dot

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'DOT': /ˌdiːəʊˈtiː/; 'dot': /ˈdɒt/; 'Dot': /dɒt/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɑt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'dot': (dot; Law dot, dôt); 'Dot': (dot)


Inflections of 'dot' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
dots
v 3rd person singular
dotting
v pres p
dotted
v past
dotted
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
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dot n (symbol: .)punto nm
 Ben put a line of dots along the boundary on the map.
 Ben hizo una línea de puntos por los límites del mapa.
dot n (punctuation: period, full stop)punto nm
 Mary's email address is mary dot smith at email dot com.
 La dirección de correo electrónico de Mary es mary punto smith arroba email punto com.
dot n (speck)punto nm
  manchita nf
 There was a single dot in the middle of the page.
 Solo había un punto en el medio de la página.
dot [sth] vtr (put a dot on: the letter i)poner el punto sobre algo loc verb
 Don't forget to dot the i.
 No te olvides de poner el punto sobre la i.
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Additional Translations
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dot n (Morse code)punto nm
 Morse code for "SOS" is dot, dot, dot, dash, dash, dash, dot, dot, dot.
 SOS en código morse es punto, punto, punto, raya, raya, raya, punto, punto, punto.
dot n (small amount)pizca nf
  poco nm
 Add a dot of butter.
 Añade una pizca de mantequilla.
dot [sth] vtr (be scattered over) (gen pasivo)salpicar vtr
  (gen pasivo)manchar vtr
 Trees dotted the landscape.
 El paisaje estaba salpicado de árboles.
dot [sth] with [sth] vtr + prep usually passive (spot or scatter: with [sth])salpicar de vtr + prep
 Dandelions and buttercups dotted the field with yellow.
 Los dientes de león y los botones de oro salpicaban de amarillo el campo.
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Principal Translations
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DoT n UK, obsolete, initialism (Department of Transport) (Departamento de Transporte)DoT nm
Note: Superseded by the DfT.
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Department of Transport n UK (government agency)Departamento de Transporte n propio m
Note: Superseded by the Department for Transport.
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Compound Forms:
dot | DOT | DoT | Department of Transport
InglésEspañol
dot blot n (biology: identifying technique) (Med.)dot blot nm
  (Med.)hibridación de mancha, hibridación en mancha loc nom f
dot the i's and cross the t's,
dot your i's and cross your t's
v expr
figurative (attend to detail)atender a los detalle loc verb
  ser muy meticuloso loc verb
dot-matrix n as adj (using matrix dots)matricial adj
  de matriz de puntos loc adj
dot-matrix printer n (device: prints using matrix dots)impresora matricial nf + adj
  impresora de matriz de puntos grupo nom
inner product,
dot product
n
(mathematical quantity)producto interno nm + adj
  producto interior nm + adj mf
  producto punto nm + adj inv
  producto escalar nm + adj mf
on the dot adv informal (time: precisely) (horario)en punto loc adv
 It's 5 o'clock on the dot.
 Son las 5 en punto.
on the dot of [sth] expr informal (time: precisely at)en punto loc adv
  (coloquial)clavado/a adj
 The garage promised my car would be ready by 4 pm and they rang me on the dot of 4 to confirm that I could pick it up.
polka-dot,
polka-dotted
n as adj
(patterned with spots)a lunares loc adj
 She turned up wearing a polka-dot headscarf.
 Se presentó con una pañoleta a lunares.
  (PR)de bolitas loc adj
 Se presentó con una pañoleta de bolitas.
since the year dot,
from the year dot
adv
UK (since a very long time ago) (AR)desde el año del jopo loc adv
  desde siempre loc adv
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Collocations: [black, white, blue, red] dots, have an ink dot on your [shirt, pants], have a dot of ink on your [shirt], more...

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