How do you say punctual and appointment in Spanish?

Puntual is punctual or on time, la cita is the appointment (or a date), el anfitrión is the host, a partir de means from a time onwards, and ahorita, in Mexico, is right now or in a while.

Words for being on time, or not

puntual
punctual, on time
la cita
the appointment; a date
el anfitrión
the host
ahorita
right now — or in a while (Mexico)
a partir de
from … onwards
Tampoco se aplica al médico, al avión, ni a nada que tenga la palabra cita.

Nor does it apply to the doctor, the plane, or anything with the word appointment in it.

Ahorita, en México, es una de las palabras más flexibles del idioma, y nadie la explica igual.

Ahorita, in Mexico, is one of the most flexible words in the language, and nobody explains it the same way.

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