ponchar

Occitan

Etymology

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

Verb

ponchar

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

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ponchar			aver ponchat
gerund		ponchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ponchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ponchi	ponchas	poncha	poncham	ponchatz	ponchan
	imperfect	ponchavi	ponchavas	ponchava	ponchàvem	ponchàvetz	ponchavan
	preterite	ponchèri	ponchères	ponchèt	ponchèrem	ponchèretz	ponchèron
	future	poncharai	poncharàs	poncharà	poncharem	poncharetz	poncharàn
	conditional	ponchariái	ponchariás	ponchariá	ponchariam	ponchariatz	poncharián
	conditional 2nd form1	ponchèra	ponchèras	ponchèra	poncheram	poncheratz	ponchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ponche	ponches	ponche	ponchem	ponchetz	ponchen
	imperfect	ponchèssi	ponchèsses	ponchèsse	ponchèssem	ponchèssetz	ponchèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			poncha		ponchem	ponchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		ponchar			aver ponchat
gerund		ponchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ponchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ponche	ponches	poncha	poncham	ponchatz	ponchon
	imperfect	ponchave	ponchaves	ponchava	ponchaviam	ponchaviatz	ponchavon
	preterite	ponchere	poncheres	ponchet	ponchem	ponchetz	poncheron
	future	poncharai	poncharàs	ponchará	poncharem	poncharetz	poncharán
	conditional	ponchariá	ponchariás	ponchariá	ponchariam	ponchariatz	poncharián
	conditional 2nd form1	ponchèra	ponchèras	ponchèra	poncheram	poncheratz	ponchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ponche	ponches	ponche	ponchassiam	ponchassiatz	ponchon
	imperfect	ponchesse	ponchesses	ponchesse	ponchessiam	ponchessiatz	ponchesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			poncha		ponchassiam	ponchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		ponchar			aver ponchat
gerund		ponchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ponchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ponchi	ponchas	poncha	poncham	ponchatz	ponchan
	imperfect	ponchavi	ponchavas	ponchava	ponchàvam	ponchàvatz	ponchavan
	preterite	ponchèi	ponchès	ponchè	ponchèm	ponchètz	ponchèn
	future	poncharèi	poncharàs	poncharà	poncharam	poncharatz	poncharàn
	conditional	poncharí	poncharés	poncharé	poncharem	poncharetz	poncharén
	conditional 2nd form1	ponchèra	ponchèras	ponchèra	poncheram	poncheratz	ponchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ponchi	ponches	ponche	ponchem	ponchetz	ponchen
	imperfect	ponchèssi	ponchèsses	ponchèsse	ponchèssem	ponchèssetz	ponchèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			poncha		ponchem	ponchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		ponchar			aver ponchat
gerund		ponchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ponchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ponche	ponchas	poncha	poncham	ponchatz	ponchan
	imperfect	ponchava	ponchavas	ponchava	ponchàvam	ponchàvatz	ponchavan
	preterite	ponchei	poncheras	ponchet	ponchèram	ponchèratz	poncheran
	future	poncharai	poncharàs	ponchará	poncharem	poncharetz	poncharán
	conditional	ponchariá	ponchariàs	ponchariá	ponchariam	ponchariatz	poncharián
	conditional 2nd form1	ponchèra	ponchèras	ponchèra	poncheram	poncheratz	ponchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ponche	ponches	ponche	ponchem	ponchetz	ponchen
	imperfect	ponchèsse	ponchèsses	ponchèsse	ponchèssem	ponchèssetz	ponchèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			poncha		ponchem	ponchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		ponchar			aver ponchat
gerund		ponchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ponchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ponche	ponches	poncha	poncham	ponchatz	ponchan
	imperfect	ponchavi	ponchavas	ponchava	ponchàvem	ponchàvetz	ponchavan
	preterite	ponchère	ponchères	ponchèt	poncheriam	poncheriatz	ponchèron
	future	poncharai	poncharàs	poncharà	poncharem	poncharetz	poncharàn
	conditional	ponchariáu	ponchariás	ponchariá	ponchariam	ponchariatz	poncharián
	conditional 2nd form1	ponchèra	ponchèras	ponchèra	poncheram	poncheratz	ponchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ponche	ponches	ponche	ponchem	ponchetz	ponchan
	imperfect	ponchèsse	ponchèsses	ponchèsse	ponchessiam	ponchessiatz	ponchèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			poncha		ponchem	ponchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• ponch
• ponchon, ponchona
• pónher

