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ponto

ponto noun: a traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm.

Noun

ponto (plural pontos)

  1. (historical, measure) A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm.
    Synonyms:
    Portuguese point, point

Proper noun capitalized: Ponto

Ponto

  1. A locality in the Dubbo council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms of ponto

Forms of ponto

pluralpontos

Origin of ponto

From Portuguese ponto (“point”), Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, pointe, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.

Questions about ponto

What does ponto mean?
Ponto means a traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm.
What part of speech is ponto?
Ponto can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ponto?
The plural of ponto is pontos.

Words near ponto in the dictionary

  1. Pontllanfraith
  2. Pontlliw
  3. Pontlliw and Tircoed
  4. Pontlottyn
  5. Pontnewydd
  6. ponto
  7. ponto-
  8. ponto-geniculo-occipital
  9. pontobulbar
  10. pontocaine
  11. Pontocaspian

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