bater ponto
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to beat the point”.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bater 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “bater o ponto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “bater ponto” in Dicionário inFormal.