Tip, point - Punta (The 1326th Most Common Spanish Word)

In Spanish, the word for Tip, point is Punta. This word often comes up when talking about shops & services, environment & living, activities & movements, location & place, cooperation. It is classified as a A2 word, and is the 1326th most commonly used word in Spanish. It can be used as noun. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word's pronunciation. Download our app to practice the 3000 most common Spanish words, including this one, with over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: tip, point

Spanish: punta

Examples


This is the tip of the irony iceberg around here.	Esta es la punta del iceberg de ironía por aquí.
Place the flask/bottle in an ice-water bath and cool to 0 oC, add 5 ml of oxidation mixture (3.23) and mix using a glass spatula with a bent tip.	Colocar el matraz o el frasco en un baño de hielo y agua y enfriarlo a 0 oC, añadir 5 ml de mezcla de oxidación (3.23) y mezclar con una espátula de vidrio de punta curvada.
People are all bent out of shape about WikiLeaks, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.	A la gente le fastidiaba Wikileaks, pero eso es solo la punta del iceberg.
The eyeball is pulled from the orbit by holding the nictitating membrane firmly with surgical forceps, and the eye muscles are cut with a bent, blunt-tipped scissor.	El globo ocular se extrae de la órbita sujetando firmemente con pinzas quirúrgicas la membrana nictitante, y los músculos del ojo se cortan con unas tijeras curvas de punta roma.
What are those lines at the tip of the bullet	¿Qué son esas líneas en la punta de la bala
Surely that is too crazy for words, but it is only the tip of the iceberg.	Probablemente suene disparatado, pero es solo la punta del iceberg.
Your credit cards are just the tip of the iceberg.	Tus tarjetas de crédito son solo la punta del iceberg.
You just need to use the tip of your finger.	Solo necesitas usar la punta de tu dedo.

I am a gentleman, to the tips of my fingers.	Soy todo un caballero, hasta la punta de mis dedos.
I even see a grain the tip of your nose.	Incluso veo un grano en la punta de tu nariz.
Muirfield's just the tip of the iceberg for these guys.	Muirfield es solo la punta del iceberg para estos chicos.
But he only kissed me on the tip of my nose.	Pero él solo me besó en la punta de mi nariz.
We found her blood on the tip of the pin.	Encontramos su sangre en la punta del prendedor.
If you put particles in them, and they go shooting out the tip—they're like miniature linear accelerators or electron guns.	Si pones partículas en ellos y se disparan por la punta son como aceleradores lineales o emisora de electrones en miniatura.
We need something thin, stiff, smooth, with a blunt tip.	Necesitamos algo fino, rígido, liso, con una punta roma.
A train detection system shall be able to detect the first axle before the nose of the train reaches a danger point ahead as well as the last axle until the tail of the train has left the danger point.	Un sistema de detección de trenes deberá ser capaz de detectar el primer eje antes que la punta del tren alcance un punto de peligro delante del mismo, así como el último eje hasta que la cola del tren haya abandonado el punto de peligro.
The size of a fish shall be measured from the tip of the snout, with mouth closed, to the extreme end of the tail fin.	La talla del pescado se medirá desde la punta de la boca cerrada hasta el extremo de la aleta caudal.
The size of any fish shall be measured, as shown in Figure 1, from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail fin.	La talla de los peces se medirá, tal como se ilustra en la figura 1, desde la punta de la boca hasta el extremo de la aleta caudal.
The size of any fish referred to in this annex shall be measured as shown in the figure below from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail fin.	El tamaño de cualquier pescado mencionado en el presente anexo debe medirse tal como se muestra en la figura siguiente, desde la punta de la boca hasta el extremo de la aleta caudal.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, my friend.	Esto es solo la punta del iceberg, mi amigo.
And he insisted on being the tip of our spear.	E insistió en ser la punta de nuestra lanza.