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Galician
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- o'clock
- Chegou ás sete en punto.
- He arrived at seven o'clock.
Further reading
[edit]- “en punto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- o'clock
- on the dot, sharp
- 2023 February 10, Iker Seisdedos, Wilfredo Miranda, “Las 605 noches de infierno de la Comandante Dos: “Cada día que no me ahorcaba era un triunfo sobre Ortega””, in El País[1]:
- “Un día, uno de los guardias, que tenían prohibido portar reloj para no darnos pistas, se fue al baño, sacó el suyo y, a hurtadillas, me lo confirmó: ‘No sé cómo lo hace: ¡Son las 10.15 en punto!”.
- “One day, one of the guards, who were forbidden to wear a watch so as not to give us clues, went to the bathroom, took out his own and, on the sly, confirmed it to me: 'I don't know how he does it: it's exactly 10:15!”.
Further reading
[edit]- “en punto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16