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) (transitive) to grip (something) with a fist (transitive) to fist; to strike with the fist (transitive, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela) to assemble; to compact; to bring together (intransitive, pronominal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela) to assemble; to combine; to come together (intransitive) to make one's hand into a fist to not drop what is held ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “apuñar”, 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 “apuñar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010