"ponto" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pontos [plural]
Etymology: From Portuguese ponto (“point”), Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, pointe, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|ponto||point}} Portuguese ponto (“point”), {{der|en|roa-opt|ponto}} Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, {{der|en|la|punctum}} Latin punctum, {{doublet|en|point|pointe|puncto|punctum|punt<id:point>|punto}} Doublet of point, pointe, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto Head templates: {{en-noun}} ponto (plural pontos)
  1. (historical, measure) A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Units of measure Synonyms: Portuguese point, point (english: in Portuguese contexts) Coordinate_terms: point (english: traditional English equivalent), linha (12 pontos), grao (24 pontos), dedo (96 pontos), polegada (144 pontos)
    Sense id: en-ponto-en-noun-LrXceeJN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries
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