Puntillazo in english
Puntillazo
pronunciation: pʌntɪlɑzoʊ part of speech: none
pronunciation: pʌntɪlɑzoʊ part of speech: none
In gestures
puntillazo = kiss of death ; coup de grace ; killer blow ; death blow.
Example: The article 'The kiss of death...or life' looks at how changes in Uruguyan copyright laws will affect US publishers.Example: The article 'Baker and Taylor's coup de grace' reports on how the book and video distributor Baker and Taylor has revamped its corporate outline and rethought its mission.Example: Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night.Example: Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region.more:
» dar el puntillazo = strike + a death blow ; deal + a death blow ; deal + a killer blow ; deliver + a killer blow ; deliver + a death blow ; strike + a killer blow .
Example: Moreover, military operations, whatever they may be, will not be able to strike a death blow to international terrorism, indicating that its high time that we probe the topic from a fresh standpoint. Example: It has been said that Cutter in developing his method of alphabetic subject indexing 'dealt the death blow' to ninenteenth-century title-term indexing. Example: Pakistan has vowed to target Taliban leaders and deal a killer blow to the Islamists. Example: Some of these remedies would undoubtedly have delivered a killer blow to the parasites in a horse's gut, but unfortunately harmed the horse in the process. Example: Lebanon is in such turmoil that war at the present time would deliver a death blow to the economy. Example: Merick quickly sprang to his feet and rushed forward to strike a killer blow, but the troll was already dead.» dar el puntillazo a = put + an end to ; bring + an end to ; bring + Nombre + to an end ; bring + the curtain down on ; call + an end to ; put + a halt to ; knock + Nombre + on the head ; put + the kibosh on .
Example: The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems. Example: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s. Example: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense. Example: He has brought the curtain down on his long career in cricket by announcing his retirement. Example: A march to call an end to gang-related violence in the city is slated to start at 2 p.m.. Example: This financial crisis put a halt to the project since their lender went bankrupt that year. Example: So after 3 days we have finally knocked her on the head, dad and I can finally put our feet up and have a cold beer. Example: Winter weather might put the kibosh on your outdoor plans, but it doesn't mean you won't find plenty of fun things to do in Branson.» darle el puntillazo = nail it .
Example: It seems we have all taken swings at this problem without ever really nailing it.