punzar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *puntiāre < *punctiāre, from Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (prick, sting) (compare Portuguese punçar, Catalan punxar, Italian ponzare). Alternatively, regressively derived from punzón.[1] See also punchar (a variant possibly taken from a Mozarabic form[2]) and the derivative pinchar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /punˈθaɾ/ [pũn̟ˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /punˈsaɾ/ [pũnˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pun‧zar

Verb

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punzar (first-person singular present punzo, first-person singular preterite puncé, past participle punzado)

  1. (transitive) to perforate, punch
  2. (intransitive) to sting, twinge

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ punzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

Further reading

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