apuñar

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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)

  1. (transitive) to grip (something) with a fist
  2. (transitive) to fist; to strike with the fist
  3. (transitive, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela) to assemble; to compact; to bring together
  4. (intransitive, pronominal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela) to assemble; to combine; to come together
  5. (intransitive) to make one's hand into a fist to not drop what is held

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