punzón
Spanish, noun/punˈθon/
punzón is spelled P-U-N-Z-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,127th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punzón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “awl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de hierro que remata en punta, que sirve para abrir ojetes y para otros usos”.
What does punzón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineawl
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de hierro que remata en punta, que sirve para abrir ojetes y para otros usos. 2. Buril (instrumento para grabar). 3. Pitón₂ (cuerno que recién aparece). 4. Instrumento de acero algo romo, que en la boca tiene grabada una figura que, aplicándola y dando golpe sobre cualquier materia, deja estampado en ella profundamente lo que en él está de realce..
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 punzón
- punzones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce punzón?
- /punˈθon/
- [pũn̟ˈθõn]
- /punˈson/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to punzón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is punzón in Spanish?
punzón appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).