pugnale

Italian

Etymology

From pugno, or from a Vulgar Latin *pūgnālis, from Latin pugnus. Compare Spanish puñal, Portuguese punhal, Catalan punyal, French poignard (Old French poignal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɲˈɲa.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: pu‧gnà‧le

Noun

pugnale m (plural pugnali)

1. dagger

Derived terms

• pugnalare

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: پنیال (pinyal, “rapier”)
• → Serbo-Croatian: pìnjāl

See also

• aspersorio

Spanish

Verb

pugnale

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of pugnar combined with le