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pont
tip (a piece of insider advice or hint) /pont/
noun#4893 most common
Also: heads-up, inside info, hot tip (betting/exam context)
Example sentences
Îți dau un pont.
I'll give you a tip.
Am un pont bun pentru tine.
I have a good tip for you.
Mi-a dat un pont pentru examen.
He gave me a tip for the exam.
Ponturile ei m-au ajutat să câștig la pariuri.
Her tips helped me win at betting.
Nu știu de unde are pontul ăsta, dar pare sigur.
I don't know where he got this tip from, but it seems reliable.
Datorită pontului primit de la un prieten din interior, a reușit să evite controlul.
Thanks to the tip he got from a friend on the inside, he managed to dodge the inspection.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pont | ponturi |
| Genitive | pontului | ponturilor |
| Accusative | pont | ponturi |
| Vocative | pont | ponturi |
Word family
ponturitips (plural of pont)
a da un pontto give someone a tip or heads-up
pontul zileithe tip of the day (common in betting slang)
Etymology
Pont is a colloquial Romanian word for a tip or a piece of secret, useful information. It most likely reached Romanian through contact with Hungarian pont and German Punkt, both meaning point or dot, which in turn go back to Latin punctum. The shift from a literal point to a helpful hint mirrors how English tip narrowed from a light touch to a piece of advice.
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