apuntar

From a- +‎ punt +‎ -ar or a- +‎ punta +‎ -ar.

apuntar (first-person singular present apunto, first-person singular preterite apuntí, past participle apuntat)

1. (transitive) to note, to write down
2. (transitive, reflexive) to sign up
3. (transitive) to point
4. (transitive) to aim
5. to point out
   • 2016 October, “Javier Fernández avisa que el PSOE no donarà estabilitat a Rajoy”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     Segons ha apuntat, l'estabilitat "se l'haurà de buscar dia a dia" el partit conservador.

     As he pointed out, stability "will have to be sought every day" by the Conservative party.

• “apuntar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

apuntar (present tense apuntas, past tense apuntis, future tense apuntos, imperative apuntez, conditional apuntus)

1. to aim

From a- +‎ punto +‎ -ar or a- +‎ punta +‎ -ar. Compare English appoint.

• IPA^(key): /apunˈtaɾ/ [a.pũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pun‧tar

apuntar (first-person singular present apunto, first-person singular preterite apunté, past participle apuntado)

1. (transitive) to point, to aim, to take aim (a weapon)

   Por favor deja de apuntarme con esa arma.

   Please stop pointing that gun at me.

   Apunta al blanco.

   Aim at the target.

2. (transitive) to point out, to suggest, to hint

   Synonyms: señalar, indicar

   Apunta a un patrón anterior de desperdiciar recursos.

   It points to a past pattern of wasting resources.

3. (transitive) to underline, to mark (text)

   Synonym: subrayar

4. (transitive) to note down, to write down
5. (transitive) to outline, to sketch

   Synonyms: concertar, resumir

6. (transitive) to baste (to sew with long or loose stitches)
7. (transitive) to tack, to fasten temporarily
8. (transitive, dated) to patch, to darn, to sew, to mend

   Synonym: zurcir

9. (transitive, somewhat dated) to sharpen (a weapon or tool)

   Synonym: afilar

10. (transitive, theater) to prompt, to cue, to whisper the answer
11. (transitive, card games) to bet, to put up money, to stake (only in certain card games)
12. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to sign up

    Synonyms: darse de alta, inscribirse

    Me he apuntado al gimnasio. ― I've signed up to the gym.

13. (reflexive) to be in, be down, be game

    ¿Te apuntas? ― Are you in?

14. (reflexive) to chalk up, to notch (a win, a victory, points, success)

• “apuntar”, 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