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

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Me quemé la yema del dedo. I burned my fingertip.
Tom no se puede sacar el anillo del dedo. Tom can't get his ring off his finger.
¿Puedes hacer girar una bola de baloncesto en la punta de un dedo? Can you spin a basketball on your fingertip?
Una juanita de color rojo brillante se posó en la punta de mi dedo. A bright red ladybug landed on my fingertip.
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.
La horrorizada voz del chico estaba estremecida con el terror. The frightened boy's voice was shaking with terror.
La noticia me ha puesto los pelos de punta. The news made my hair stand on end.
El alfiler perforó su dedo y se empezó a sangrar. The pin pierced his finger and it began to bleed.
No existe ningún hecho a partir del cual un deber moral puede derivarse. There is no fact from which a moral ought can be derived.
Tom le sacó punta a un lápiz. Tom sharpened a pencil.
Me quemé el dedo. I burned my finger.
Afganistán e Irán cambiaron sus himnos nacionales varias veces en el transcurso del siglo XX. Afghanistan and Iran both changed their national anthems several times in the course of the 20th century.
Es casi hora punta. It's almost rush hour.
Tom se cortó el dedo con un pedazo de vidrio. Tom cut his finger on a piece of glass.
Deberías seguir el consejo del médico de inmediato. You should act on the doctor's advice at once.
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.
Me corté el dedo tratando de abrir el paquete. I cut my finger while trying to open the package.
Dio al centro del blanco con su primer tiro. He hit the center of the target with his first shot.
Desgraciadamente me topé con el horario punta de la mañana. Unfortunately I hit the morning rush hour.
Puso una venda en mi dedo lastimado. She applied a bandage to my hurt finger.
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