Usage examples of "punta" in Spanish with translation to English

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Lo tengo en la punta de la lengua. It's on the tip of my tongue.
Tienes crema en la punta de la nariz. You have cream on the top of your nose.
Él usa un lápiz de punta fina. He uses a pencil with a fine point.
Tengo su nombre en la punta de la lengua. His name is on the tip of my tongue.
Si gritas de la punta de un precipicio, puedes oír el eco de tu voz. If you shout from the top of a cliff, you can hear the echo of your voice.
La punta de la lanza fue bañada en un veneno mortal. The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
A medida que los tres hombres entraban al callejón, un pájaro similar a un cuervo salió volando de la punta de una gran haya como si se hubiera atemorizado. As the three men entered the alley, a bird resembling a crow flew from the top a large beech tree as if he had been frightened.
Tenía su nombre en la punta de la lengua, pero no lograba recordarlo. His name was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't remember it.
Lo que se ve sobre la superficie del mar no es más que la punta de un iceberg. What you see above the water is just the tip of the iceberg.
Llegué tarde porque el atasco de la hora punta me retraso dos horas. A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.
Tom le sacó punta a un lápiz. Tom sharpened a pencil.
La noticia me ha puesto los pelos de punta. The news made my hair stand on end.
Hubo un accidente en cadena durante la hora punta. The was a chain accident during rush hour.
Desgraciadamente me topé con el horario punta de la mañana. Unfortunately I hit the morning rush hour.
Ir al colegio en horario punta es cansador y desagradable. Going to school during the rush hour is tiring and unpleasant.
¡Los malditos adelantos me dejan todos los pelos de punta! The freakin' previews scare the crap out of me!
Creo que es hora de que le saque punta a mi lápiz. I think it's time for me to sharpen my pencil.
¿Quién es la persona sentada en la otra punta de la mesa? Who's the person sitting at the other end of the table?
¿Puedes hacer girar una bola de baloncesto en la punta de un dedo? Can you spin a basketball on your fingertip?
El característico pelo rizo de la señora Tanaka estaba de punta tras su oreja. Mrs Tanaka's characteristic curly hair was sticking up behind her ear.
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