puntear
Spanish, verb/punteˈaɾ/
puntear is spelled P-U-N-T-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 152,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puntear is a Spanish verb meaning “to dot, to engrave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Marcar, señalar puntos en una superficie”.
What does puntear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dot, to engrave
- 2
to pluck
- 3
to stitch
- 4
to lead, to lead climb
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Marcar, señalar puntos en una superficie. 2. Dibujar, pintar o grabar con puntos. 3. Trazar una trayectoria a partir de ciertos puntos. 4. Coser, dar puntadas.
verb: 1. Ir orzando cuanto se puede, para aprovechar el viento escaso. 2. Marchar como cabeza de una tropa de personas o animales. 3. Pasar a la punta en una competencia.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of puntear
- punteo first-person present singular
- punteé first-person preterite singular
- punteado participle past
- punteando gerund
- punteada feminine participle past
- punteados masculine participle past
- punteadas feminine participle past
- punteas indicative informal present
- punteás indicative informal present
- puntea indicative present singular
- punteamos first-person indicative plural
- punteáis indicative plural present
- puntean indicative plural present
- punteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- punteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- punteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- punteabais imperfect indicative plural
- punteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puntear?
- /punteˈaɾ/
- [pũn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [pũn̪t̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is puntear in Spanish?
puntear appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).