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pungente

Spanish, adjective/punˈxente/

pungente is spelled P-U-N-G-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Spanish, the 274,170th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pungente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “pungent; pointy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does pungente mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinepungent; pointy

  2. 2

    femininemasculinepiercing

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of pungente

  • pungentes feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pungente?

  • /punˈxente/
  • [pũŋˈxẽn̪.t̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pungente

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pungente in Spanish?

pungente appears about once in every 62 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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