puntear

• pontear

From punto (“point”) +‎ -ear or punta (“nail”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): [punteˈaɾ]

puntear (first-person singular present punteo, first-person singular preterite punteei, past participle punteado)

1. to dance, to make the steps of a dance
2. to play a musical instrument with expertise
   • 1858, Xoán Manuel Pintos, Poemas, page 176:

     Mais seiqu'así pola noite nunha parranda viñeron e se parano á súa porta menestrales máis de cento punteando unha bandurria cun repinique soberbio

     But nevertheless at night a jamboree came and stopped by her door, minstrels more that a hundred, playing bandurria with a superb allegro

3. (transitive) to prop up, shore up

   Synonym: escorar

• punteo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “puntear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “puntear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “puntear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From punto +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /punteˈaɾ/ [pũn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pun‧te‧ar

puntear (first-person singular present punteo, first-person singular preterite punteé, past participle punteado)

1. to dot, to engrave
2. to pluck
3. to stitch
4. (climbing) to lead, to lead climb

• “puntear”, 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