puño

See also: puno, puñó, and puno'

Galician

Alternative forms

• punho (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɲo/ [ˈpu.ɲʊ]
• Rhymes: -uɲo
• Hyphenation: pu‧ño

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese punno, puno, from Latin pugnus.

Noun

puño m (plural puños)

1. fist
2. handle

   Synonyms: empuñadura, mazá, pomo

3. fistful

   Synonyms: presa, puñado

4. cuff (of a shirt, etc.)

Related terms

• puñada
• puñal
• puñazo

Etymology 2

Verb

puño

1. first-person singular present indicative of puñar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “puño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “puño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “puño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “puño”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɲo/ [ˈpu.ɲo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uɲo
• Syllabification: pu‧ño

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos

Proto-Italic *pugnos

Latin pugnus

Old Spanish punno

Spanish puño

Inherited from Old Spanish punno, from Latin pugnus.

Noun

puño m (plural puños)

1. fist (hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward)
2. fistful, handful, bunch (amount that can be contained in the hand)
3. wristband, cuff (end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist)
4. handle, hilt (part of a tool, weapon, or other object, that is designed to be held in the hand when used)

Derived terms

• apretar los puños
• de puño y letra
• puño americano
• puño de acero

Related terms

• empuñadura
• empuñar
• puñado
• puñal
• puñar
• puñete

Descendants

• →⇒? Murui Huitoto: pute

Etymology 2

Verb

puño

1. first-person singular present indicative of puñar

Etymology 3

Verb

puño

1. first-person singular present indicative of puñir

Further reading

• “puño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025