picar o ponto
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to punch the point”.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]picar o ponto (first-person singular present pico o ponto, first-person singular preterite piquei o ponto, past participle picado o ponto)
- (Portugal) (arriving) to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card)
- Synonym: (Brazil) bater ponto
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
[edit]- “picar o ponto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “picar o ponto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024