en puntillas
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /em punˈtiʝas/ [ẽm pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʝas] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /em punˈtiʎas/ [ẽm pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʎas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /em punˈtiʃas/ [ẽm pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʃas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /em punˈtiʒas/ [ẽm pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʒas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: en pun‧ti‧llas
Adverb
- on tiptoe
- Synonym: de puntillas