punzar
Spanish, verb/punˈθaɾ/
punzar is spelled P-U-N-Z-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to perforate, punch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atacar y herir con un objeto terminado en punta”.
What does punzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to perforate, punch
- 2
to sting, twinge
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Atacar y herir con un objeto terminado en punta. 2. Agraviar.
verb: 1. Avivarse un dolor de cuando en cuando. 2. Hacerse sentir interiormente una cosa que aflige el ánimo.
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 punzar
- punzo first-person present singular
- puncé first-person preterite singular
- punzado participle past
- c-z alternation
- punzando gerund
- punzada feminine participle past
- punzados masculine participle past
- punzadas feminine participle past
- punzas indicative informal present
- punzás indicative informal present
- punza indicative present singular
- punzamos first-person indicative plural
- punzáis indicative plural present
- punzan indicative plural present
- punzaba first-person imperfect indicative
- punzabas imperfect indicative second-person
- punzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- punzabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce punzar?
- /punˈθaɾ/
- [pũn̟ˈθaɾ]
- /punˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to punzar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is punzar in Spanish?
punzar appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).