punch

el puñetazo

darle un puñetazo a

punch(puhnch)

noun

1. (blow)

a. el puñetazo

(M)

He went down with one punch to the temple.

Se cayó de un puñetazo a la sien.

2. (tool)

a. el punzón

(M)

He used the punch to make holes in the sign.

Utilizó el punzón para perforar el letrero.

b. la perforadora

(F)

Pass me the punch so I can put these sheets in binders.

Pásame la perforadora para poder encuadernar estas hojas.

3. (culinary)

a. el ponche

(M)

My mom made a special punch for Christmas.

Mi mamá hizo un ponche especial para la Navidad.

4. (vigor)

a. la garra

(F)

My grandfather may be old, but he still has a lot of punch.

Puede que mi abuelo sea viejo, pero sigue teniendo bastante garra.

transitive verb

5. (to hit)

a. darle un puñetazo a

Tom punched the photographer because he refused to stop taking pictures.

Tom le dio un puñetazo al fotógrafo porque este se negó a dejar de tomar fotos.

6. (to cut)

a. perforar

As soon as she punches your ticket, you can go in.

En cuanto le perfore el boleto, puede pasar.

b. picar

The cashier punched my loyalty card.

La cajera me picó la tarjeta de lealtad.

c. troquelar

We have to punch the designs on the coins for the festival.

Tenemos que troquelar los diseños en las monedas para el festival.

intransitive verb

7. (to hit)

a. pegar

It seems that this boxer only punches harder with every passing round!

¡Parece que este boxeador solo pega más duro con cada ronda!

punch

Noun

1. (drink)

a. el ponche

(M)

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punch [pʌntʃ]

noun

1 (tool) (for making holes) (in leather etc) punzón (m); (in paper) perforadora (f); (in ticket) máquina (f) de picar; (for stamping design) troquel (m); cuño (m); (for driving in nails) clavadora (f)

2 (blow) puñetazo (m)

he floored him with one punch lo derribó de un solo puñetazo

body punch (Boxing) puñetazo (m) en el cuerpo

he was hurting Johansson with body punches in the fourth round

a punch in the face un puñetazo en la cara

Brownhill replied with a punch in the face

to land a punch asestar un puñetazo

he seemed incapable of landing a punch on Bruno's face

a punch on or in the nose un puñetazo en la nariz

I think he deserves a punch in the nose

he packs a punch pega duro (informal)

to swing or throw a punch soltar un puñetazo

he was knocked out in 15 seconds without even throwing a punch we have film of Russell throwing a punch at a party Mark Jones was sent off for throwing a punch at Gary Tees

to take a punch recibir un puñetazo

he took some terrible punches but he kept coming back at least I have proved one thing, I can take a punch Eubank's ability to take a punch is well-documented

to pull one's punches andarse con miramientos

he didn't pull any punches no se mordió la lengua

knockout

3 (vigour) empuje (m); garra (f)

he has punch tiene empuje or garra; think of a phrase that's got some punch to it piensa una frase que tenga garra

he's a speaker with some punch his arguments lacked punch we need a presentation with some punch to it the show doesn't have the punch it used to have a bit of punch is exactly what the British chat show needs my nervousness made me deliver the vital points of my address without sufficient punch Hurricane Andrew may be slowly losing its punch, but its winds are still around 100 miles an hour some ministers lack the political influence and punch of their colleagues

transitive verb

1 (perforate) (with tool) [+paper, card, metal] perforar; [+leather] punzar; [+ticket] picar

make sure you get your ticket punched

(also punch out) (with die) troquelar; (stamp) [+design] estampar

punched card tarjeta (f) perforada

to punch the clock fichar

to punch a hole in sth (in leather, paper, metal) hacer un agujero a algo

they had punched a hole in the myth of American superiority

they punched holes in Arsenal's defence encontraron huecos en la defensa del Arsenal

to punch holes in a sheet

punched tape cinta (f) perforada

2 (hit) (with fist) dar un puñetazo a

he punched me!

to punch sb in the stomach/on the nose dar un puñetazo a algn en el estómago/la nariz

to punch sb in the face punch sb's face dar un puñetazo a algn en la cara

they rolled about on the floor punching each other

she punched the air in triumph agitaba los brazos, triunfante

I punched the ball into the net metí el balón en la red de un manotazo

he punched his fist through the glass atravesó el cristal de un puñetazo

he punched the wall angrily golpeó la pared furioso

3 (press) [+button, key] presionar

she sat down at the computer and punched a few keys he punched the bell on the reception desk

4 (US)

to punch cattle aguijonear al ganado

he'd been punching cattle on that ranch since he was a boy

intransitive verb

pegar (puñetazos)

come on, you can punch harder than that! ¡venga, que puedes pegar con más fuerza!

they carried him away, punching and kicking

to punch at sb dar or pegar un puñetazo a algn

she punched at the keyboard of the computer he started punching impatiently at the doorbell

modifier

punch bag (n) (Britain) saco (m) de arena

punch card (n) tarjeta (f) perforada

punch line (n) remate (m)

I've forgotten the punch line

punch operator (n) operadoraoperadora (m) (f) de máquina perforadora;a operadora

punch [pʌntʃ]

noun

(drink) ponche (m)