pugna

== Catalan == === Verb === pugna inflection of pugnar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uɲɲa IPA(key): /ˈpuɲ.ɲa/ Rhymes: -uɲɲa Hyphenation: pù‧gna === Etymology 1 === From Latin pugna, from pugnō (“to fight, oppose”), from pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). ==== Noun ==== pugna f (plural pugne) (archaic, literary, poetic) (literally and figuratively) fight, battle, combat dispute, quarrel === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== pugna (archaic, literary) plural of pugno === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== pugna inflection of pugnare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === punga == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From pugnō (“to fight”), from pugnus (“a fist”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʊŋ.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuɲ.ɲa] ==== Noun ==== pugna f (genitive pugnae); first declension a fight, battle, combat, action Synonyms: proelium, bellum, duellum, dimicatio, certamen a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle a contest, dispute, quarrel Synonyms: certatus, rixa ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== pugnicula ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== pugnā second-person singular present active imperative of pugnō === References === “pugna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pugna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "pugna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “pugna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin pugna. ==== Noun ==== pugna f (plural pugnas) combat; battle; fight Synonyms: batalha, combate, luta, peleja (figurative) struggle Synonyms: batalha, luta === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== pugna inflection of pugnar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “pugna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pugna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpuɡna/ [ˈpuɣ̞.na] Rhymes: -uɡna Syllabification: pug‧na === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin pugna. ==== Noun ==== pugna f (plural pugnas) fight; ruckus struggle battle === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== pugna inflection of pugnar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “pugna”, 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