puño
sm
1 (Anat) fist
con el o a puño cerrado with one's clenched fist
apretar los puños (lit) to clench one's fists (fig) to struggle hard
MODISMOS comerse los puños to be starving
MODISMOS como un puño
su piso es como un puño his flat is tiny o a matchbox
es una verdad como un puño it's as plain as a pikestaff
MODISMOS mentiras como puños whopping great lies *
MODISMOS de mi/tu/su puño
de puño y letra del poeta in the poet's own handwriting
ganar algo con los puños to get sth by sheer hard work
MODISMOS tener a algn (metido) en un puño to have sb under one's thumb
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puño de hierro knuckle-duster
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2
[+de camisa, chaqueta] cuff
3
[+de espada] hilt
[+de herramienta] handle, haft, grip
[+de velero, vasija, puerta] handle
4
(=puñado) handful, fistful
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