Masculine

puñal

Meaning

Concepts

dagger
🗡️
dirk
poniard
knife
🔪
whinger
bodkin
dagger
🗡️
prick
snickersnee

knife fight

cut-and-thrust
Synonyms

daga
C1
🗡️
cuchillo
B1
🔪
homosexual
C1
maricón
C1
toma y daca

pelea con cuchillos

lata
B2

putote

daga
C1
🗡️
traidor
B2
estilete
punzón
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Translations

Dolch
🗡️
pugnale
🗡️
poignard
🗡️
hançer
🗡️
dolk
🗡️
punhal

xencer

stiletto
adaga
🗡️
خنجر
🗡️

ξιφίδιο

deban

punyal
🗡️

μαχαιρίδιο

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
pu‧ñal
Pronounced as (IPA)
/puˈɲal/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
pūgnus
Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
punhal
Cognate with Catalan
Catalan
punyal
Cognate with Italian
Italian
pugnale
Cognate with French
French
poignard
Cognate with Romanian
pumnal
In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūgnāle(m), based on Latin pūgnus (“fist”).

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