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ponto final

Portuguese, noun/ˈpõ.tu fiˈnaw/

ponto final is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “full stop (punctuation symbol: .)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does ponto final mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefull stop (punctuation symbol: .)

interjection

  1. 1

    colloquialfull stop, period (and nothing less)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. ponto que encerra uma sentença 2. fim 3. o último ponto em uma linha de ônibus

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ponto final

  • pontos finais plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ponto final?

  • Brazil /ˈpõ.tu fiˈnaw/
  • Brazil [ˈpõ.tu fiˈnaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /ˈpõ.tu fiˈnal/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ponto final

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.