pune

Finnish

Etymology

puna +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuneˣ/,
• Rhymes: -une
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧ne

Noun

pune

1. red ink (in the concrete sense)

Declension

See also

• muste

Further reading

• “pune”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• epun, puen

Galician

Verb

pune

1. inflection of punar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of punir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Maori

Etymology

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Noun

pune

1. spoon

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ne

Verb

pune

1. inflection of punir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pōnere, present active infinitive of pōnō, from Proto-Italic *posnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ne/

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• Rhymes: -une
• Hyphenation: pu‧ne

Verb

a pune (third-person singular present pune, past participle pus) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to put

   a pune deoparte ― to set aside, set apart

   a pune o întrebare (cuiva) ― to ask (someone) a question

   a pune la lucru ― to put to work

2. (transitive, colloquial) to plant for cultivation
3. (reflexive) to lie or seat oneself

   Nu mă pun jos pentru că e udă iarba.

   I’m not lying down, because the grass is wet.

   Toată lumea se pusese pe bănci.

   Everyone had sat down on the benches.

4. (transitive) to have or make someone do something by means of authority
5. (reflexive, colloquially with pe) to begin an activity, get to doing something

   Când te pui să-mi faci și mie unul?

   When are you getting to making me one?

   Mâine o să mă pun pe învățat.

   I’ll begin learning tomorrow.

6. (reflexive, colloquial) to take on, mess with someone
7. (slang, with placeholder o, with dative or cu) to have sex

   I-o pune or Și-o pune cu el

   She has sex with him.

8. (with placeholder o) Ellipsis of o pune de mămăligă (“to mess up, get in trouble”).

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (put): așeza
• (plant): planta, semăna
• (lay): se așeza
• (make): face
• (begin): se apuca
• (take on): se măsura (formal)

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• poziție

References

• pune in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

pune

1. inflection of pun:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpune/
• Rhymes: -une
• Syllabification: pu‧ne

Verb

pune

1. inflection of punir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative