apuñar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ puño (“fist”) +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apuˈɲaɾ/ [a.puˈɲaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pu‧ñar

Verb

apuñar (first-person singular present apuño, first-person singular preterite apuñé, past participle apuñado)

1. (transitive) to grip (something) with a fist
2. (transitive) to fist; to strike with the fist
3. (transitive, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela) to assemble; to compact; to bring together
4. (intransitive, pronominal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela) to assemble; to combine; to come together
5. (intransitive) to make one's hand into a fist to not drop what is held

Further reading

• “apuñar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “apuñar” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010