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

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Es importante que sea puntual. It is important that you should be punctual.
Ella le aconsejó que fuera puntual. She advised him to be punctual.
Él le aconsejó que fuera puntual. She was advised by him to be punctual.
Me gustaría que fueras más puntual. I'd like you to be more punctual.
Paul es tan puntual como un reloj. Paul is punctual like a clock.
Él es puntual y discreto en sus deudas. He is punctual and discrete in his debts.
Comparada con su hermana, no es muy puntual. Compared with her sister, she isn't very punctual.
Trate de ser más puntual de ahora en adelante. Try to be more punctual from now on.
El problema con él es que él rara vez es puntual. The trouble with him is that he is seldom punctual.
Te esperaré no más de diez minutos en la esquina a las ocho. Tienes que ser puntual. I won't wait for you for any more than ten minutes in the corner at eight. You have to be punctual.
Tom no es nunca puntual. Tom is never on time.
El autobús no siempre llega puntual. The bus doesn't always come on time.
Por lo que sé, él nunca ha sido puntual. As far as I know, he has never come on time.
Según tengo entendido, él no ha sido puntual en toda su vida. As far as I know, he has never come on time.
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