puñalada

/puɲaˈlada/ · B2 · noun · f

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🗡️ puñalada = puñal (dagger) + -ada (a blow with it)

Puñal means dagger, and the suffix -ada marks a single action or blow, like cuchillada (knife slash). So puñalada is one hit with a dagger: a stab. Note the ñ sounds like 'ny', as in poo-nya-LAH-dah.

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