a punta de pala
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ˌpunta de ˈpala/ [a ˌpũn̪.t̪a ð̞e ˈpa.la]
- Syllabification: a pun‧ta de pa‧la
Adverb
- (Spain, idiomatic) alternative form of a punta pala
- 2016, Conxa Rodríguez Vives, Piano a cuatro manos:
- De condes y marqueses tenemos a punta de pala, pero de duques somos pocos
- We've got counts and marquesses aplenty, but there's just a handful of dukes
Further reading
- “a punta de pala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024