appunto

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See also: appuntò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apˈpun.to/
  • Rhymes: -unto
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pùn‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from appuntare +‎ -o.

Noun

appunto m (plural appunti)

  1. note (brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory)
    gli studenti prendono appuntithe students take notes
  2. reproach
  3. (computing, in the plural) clipboard, scratchpad
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From a punto (literally to point).

Alternative forms

Adverb

appunto

  1. (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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of appuntare