bater ponto

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === bater o ponto === Etymology === Literally, “to beat the point”. === Pronunciation === === Verb === bater ponto (first-person singular present bato ponto, first-person singular preterite bati ponto, past participle batido ponto) (Brazil) (arriving) to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card) Synonym: (Portugal) picar o ponto ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “bater o ponto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “bater ponto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026