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Spanish
Etymology
From a- + puño (“fist”) + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apuˈɲaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pu‧ñar
Verb
apuñar (first-person singular present apuño, first-person singular preterite apuñé, past participle apuñado)
- (transitive) to grip (something) with a fist
- (transitive) to fist; to strike with the fist
- (transitive, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela) to assemble; to compact; to bring together
- (intransitive, pronominal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela) to assemble; to combine; to come together
- (intransitive) to make one's hand into a fist to not drop what is held
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