pungir

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pungere. Replaced the inherited Old Spanish puñir.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /punˈxiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: pun‧gir

Verb

pungir (first-person singular present punjo, first-person singular preterite pungí, past participle pungido)

  1. (rare) to prick, to puncture

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “pungir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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