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puño

/ˈpuɲo/, [ˈpu.ɲo]

fist

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)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Tom le pegó a la muralla con el puño.

    Tom struck the wall with his fist.

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  • El ponente golpeó la mesa con su puño.

    The speaker banged the table with his fist.

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  • Sin mano no hay puño; sin boca no hay canción.

    You can't have a fist without a hand; you can't have a song without a mouth.

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  • Golpeó la mesa con el puño.

    He banged on the table with his fist.

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  • El orador golpeó la mesa con su puño.

    The speaker banged the table with his fist.

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  • Cristóbal Colón era conocido por silenciar a su despertador repetidamente golpeándolo con su puño. Desafortunadamente, su "despertador" era normalmente su primer oficial.

    Christopher Columbus was notorious for repeatedly snoozing his alarm clock by hitting it with his fist. Unfortunately, his "alarm clock" was usually his first mate.

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  • El cobarde es el primero en levantar el puño.

    The coward is the first to raise his fist.

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  • Las mangas están fruncidas en el puño.

    The sleeves are gathered at the cuff.

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  • Ella golpeó la mesa con el puño.

    She thumped the table with her fist.

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  • El corazón de una persona es más o menos el mismo tamaño que su puño.

    A person's heart is approximately the same size as their fist.

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