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de puntillas

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
de puntillas loc adv	(en las puntas de los pies)	on tip toes adv
		on tiptoe, on tiptoes adv
	Me paré de puntillas para alcanzar el frasco de galletas.
	Carlos entró en la habitación de puntillas para no despertar a su mujer.
	I stood on tip toes to reach the jar of cookies.
de puntillas loc adv	figurado (sin llamar la atención)	stealthily adv
		quietly adv
	Muchos grandes traductores han hecho su trabajo de puntillas y sin esperar reconocimiento.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
andar de puntillas loc verb	(caminar sobre los dedos)	walk on tiptoe, walk on tiptoes v expr
	El niño anduvo de puntillas para que nadie lo escuche.
	The child walked on tiptoe (or: walked on tiptoes) so that nobody would hear him.

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