Similar words
daga
daga and puñal are close synonyms for "dagger," interchangeable.
Similar in other languages
German
Dolch
Dolch is the German word for the same thing — both mean "dagger."
Portuguese
adaga
adaga is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dagger."
Practice
1 What does puñal mean?
dagger
2 Fill the gap: Lo hirió con un ___.
Full sentence: Lo hirió con un puñal. (He wounded him with a dagger.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches puñal?
puñal: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.