púa
Spanish, noun
púa is spelled P-Ú-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,779th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Púa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sharp point, prong, spike, pick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, PUA is a different word: “PUA”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuerpo de forma acicular, flexible, con punta afilada”.
What does púa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesharp point, prong, spike, pick
- 2
femininethorn
- 3
feminineplectrum, pick
- 4
femininenut pick
- 5
femininetine (of a fork and other things)
noun
- 1
masculinePUA
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cuerpo de forma acicular, flexible, con punta afilada. 2. En particular, cada una de las púas que forman la defensa natural de un erizo o puercoespín. 3. Plectro semirrígido usado para pulsar las cuerdas en algunos instrumentos musicales. 4. Estilo o aguja que recorre la superficie del surco donde la información se guarda en los discos de vinilo, para transmitirla al equipo productor de sonido.
noun: 1. Unidad monetaria de España y Andorra, sustituída por el euro desde el 2002.
noun: 1. (Cyttaria berteroi) Hongo comestible de Chile.
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 púa
- púas plural
- puas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to púa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is púa in Spanish?
púa 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).