"puño" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpuɲo/, [ˈpu.ɲo] Forms: puños [plural]
Rhymes: -uɲo Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos Proto-Italic *pugnos Latin pugnus Old Spanish punno Spanish puño Inherited from Old Spanish punno, from Latin pugnus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|osp:punno<ety:inh<la:pugnus>>|text=:la|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos Proto-Italic *pugnos Latin pugnus Old Spanish punno Spanish puño Inherited from Old Spanish punno, from Latin pugnus. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} puño m (plural puños)
  1. fist (hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-puño-es-noun-vznb48Cp
  2. fistful, handful, bunch (amount that can be contained in the hand) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-puño-es-noun-LEpL9~L6 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 1 1 3 17 2 10 18 10 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 0 1 1 18 1 11 20 11 18 18 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 24 13 24 24
  3. wristband, cuff (end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-puño-es-noun-fYJR95vO Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 1 1 3 17 2 10 18 10 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 0 1 1 18 1 11 20 11 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 6 26 40 28 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 8 26 40 27 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 7 26 40 26 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 7 26 40 26 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 24 13 24 24
  4. handle, hilt (part of a tool, weapon, or other object, that is designed to be held in the hand when used) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-puño-es-noun-AZ3bQf3Q Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 1 1 3 17 2 10 18 10 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 0 1 1 18 1 11 20 11 18 18 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 24 13 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apretar los puños, de puño y letra, puño americano, puño de acero Related terms: empuñadura, empuñar, puñado, puñal, puñar, puñete
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈpuɲo/, [ˈpu.ɲo]
Rhymes: -uɲo Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} puño
  1. first-person singular present indicative of puñar Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: puñar
    Sense id: en-puño-es-verb-HwlccVlz Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 1 1 3 17 2 10 18 10 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 0 1 1 18 1 11 20 11 18 18 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 24 13 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈpuɲo/, [ˈpu.ɲo]
Rhymes: -uɲo Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} puño
  1. first-person singular present indicative of puñir Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: puñir
    Sense id: en-puño-es-verb-pb-V3YJT Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 1 1 3 17 2 10 18 10 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 0 1 1 18 1 11 20 11 18 18 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 24 13 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpuɲo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpu.ɲo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uɲo"
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  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (d146717 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.