ponchar

From ponch, from Latin punctus, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *punctiāre, itself derived from Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I puncture, prick”). Cf. Catalan punxar, Spanish punzar.

ponchar

1. (of an insect, etc.) to sting

• ponch
• ponchon, ponchona
• pónher

Borrowed from English punch.

• IPA^(key): /ponˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [põnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pon‧char

ponchar (first-person singular present poncho, first-person singular preterite ponché, past participle ponchado)

1. (intransitive) to punch in/out (at work)

   Recordaste ponchar? Si ya ponché.

   Did you remember to punch in? Yeah, I already punched in.

2. (transitive, electricity) to crimp (to fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened)

   Synonym: crimpar

3. (transitive, reflexive, baseball) to strike out
4. (Mexico, colloquial, transitive) to puncture (something like a balloon, a ball, a tire, etc.) and make it burst or unusable
5. (Mexico, colloquial, reflexive, intransitive) to burst, to go flat (of a tire), to became deflated

• “ponchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “ponchar”, 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