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Portuguese
Etymology
From ponta + pé.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: pon‧ta‧pé
Noun
pontapé m (plural pontapés)
- kick (with the toe)
- (figurative) mistake, blunder
- Um pontapé na gramática. ― A grammatical blunder.
Quotations
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Derived terms