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Old February 05, 2016, 05:17 PM
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De punta a punta
Estabamos sentados en el cine de punta a punta. In English.
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We were seated in the theater from one end to the other.

With an idiomatic expression:
We were packed in the theater like sardines.
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With the punta a punta I meant very far away from each other.
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With the punta a punta I meant very far away from each other.
Does it mean that in Spanish, somewhere?
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We were seated at the far ends of the aisle. (and if you wish to clarify thie) She had the left aisle seat and I had the right.
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Moliner da para "de punta a punta".

de punta a punta De un extremo al otro de una cosa.

Creo que es un uso típico del español ibérico... y en este caso en el sentido que le da Robindesbois, me parece un significado local o localizado, casi de la jerga, supongo que de Madrid.

Yo diría "estábamos sentados cada uno en una punta del cine"... o "cada vez que nos teníamos que decir algo nos llamábamos desde una punta a la otra"...
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We were seated from one extreme to the other.
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We were seated from one extreme to the other.
You can use that but they sat at opposite ends of the aisle is more common.
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Moliner da para "de punta a punta".

de punta a punta De un extremo al otro de una cosa.

Creo que es un uso típico del español ibérico... y en este caso en el sentido que le da Robindesbois, me parece un significado local o localizado, casi de la jerga, supongo que de Madrid.

Yo diría "estábamos sentados cada uno en una punta del cine"... o "cada vez que nos teníamos que decir algo nos llamábamos desde una punta a la otra"...
Totalmente de acuerdo. Yo lo uso así. Simplemente palabras como "punta" o "pico" se evitan en los doblajes porque tienen significado fálico en ciertas regiones.
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Muchas gracias, Alec..., ¡bueno es saberlo!

(En España no se asocian esas connotaciones..., al menos con esta expresión)
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