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puñal

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
puñal nm	(arma, cuchillo)	dagger n
	Lo asesinó clavándole un puñal en el pecho.
	She killed him by stabbing him in the chest with a dagger.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
puñal nm	figurado (golpe emocional) (figurative)	dagger blow, knife blow n
		stab n
	Le clavó un puñal en el corazón con su cruel comentario.
	His cruel comment was like a dagger (or: knife) blow to the heart for her.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
clavar un puñal loc verb	figurado (decepcionar, herir) (figurative)	stab [sb] in the back v expr
		throw [sb] under the bus v expr
	Laura me clavó un puñal cuando se fue con mi mejor amigo.
	Laura stabbed me in the back when she went off with my best friend.
clavar un puñal por la espalda loc verb	figurado (traicionar) (figurative, betray)	stick a dagger in [sb]'s back, stick a knife in [sb]'s back v expr
		stab in the back v expr

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