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How do you say “that's the point†in Spanish?
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If I want to bring up the fact that somebody missed something done on purpose, how would I say that in Spanish?
For example:
"The ending was bad. Everybody died!"
"That's the point. It showed the horror of war."
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If I want to bring up the fact that somebody missed something done on purpose, how would I say that in Spanish?
For example:
"The ending was bad. Everybody died!"
"That's the point. It showed the horror of war."
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If I want to bring up the fact that somebody missed something done on purpose, how would I say that in Spanish?
For example:
"The ending was bad. Everybody died!"
"That's the point. It showed the horror of war."
selección-de-palabras expresiones
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If I want to bring up the fact that somebody missed something done on purpose, how would I say that in Spanish?
For example:
"The ending was bad. Everybody died!"
"That's the point. It showed the horror of war."
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No direct translation sounds good to me. I would suggest:
Esa es la idea.
Which means:
That's the idea.
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There are several ways to translate "That's the point", some of which have already been mentioned. In the Spanish of most native speakers, "Ese es el punto" is not one of them. It seems, however, that among those who speak a variety of Spanish heavily influenced by English ("Spanglish"), the English calque "Ese es el punto" is heard more and more, and you even find it in writing. To me, it sounds like a barbarism because I am not used to it (40 years living in the US). By the way, this use of the cognate "punto" to translate this particular sense of English "point" extends to other expressions, such as "to make a point", "what's the point?", and so on.
Depending on the context, these expressions can also be equivalent to "That's the point":
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As Spuny says, it is not usually convenient to translate word by word. I would suggest using the following expression:
De eso se trata. (Lit.: "That's what it's all about".)
So your example could be translated like this:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—De eso se trata, de mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
If you want to go more Latin, you can also use quid:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—Ese es el quid: mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
The word quid is defined by the RAE as "the essence, the reason of or the most important thing about something".
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You do have the same sentence in Spanish:
Ese es el punto. (Also: Ese es el objetivo.)
Alternatively, you can say things like:
- A eso apunta. (That's what it points to.)
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"Ese es el punto" doesn't sound idiomatic in the context stated by the OP.
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No direct translation sounds good to me. I would suggest:
Esa es la idea.
Which means:
That's the idea.
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No direct translation sounds good to me. I would suggest:
Esa es la idea.
Which means:
That's the idea.
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No direct translation sounds good to me. I would suggest:
Esa es la idea.
Which means:
That's the idea.
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No direct translation sounds good to me. I would suggest:
Esa es la idea.
Which means:
That's the idea.
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There are several ways to translate "That's the point", some of which have already been mentioned. In the Spanish of most native speakers, "Ese es el punto" is not one of them. It seems, however, that among those who speak a variety of Spanish heavily influenced by English ("Spanglish"), the English calque "Ese es el punto" is heard more and more, and you even find it in writing. To me, it sounds like a barbarism because I am not used to it (40 years living in the US). By the way, this use of the cognate "punto" to translate this particular sense of English "point" extends to other expressions, such as "to make a point", "what's the point?", and so on.
Depending on the context, these expressions can also be equivalent to "That's the point":
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There are several ways to translate "That's the point", some of which have already been mentioned. In the Spanish of most native speakers, "Ese es el punto" is not one of them. It seems, however, that among those who speak a variety of Spanish heavily influenced by English ("Spanglish"), the English calque "Ese es el punto" is heard more and more, and you even find it in writing. To me, it sounds like a barbarism because I am not used to it (40 years living in the US). By the way, this use of the cognate "punto" to translate this particular sense of English "point" extends to other expressions, such as "to make a point", "what's the point?", and so on.
Depending on the context, these expressions can also be equivalent to "That's the point":
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There are several ways to translate "That's the point", some of which have already been mentioned. In the Spanish of most native speakers, "Ese es el punto" is not one of them. It seems, however, that among those who speak a variety of Spanish heavily influenced by English ("Spanglish"), the English calque "Ese es el punto" is heard more and more, and you even find it in writing. To me, it sounds like a barbarism because I am not used to it (40 years living in the US). By the way, this use of the cognate "punto" to translate this particular sense of English "point" extends to other expressions, such as "to make a point", "what's the point?", and so on.
