Etymology

puntilla

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Today it means: The small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull. Full definition →

Spanish puntilla
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frompuntilla
  2. English todaypuntilla

Borrowed from Spanish puntilla. Doublet of pointelle.

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