punto de mira

Spanish

Noun

punto de mira m (plural puntos de mira)

1. a gunsight (device used to aid in the aiming of a firearm)
2. (figurative) spotlight, a focus point, in the crosshairs

   en el punto de mira ― in the spotlight

Further reading

• “punto de mira”, 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