pôr os pontos nos is
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally, “to put the dots on the i's”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ us ˈpõ.tuz nuz ˈis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ uʃ ˈpõ.tuʒ nuz ˈiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ os ˈpõ.toz noz ˈis/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ uʃ ˈpõ.tuʒ nuz ˈiʃ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ɾi uʃ ˈpõ.tuʒ nuz ˈiʃ/
Verb
pôr os pontos nos is (first-person singular present ponho os pontos nos is, first-person singular preterite pus os pontos nos is, past participle posto os pontos nos is)
- (idiomatic) to clarify
Conjugation
Further reading
- “pôr os pontos nos ii”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025