puñetazo

punch

noun poo-nyeh-TAH-soh Rare

Usage Note

Puñetazo is a blow delivered with the fist — specifically a closed-fist punch, not a slap (bofetada) or kick (patada). It derives from puño (fist). The augmentative suffix -azo is common in Spanish to form nouns meaning 'a blow with X' (codazo = elbow jab, rodillazo = knee strike). Dar un puñetazo is the standard collocation.

Examples

"Le dio un puñetazo en la nariz."

Natural Translation

He punched him in the nose.

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