dos puntos

Asturian

Noun

dos puntos m pl

1. colon (punctuation mark)

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “two dots”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdos ˈpuntos/ [ˌd̪os ˈpũn̪.t̪os]
• Syllabification: dos pun‧tos

Noun

dos puntos m pl (plural only)

1. colon (punctuation mark)

Usage notes

• Sometimes this word is used as a word whose singular and plural are spelled the same. Then dos puntos may refer to one or more colons depending upon context.

Further reading

• “dos puntos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10