Que quiere decir la frase "estuvo a punto de" en ingles?
It's part of a longer sentence that I'll post if it's necessary for the context. I understand the rest of the sentence but I'm not familiar with that phrase... the best I can gather is that it means "he feared that" or "he imagined that" or (a more literal translation) "he made the point (to himself) that" as it is used similarly in another section of the book:

"Ante las protestas de su mujer, alarmada por tan peligrosa inventiva, estuvo a punto de incendiar la casa."

Question

Que quiere decir la frase "estuvo a punto de" en ingles?
It's part of a longer sentence that I'll post if it's necessary for the context. I understand the rest of the sentence but I'm not familiar with that phrase... the best I can gather is that it means "he feared that" or "he imagined that" or (a more literal translation) "he made the point (to himself) that" as it is used similarly in another section of the book:

"Ante las protestas de su mujer, alarmada por tan peligrosa inventiva, estuvo a punto de incendiar la casa."

Answer

..."she was about to burn the house"
"A punto de" means that you are really close to do something:
Estoy a punto de caerme de la silla = I'm about to fall off the chair !

Hope it helps...  (-:

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- Estuvo a punto de cortarse con el cuchillo= she was about to cut with a knife.
- El estaba tan cerca de ella, que estuvo a punto de besarla = he was so close she, that he was     about to kiss.

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