a punta de pala

a punta de pala

1. (Spain, idiomatic) Alternative form of a punta pala
   • 2016, Conxa Rodríguez Vives, Piano a cuatro manos:

     De condes y marqueses tenemos a punta de pala, pero de duques somos pocos

     We've got counts and marquesses aplenty, but there's just a handful of dukes

• “a punta de pala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28