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ponche

Meaning

ponchar

  1. (intransitive) to punch in/out (at work)
  2. (transitive) to crimp (to fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened)
  3. (reflexive, transitive) to strike out
  4. (Mexico, colloquial, transitive) to puncture (something like a balloon, a ball, a tire, etc.) and make it burst or unusable
  5. (Mexico, colloquial, intransitive, reflexive) to burst, to go flat (of a tire), to became deflated

Synonyms

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
pon‧che
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpont͡ʃe/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from English punch, from Hindi पाँच (pā̃c, “five”). Doublet of cinco and ponzu.

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