Depending on the context, these expressions can also be equivalent to "That's the point":
answered 58 mins ago
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There are several ways to translate "That's the point", some of which have already been mentioned. In the Spanish of most native speakers, "Ese es el punto" is not one of them. It seems, however, that among those who speak a variety of Spanish heavily influenced by English ("Spanglish"), the English calque "Ese es el punto" is heard more and more, and you even find it in writing. To me, it sounds like a barbarism because I am not used to it (40 years living in the US). By the way, this use of the cognate "punto" to translate this particular sense of English "point" extends to other expressions, such as "to make a point", "what's the point?", and so on.
Depending on the context, these expressions can also be equivalent to "That's the point":
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As Spuny says, it is not usually convenient to translate word by word. I would suggest using the following expression:
De eso se trata. (Lit.: "That's what it's all about".)
So your example could be translated like this:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—De eso se trata, de mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
If you want to go more Latin, you can also use quid:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—Ese es el quid: mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
The word quid is defined by the RAE as "the essence, the reason of or the most important thing about something".
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As Spuny says, it is not usually convenient to translate word by word. I would suggest using the following expression:
De eso se trata. (Lit.: "That's what it's all about".)
So your example could be translated like this:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—De eso se trata, de mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
If you want to go more Latin, you can also use quid:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—Ese es el quid: mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
The word quid is defined by the RAE as "the essence, the reason of or the most important thing about something".
answered 2 hours ago
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As Spuny says, it is not usually convenient to translate word by word. I would suggest using the following expression:
De eso se trata. (Lit.: "That's what it's all about".)
So your example could be translated like this:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—De eso se trata, de mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
If you want to go more Latin, you can also use quid:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—Ese es el quid: mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
The word quid is defined by the RAE as "the essence, the reason of or the most important thing about something".
answered 2 hours ago
Charlie
42.4k1069186
As Spuny says, it is not usually convenient to translate word by word. I would suggest using the following expression:
De eso se trata. (Lit.: "That's what it's all about".)
So your example could be translated like this:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—De eso se trata, de mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
If you want to go more Latin, you can also use quid:
—Qué final más malo, ¡todo el mundo muere!
—Ese es el quid: mostrar los horrores de la guerra.
The word quid is defined by the RAE as "the essence, the reason of or the most important thing about something".
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You do have the same sentence in Spanish:
Ese es el punto. (Also: Ese es el objetivo.)
Alternatively, you can say things like:
- A eso apunta. (That's what it points to.)
edited 21 mins ago
fedorqui♦
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answered 11 hours ago
Gustavson
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"Ese es el punto" doesn't sound idiomatic in the context stated by the OP.
– RubioRic
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
You do have the same sentence in Spanish:
Ese es el punto. (Also: Ese es el objetivo.)
Alternatively, you can say things like:
- A eso apunta. (That's what it points to.)
edited 21 mins ago
fedorqui♦
19.3k34126255
answered 11 hours ago
Gustavson
7,7341626
"Ese es el punto" doesn't sound idiomatic in the context stated by the OP.
– RubioRic
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
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up vote
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down vote
You do have the same sentence in Spanish:
Ese es el punto. (Also: Ese es el objetivo.)
Alternatively, you can say things like:
- A eso apunta. (That's what it points to.)
edited 21 mins ago
fedorqui♦
19.3k34126255
answered 11 hours ago
Gustavson
7,7341626
You do have the same sentence in Spanish:
Ese es el punto. (Also: Ese es el objetivo.)
Alternatively, you can say things like:
- A eso apunta. (That's what it points to.)
edited 21 mins ago
fedorqui♦
19.3k34126255
answered 11 hours ago
Gustavson
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edited 21 mins ago
fedorqui♦
19.3k34126255
edited 21 mins ago
fedorqui♦
19.3k34126255
edited 21 mins ago
fedorqui♦
19.3k34126255
19.3k34126255
answered 11 hours ago
Gustavson
7,7341626
answered 11 hours ago
Gustavson
7,7341626
answered 11 hours ago
Gustavson
7,7341626
7,7341626
"Ese es el punto" doesn't sound idiomatic in the context stated by the OP.
– RubioRic
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
"Ese es el punto" doesn't sound idiomatic in the context stated by the OP.
– RubioRic
2 hours ago
"Ese es el punto" doesn't sound idiomatic in the context stated by the OP.
– RubioRic
2 hours ago
"Ese es el punto" doesn't sound idiomatic in the context stated by the OP.
– RubioRic
2 hours ago
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