punyent

From Latin pungēns, pungentem (“pricking, piercing”), present participle of pungō (“I prick”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈɲen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [puˈɲent]

punyent m or f (masculine and feminine plural punyents)

1. sharp, pointed

   Synonyms: agut, punxegut

2. biting, stinging
3. (of words) cutting

   Synonym: colpidor

4. moving, poignant

   Synonym: commovedor

• punyir

• “punyent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “punyent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “punyent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.