-bladed dagger used to administer the coup de grâce to the bull;

dar la puntilla to finish off the bull;

Fig to give the coup de grâce

3.

de o[m5]Am en puntillas on tiptoe;

andar de o Am [m5]en puntillas to (walk on) tiptoe;

ir de o Am [m5]en puntillas to tiptoe

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puntilla

f

:

de puntillas on tippy-toe, Br on tip-toe;

ponerse de puntillas stand on tippy-toe

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puntilla nf

1) : lace edging

2) : dagger (in bullfighting)

3)

de puntillas : on tiptoe

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puntilla n

de puntillas on tiptoe