puenting
Spanish, noun
puenting is spelled P-U-E-N-T-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puenting is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bungee jumping from a bridge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, puénting is a different word: “alternative spelling of puenting”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grafía anticuada de puénting”.
What does puenting mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainmasculinebungee jumping from a bridge
Near-synonyms: goming, bungy, bungy jumping
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of puenting
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Actividad que consiste en dejarse caer, en forma de péndulo, desde un puente, atado con cuerdas dinámicas y arneses (todos ellos materiales provenientes de la escalada), por motivos normalmente recreativos o terapéuticos.
noun: 1. Grafía anticuada de puénting.
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 puenting
- puénting alternative
- puéntings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is puenting in Spanish?
puenting appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).