Polyglot Dictionary

puño

/ˈpuɲo/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los puños

Meaning

  1. fist

    • Cerró el puño con fuerza.

      He clenched his fist tightly.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Faust

Faust is the German word for the same thing — both mean "fist."

Portuguese

punho

punho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "fist."

Practice

1 What does puño mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cerró el ___ con fuerza.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches puño?

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