puntuada

Puntuada is the feminine past participle of the Spanish verb puntuar and functions as an adjective or part of compound verbal forms. As an adjective it commonly means "punctuated," "scored," or "rated," depending on context. In writing and linguistics, puntuada describes text that has been marked with punctuation signs (por ejemplo, una frase puntuada), indicating syntactic boundaries and intonation. In everyday usage it also denotes that something has received a score or rating (por ejemplo, una película puntuada con ocho), where puntuar means to assign points or grades.

In music terminology, the related expression nota puntuadA is sometimes used informally to refer to a dotted note (una nota con punto) that extends its duration by half its value; the more precise Spanish term is nota con punto or nota puntillo. Graphic and typographic contexts may use puntuada to describe elements marked with points, though other adjectives such as punteada (from puntear) or punteada/punteado (dotted or stippled) are often preferred and can carry different meanings.

Because of similarities in spelling and pronunciation, puntuada is occasionally confused with punteada; the distinction lies in the verbs puntuar (to punctuate or to score) and puntear (to pluck, to dot, or to play single notes). The term appears primarily in descriptive and evaluative language rather than as a standalone technical label.