Sentence examples of "punta" in Spanish

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Llegué tarde porque el atasco de la hora punta me retraso dos horas. A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.
Tom le sacó punta a un lápiz. Tom sharpened a pencil.
La noticia me ha puesto los pelos de punta. The news made my hair stand on end.
Hubo un accidente en cadena durante la hora punta. The was a chain accident during rush hour.
Desgraciadamente me topé con el horario punta de la mañana. Unfortunately I hit the morning rush hour.
Ir al colegio en horario punta es cansador y desagradable. Going to school during the rush hour is tiring and unpleasant.
¡Los malditos adelantos me dejan todos los pelos de punta! The freakin' previews scare the crap out of me!
Creo que es hora de que le saque punta a mi lápiz. I think it's time for me to sharpen my pencil.
¿Quién es la persona sentada en la otra punta de la mesa? Who's the person sitting at the other end of the table?
¿Puedes hacer girar una bola de baloncesto en la punta de un dedo? Can you spin a basketball on your fingertip?
El característico pelo rizo de la señora Tanaka estaba de punta tras su oreja. Mrs Tanaka's characteristic curly hair was sticking up behind her ear.
Una juanita de color rojo brillante se posó en la punta de mi dedo. A bright red ladybug landed on my fingertip.
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