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English punch.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to punch in/punch 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ponchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ponchar
gerund			ponchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ponchado		ponchada
		plural		ponchados		ponchadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	poncho	ponchastú ponchásvos	poncha	ponchamos	poncháis	ponchan
	imperfect	ponchaba	ponchabas	ponchaba	ponchábamos	ponchabais	ponchaban
	preterite	ponché	ponchaste	ponchó	ponchamos	ponchasteis	poncharon
	future	poncharé	poncharás	ponchará	poncharemos	poncharéis	poncharán
	conditional	poncharía	poncharías	poncharía	poncharíamos	poncharíais	poncharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ponche	ponchestú ponchésvos2	ponche	ponchemos	ponchéis	ponchen
	imperfect (ra)	ponchara	poncharas	ponchara	poncháramos	poncharais	poncharan
	imperfect (se)	ponchase	ponchases	ponchase	ponchásemos	ponchaseis	ponchasen
	future1	ponchare	ponchares	ponchare	poncháremos	ponchareis	poncharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ponchatú ponchávos	ponche	ponchemos	ponchad	ponchen
	negative		no ponches	no ponche	no ponchemos	no ponchéis	no ponchen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ponchar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive ponchar	dative	poncharme	poncharte	poncharle, poncharse	poncharnos	poncharos	poncharles, poncharse
	accusative	poncharme	poncharte	poncharlo, poncharla, poncharse	poncharnos	poncharos	poncharlos, poncharlas, poncharse
with gerund ponchando	dative	ponchándome	ponchándote	ponchándole, ponchándose	ponchándonos	ponchándoos	ponchándoles, ponchándose
	accusative	ponchándome	ponchándote	ponchándolo, ponchándola, ponchándose	ponchándonos	ponchándoos	ponchándolos, ponchándolas, ponchándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative poncha	dative	pónchame	pónchate	pónchale	pónchanos	not used	pónchales
	accusative	pónchame	pónchate	pónchalo, pónchala	pónchanos	not used	pónchalos, pónchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ponchá	dative	ponchame	ponchate	ponchale	ponchanos	not used	ponchales
	accusative	ponchame	ponchate	ponchalo, ponchala	ponchanos	not used	ponchalos, ponchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ponche	dative	póncheme	not used	pónchele, pónchese	pónchenos	not used	póncheles
	accusative	póncheme	not used	pónchelo, pónchela, pónchese	pónchenos	not used	pónchelos, pónchelas
with first-person plural imperative ponchemos	dative	not used	ponchémoste	ponchémosle	ponchémonos	ponchémoos	ponchémosles
	accusative	not used	ponchémoste	ponchémoslo, ponchémosla	ponchémonos	ponchémoos	ponchémoslos, ponchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ponchad	dative	ponchadme	not used	ponchadle	ponchadnos	ponchaos	ponchadles
	accusative	ponchadme	not used	ponchadlo, ponchadla	ponchadnos	ponchaos	ponchadlos, ponchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ponchen	dative	pónchenme	not used	pónchenle	pónchennos	not used	pónchenles, pónchense
	accusative	pónchenme	not used	pónchenlo, pónchenla	pónchennos	not used	pónchenlos, pónchenlas, pónchense

    Conjugation of poncharse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			poncharse
gerund			ponchándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ponchado		ponchada
		plural		ponchados		ponchadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	poncharme	poncharte	poncharse	poncharnos	poncharos	poncharse
	gerund	ponchándome	ponchándote	ponchándose	ponchándonos	ponchándoos	ponchándose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me poncho	te ponchastú te ponchásvos	se poncha	nos ponchamos	os poncháis	se ponchan
	imperfect	me ponchaba	te ponchabas	se ponchaba	nos ponchábamos	os ponchabais	se ponchaban
	preterite	me ponché	te ponchaste	se ponchó	nos ponchamos	os ponchasteis	se poncharon
	future	me poncharé	te poncharás	se ponchará	nos poncharemos	os poncharéis	se poncharán
	conditional	me poncharía	te poncharías	se poncharía	nos poncharíamos	os poncharíais	se poncharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me ponche	te ponchestú te ponchésvos2	se ponche	nos ponchemos	os ponchéis	se ponchen
	imperfect (ra)	me ponchara	te poncharas	se ponchara	nos poncháramos	os poncharais	se poncharan
	imperfect (se)	me ponchase	te ponchases	se ponchase	nos ponchásemos	os ponchaseis	se ponchasen
	future1	me ponchare	te ponchares	se ponchare	nos poncháremos	os ponchareis	se poncharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pónchatetú ponchatevos	pónchese	ponchémonos	ponchaos	pónchense
	negative		no te ponches	no se ponche	no nos ponchemos	no os ponchéis	no se ponchen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “ponchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “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