punzó
Spanish, noun
punzó is spelled P-U-N-Z-Ó (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punzó is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ponceau, red” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular preterite indicative of punzar. Without its accent, punzo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of punzar”.
What does punzó mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineponceau, red
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of punzar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of punzar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De color rojo muy vivo o intenso.
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 punzó
- punzós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is punzó in Spanish?
punzó appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).