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/Sounds like "pee" (as in "pea") + "NYAH" (as in "Nyan") + "soh" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

In Venezuela, a hard punch thrown with a closed fist, especially to the face. The direct hit that settles arguments in the least diplomatic and most painful way possible. No warning, no buildup.

Examples

Le metió un piñazo por faltarle el respeto y ahí se acabó la discusión.

He threw a hard punch at him for disrespecting him and that was the end of the argument.

They went at each other with punches right in the middle of the street.

Word family

To be completely broke after overspending, that state where the money is gone and payday feels impossibly far away. In Mexico, "quedar tronado" captures the specific misery of having spent everything and now having to wait it out.