| el |
| 1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the |
| 2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': |
| tercer |
| 1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of tercero third |
| acto |
| 1. n-m. act (something done) |
| 2. n-m. (theatre) act |
| 3. n-m. ceremony, function |
| está |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of estar |
| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) |
| 2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) |
| 3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) |
| 4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) |
| 5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) |
| 6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: |
| 7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) |
| a |
| 1. prep. to |
| 2. prep. by |
| 3. prep. at |
| 4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. |
| punto |
| 1. n-m. point (a specific spot, location, or place) |
| 2. n-m. point (a unit of scoring) |
| 3. n-m. (grammar) point (a full stop or period) |
| 4. n-m. (math) point (a decimal mark) |
| 5. n-m. (sewing) stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture) |
| 6. n-m. bombshell (a great surprise or shock) |
| 7. n-m. (historical) punto, Spanish point (a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm) |
| 8. interj. that's it! |
| 9. v. first-person singular present indicative of puntar |
| puntar |
| 1. v. to point, to mark with points |
| 2. v. to add vowel markings, to Hebrew or Arabic script |
| a punto |
| 1. adv. (idiom) at the ready; to hand |
| de |
| 1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner) |
| 2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at) |
| 3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance) |
| 4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to) |
| 5. prep. of, from (indicating cause) |
| 6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic) |
| 7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at) |
| 8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective) |
| 9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of) |
| 10. prep. than (in certain phrases) |
| 11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)) |
| 12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire) |
| 13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life |
| 14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object) |
| a punto de |
| 1. adv. (just) about to, on the verge of |
| empezar |
| 1. v. to start, begin, to get started |
| 2. v. (indtr, a) to start to |
| 3. v. (indtr, por) to start by; to start with |
| 4. v. (indtr, con) to lead with, to open with |
| 5. v. to be started |
