pungir
[pũŋˈxiɾ]
The verdict
“pungir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herir a una persona o un animal con una cosa aguda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pungir · pungir · Spanish
pungir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pungir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pũŋˈxiɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pungir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pungir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pũŋˈxiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pungir has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pungir, spelled P-U-N-G-I-R.
Definition
- 1Herir a una persona o un animal con una cosa aguda.
- 2Sufrir una persona a causa de un sentimiento o una pasión.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pungir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(...)por solicitud del pungido Calisto vencido el casto proposito della: entreueniendo Celestina mala y astuta muger con dos seruientes del vencido Calisto enganados, e por esta tornados desleales:(...)
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.