puño

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) fist (hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward)
2. (masculine) fistful, handful, bunch (amount that can be contained in the hand)
3. (masculine) wristband, cuff (end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
4. (masculine) handle, hilt (part of a tool, weapon, or other object, that is designed to be held in the hand when used)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of puñar

puñar

to fight, attack

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Concepts

fist

✊

cuff

handle

wristband

hilt

wrist

wristlet

handful

handgrip

haft

clenched fist

fist

✊

elbow

fistful

grip

handwriting

headline

knob

paw

punch

👊

basket hilt

Synonyms

empuñadura

puñetazo

mango

puñete

ruedo

vuelta

empuñar

nudillo

puño de la manga

nódulos

mano cerrada

empuñadura de taza

codo

puño cerrado

índice

muñeca

puñado

Translations

Faust

✊

pugno

✊

poing

✊

vuist

✊

puny

✊

punho

✊

manchette

ponh

pugnus

✊

manchet

Griff

γροθιά

elsa

Hyphenated as

pu‧ño

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpuɲo/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: pugnus

In summary

Inherited from Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, Proto-Indo-European *puḱnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Compare English poniard.