ponta de lança
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See also: ponta-de-lança
Portuguese
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Noun
[edit]ponta de lança m or f by sense (plural pontas de lança)
- spearhead (player who initiates attacking moves)
- someone in the vanguard
- (Portugal, soccer) striker
- Synonym: centroavante (Brazil)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ponta, de, lança.
Further reading
[edit]- “ponta de lança”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “ponta de lança”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
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