picar o ponto
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to punch the point”.
Pronunciation
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Verb
editpicar o ponto (first-person singular present pico o ponto, first-person singular preterite piquei o ponto, past participle picado o ponto)
- (Portugal) (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: (Brazil) bater ponto
Conjugation
edit1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
edit- “picar o ponto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “picar o ponto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.