🇬🇧🇪🇸 fist - puño : English Lesson

Meaning of "fist" ("puño"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A fist is the shape your hand makes when you close your fingers tightly against your palm, usually for gripping something, showing strength, or even playfully pretending to punch. People also raise a fist in the air to show excitement or determination.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I raised my fist in victory when I found an extra fry at the bottom of the bag.

I made a fist to look strong, but then I couldn’t open my water bottle.

I shook my fist at my alarm clock this morning, but it still made me get up.

My baby sister clenched her fist and declared war on broccoli.

My little brother made a tiny fist at me—he looked like an angry marshmallow.

On the bank a child slipped; a man closed his fist and scooped the child up. The child's fist held a small leaf, the child's fist trembled, then the child's fist opened. The man relaxed his fist. They both laughed as the leaf fell from the open fist and floated away.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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