Es lamentable que no se mencione a los aliados de estos regímenes totalitarios quienes, hasta hace muy poco, tenían en un puño a casi toda la Europa Oriental.

It is regrettable that there is no mention of the allies of these totalitarian regimes who, until very recently, held nearly the whole of Eastern Europe in their grip.

puño(also: astil)

haft {noun}

puño(also: aldabón, mango, palo, agarradero)

handle {noun}

puño

fist {noun} [anat.]

amenazar a algn con el puño

to shake one's fist at sb

saludo con el puño cerrado

clenched-fist salute

saludó al público con el puño en alto

he greeted the crowd with a clenched fist salute

puño

cuff {noun} [cloth.]

• Tejidos tubulares para puños de guantes.

• Tubular fabrics for glove cuffs.

• Puños uniformes cirugía.

• Cuffs for surgery uniforms.

puño

wrist {noun} [cloth.]

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "puño":

puño

bocamanga- cacha- culata- empuñadura- mango- pomo

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "puño" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

Todo el mundo se encontraba con el corazón en un puño, porque temía una explosión.

Everyone held their breath fearing an explosion.

Primero, que un grupo de esas personas cantaba la Internacional con el puño en alto.

I would ask you to have the film taken of the incident examined.

abrí la carta con el corazón en un puño

my heart was in my mouth as I opened the letter

saludó al público con el puño en alto

he greeted the crowd with a clenched fist salute

sellado y firmado de mi puño y letra

given under my hand and seal

golpeaba la mesa con el puño

he was banging his fist on the table

la carta era de su puño y letra

the letter was in her own hand

saludaron con el puño alzado

they gave a clenched fist salute

tener a algn metido en un puño

to have sb under one's thumb

golpeé la mesa con el puño

I banged my fist on the table

De vez en cuando, uno tiene ciertamente la impresión de que una gran parte del texto de la Comisión está escrito de su puño y letra por los grupos de presión.

It is already easy to get the impression that a large part of the Commission's text bears the hallmarks of lobbyists.

tener a algn en un puño

to have sb on a string

firma de puño y letra

hand written signature

Actualmente nos encontramos en un puno en el que la Comisión y los Estados miembros requieren más o menos el mismo tiempo para aplicar sus decisiones.

We are now at a point where it takes the Commission and the Member States pretty much the same number of years to implement things.

de mi puño y letra

in my own handwriting

aprieta el puño

clench your fist

cierre el puño

clench your fist

cierre el puño

to make a fist

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