ponche

See also: ponché

Portuguese

Etymology

From English punch.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.t͡ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: pon‧che

Noun

ponche m (plural ponches)

1. punch (mixture of fruit juice and another beverage)

Further reading

• “ponche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpont͡ʃe/ [ˈpõnʲ.t͡ʃe]

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• Rhymes: -ontʃe
• Syllabification: pon‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English punch, from Hindi पाँच (pā̃c, “five”). Doublet of cinco and ponzu.

Alternative forms

• punch (unadapted borrowing)

Noun

ponche m (plural ponches)

1. punch (drink)

Derived terms

• ponche crema
• ponche de huevo
• ponchera

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ponche

1. inflection of ponchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ponche”, 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