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puntualización

clarification

noun poon-too-ah-lee-sah-SYOHN Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

specification

Usage Note

Puntualización means a precise corrective remark that sets the record straight, going beyond a simple clarification to imply that an earlier statement was inaccurate or incomplete. It appears often in political and journalistic discourse: hacer una puntualización ('to make a clarification'). The verb is puntualizar.

Examples

"El ministro hizo una puntualización importante."

Natural Translation

The minister made an important clarification.

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