What does puntero in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word puntero in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use puntero in Spanish.

The word puntero in Spanish means pointer, cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, exceptional, outstanding, cursor, drug dealer. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word puntero

pointer

nombre masculino (utensilio para señalar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Señalaba con el puntero las ciudades a medida que las mencionaba.
He use the pointer to indicate the cities as he mentioned them.

cutting-edge, state-of-the-art

adjetivo (en la vanguardia) (vanguard)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Consiguió un puesto en un laboratorio puntero de EE.UU.
He got a position in a cutting-edge US laboratory.

exceptional, outstanding

adjetivo (sobresaliente)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Fue un alumno puntero de nuestra universidad.
He was an exceptional (or: outstanding) student of our university.

cursor

nombre masculino (flecha en la pantalla)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Con este programa puedes configurar la apariencia incluso del puntero.
With this program you can even configure the appearance of the cursor.

drug dealer

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (AR, CL: coloquial (vendedor de drogas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los fines de semana siempre hay un puntero en la esquina.

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