puntear

From punto (“point”) +‎ -ear or punta (“nail”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): [punteˈaɾ]

puntear (first-person singular present punteo, first-person singular preterite punteei, past participle punteado)

1. to dance, to make the steps of a dance
2. to play a musical instrument with expertise
   • 1858, Xoán Manuel Pintos, Poemas, page 176:

     Mais seiqu'así pola noite nunha parranda viñeron e se parano á súa porta menestrales máis de cento punteando unha bandurria cun repinique soberbio

     But nevertheless at night a jamboree came and stopped by her door, minstrels more that a hundred, playing bandurria with a superb allegro

3. (transitive) to prop up, shore up

   Synonym: escorar

• punteo

• “puntear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “puntear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “puntear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

punto +‎ -ear

• IPA^(key): /punteˈaɾ/ [pũn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pun‧te‧ar

puntear (first-person singular present punteo, first-person singular preterite punteé, past participle punteado)

1. to dot, to engrave
2. to pluck
3. to stitch
4. (climbing) to lead, to lead climb

• “puntear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014