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puya

Spanish, noun

puya is spelled P-U-Y-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sharp point on the tip of the vara (bullfighter's lance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of puyar. With an accent, puyá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of puyar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hoja o punta punzante que se fija a las varas que los picadores usan para arrear el ganado”.

What does puya mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesharp point on the tip of the vara (bullfighter's lance)

  2. 2

    femininejibe; taunt

interjection

  1. 1

    fudge (euphemism of the interjection puta (“fuck!”))

    ¡Puya mano, nos dejó el bus!

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as puyá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of puyar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Hoja o punta punzante que se fija a las varas que los picadores usan para arrear el ganado. 2. Vara que lleva en su extremo una punta de este tipo. 3. Tipo de machete con la hoja estrecha.

interjection: 1. Eufemismo por la palabra "puta". 2. Úsase para expresar asombro, sorpresa.

noun: 1. (Puya spp.) Cualquiera de unas 190 especies de plantas bromeliáceas nativas de la región de los Andes.

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 puya

  • puyas plural

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

English words that translate to puya

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

How common is puya in Spanish?

puya 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).

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