bater ponto
Portuguese
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editEtymology
editLiterally, “to beat the point”.
Pronunciation
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Verb
editbater ponto (first-person singular present bato ponto, first-person singular preterite bati ponto, past participle batido ponto)
- (Brazil) (arriving) to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card)
- Synonym: (Portugal) picar o ponto
Conjugation
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Further reading
edit- “bater o ponto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “bater ponto” in Dicionário inFormal.