Ponce — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses

someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɑːns/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɒns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɒns/

1 syllable Say it as /pˈɑːns/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pimp fancy man panderer procurer pander pandar

Word Forms

pimp	verb	arrange for sexual partners for others
procure	verb	arrange for sexual partners for others
pander	verb	arrange for sexual partners for others

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

maquereau

un homme efféminé dans ses manières et pointilleux dans sa façon de s'habiller

🇷🇺Russian

когда-то

мужчина, женоподобный в своих манерах и суетливый в том, как он одевается

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कुटना

एक आदमी जो अपने पहनावे में स्त्रैण और कपड़े पहनने में उधम मचाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

পোন্স

একজন মানুষ যে তার ঢঙে এবং সে যেভাবে পোশাক পরিধান করে সেভাবে উচ্ছৃঙ্খল

🇮🇳Tamil

போன்ஸ்

ஒரு ஆண் தன் நடத்தையில் பெண்மையாகவும், உடை உடுத்தும் விதத்தில் வம்பு மிக்கதாகவும் இருக்கும்

🇮🇳Telugu

పోన్స్

తన పద్ధతిలో ఆడంబరంగా మరియు దుస్తులు ధరించే విధానంలో గజిబిజిగా ఉండే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

पोन्स

एक माणूस जो त्याच्या रीतीने मोहक आहे आणि त्याच्या पेहरावात गोंधळलेला आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

પોન્સ

એક માણસ કે જે તેની રીતભાતમાં પ્રભાવશાળી છે અને તે જે રીતે કપડાં પહેરે છે તેમાં મિથ્યાડંબરયુક્ત છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೋನ್ಸ್

ತನ್ನ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಲಿಂಗ ಮತ್ತು ಅವನು ಧರಿಸುವ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗಡಿಬಿಡಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പോൻസ്

വസ്ത്രധാരണത്തിൽ അലംഭാവമുള്ള ഒരു പുരുഷൻ

🇵🇰Urdu

پونس

ایک ایسا آدمی جو اپنے انداز میں متشدد ہے اور لباس پہننے کے انداز میں بے چین ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

庞塞

举止女性化、衣着挑剔的男人

🇯🇵Japanese

ポンセ

態度が女々しく、服装にうるさい男性

🇰🇷Korean

폰세

태도가 나약하고 옷차림이 까다로운 남자

🇹🇭Thai

พอนซ์

ผู้ชายที่ประพฤติตัวอ่อนแอและจุกจิกในการแต่งตัว

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بونس

رجل مخنث في أسلوبه وصعب في طريقة لبسه

🇮🇷Persian

پونس

مردی که در طرز لباس پوشیدنش زنانه است

🇮🇱Hebrew

סַרְסוּר

אדם נשי בהתנהגותו ובררן בלבושו

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