empuñar

From en- +‎ puño +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese empunhar, Catalan empunyar, Italian impugnare. Compare English impugn.

• IPA^(key): /empuˈɲaɾ/ [ẽm.puˈɲaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pu‧ñar

empuñar (first-person singular present empuño, first-person singular preterite empuñé, past participle empuñado)

1. (transitive) to clutch, grasp or brandish by the handle, to take up
2. (transitive) to wield

   Synonym: blandir

3. (transitive) to obtain

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• “empuñar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014