Skip to content

puntuar

to score

verb poon-too-AHR Rare

Also means

to punctuate

Usage Note

Puntuar covers two distinct domains: scoring in sports or grades (puntuar un gol = to score a goal, puntuar un examen = to grade an exam) and adding punctuation marks to a written text. Note the accent pattern in present tense: puntúo, puntúas, puntúa but puntuamos, puntuáis (no accent in nosotros/vosotros forms).

Examples

"El árbitro puntuó la actuación con un diez."

Natural Translation

The referee scored the performance a ten.

Explore Spanish by topic