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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apˈpun.to/
- Rhymes: -unto
- Hyphenation: ap‧pùn‧to
Etymology 1
Deverbal from appuntare + -o.
Noun
appunto m (plural appunti)
- note (brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory)
- gli studenti prendono appunti ― the students take notes
- reproach
- (computing, in the plural) clipboard, scratchpad
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From a punto (literally “to point”).
Adverb
appunto
- (focus) exactly, precisely
1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XIX, page 281, lines 7–9:Già eravamo, a la seguente tomba, ¶ montati dello scoglio in quella parte ¶ ch'a punto sovra mezzo 'l fosso piomba.- We had already on the following tomb ¶ ascended to that portion of the crag ¶ which o'er the middle of the moat hangs plumb.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
appunto
- first-person singular present indicative of appuntare