Punto y aparte

[poli]

So I suppose you can use punto y aparte
to mean: to change the subject...

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Is full stop a period in BrE? I had always heard full stop as "punto y aparte", and "stop" as "punto" (and I've learnt BrE). Copy from wordreference.com:

punto y aparte, full stop, new paragraph

Full stop is used in British English, period is used in North American English, and punto is used in Spanish. These are equivalent and refer to the punctuation mark that is a dot (.) and is used to end a declarative sentence.

Punto y aparte means to end the sentence and start a new paragraph, so punto y aparte means "full stop, new paragraph" (in British English) or "period, new paragraph" (in North American English).

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by poli

So I suppose you can use punto y aparte
to mean: to change the subject...

Probably. You could also use "cambiar de tema".

[irmamar]

OK, thanks, tomísimo.

[EmpanadaRica]

It's really interesting to read.

Maybe you could say:
'Enough about this already'.
'Let's change the subject'.
'Let's drop this (subject)'.
If you want to tell somone: 'Let it go already'.

It' s interesting to see that it is used in two different ways, where we have two very similar expressions in Dutch meaning the same.

'punto y aparte' in the sense of 'period, new subject':
'punt uit!' (punto, terminado')

'punto y aparte' in the sense of 'another case entirely', 'a special case':
'een geval apart' (un caso aparte).

[irmamar]

Is that "geval" pronounced with that horrible /j/ I'm not able to pronounce?

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Is that "geval" pronounced with that horrible /j/ I'm not able to pronounce?

Probably...

[brute]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Is full stop a period in BrE? I had always heard full stop as "punto y aparte", and "stop" as "punto" (and I've learnt BrE). Copy from wordreference.com:

punto y aparte, full stop, new paragraph

full stop is simply "." We do not use the word period in this context. We do not have a special term for a full stop at the end of a paragraph. If we are dictating we would say "full stop, new paragraph"

I believe that a "period" in US can also be a complete complex sentence. Is this correct?

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by brute

I believe that a "period" in US can also be a complete complex sentence. Is this correct?

Most people wouldn't recognize that term, but yes, it can refer to a meaningful, impressive, well-balanced/formed and complex sentence.