punir

Inherited from Old Catalan punir, from Latin pūnīre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [puˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [puˈniɾ]

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punir (first-person singular present puneixo, first-person singular preterite puní, past participle punit)

1. (transitive) to punish

   Synonym: castigar

• “punir”, 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
• “punir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Middle French punir, from Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre. May have been borrowed due to its late appearance.

• IPA^(key): /py.niʁ/

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punir

1. to punish

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

• punition

• “punir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin pūnīre.

• IPA^(key): /puˈniɾ/ [puˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: pu‧nir

punir (first-person singular present puno, first-person singular preterite punín, past participle punido)
punir (first-person singular present puno, first-person singular preterite punim or puni, past participle punido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to punish

   Synonym: castigar

• “punir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “punir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

punir

1. to punish

• French: punir

From Old Occitan punir, from Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

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punir

1. to punish

   Synonym: castigar

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• punicion

From Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

punir

1. to punish

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: punir
  • French: punir
• → English: punish

From Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

punir

1. to punish

• Occitan: punir

From Latin pūnīre.

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• Hyphenation: pu‧nir

punir (first-person singular present puno, first-person singular preterite puni, past participle punido)

1. (transitive) to punish

• “punir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “punir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “punir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “punir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “punir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “punir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin pūnīre.

• IPA^(key): /puˈniɾ/ [puˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pu‧nir

punir (first-person singular present puno, first-person singular preterite puní, past participle punido)

1. (transitive) to punish

   Synonym: castigar

• “punir”, 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