ponche
Spanish, noun
ponche is spelled P-O-N-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ponche is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “punch (drink)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ponchar. With an accent, ponché is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of ponchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bebida alcohólica hecha mezclando vino con jugo de frutas”.
What does ponche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepunch (drink)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of ponchar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bebida alcohólica hecha mezclando vino con jugo de frutas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ponche
- ponches plural
- punch alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ponche in Spanish?
ponche appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).