Feminine
piña
- (feminine) pinecone
- (feminine) pineapple
- (Bolivia, Canary-Islands, Cuba, Honduras, Paraguay, Rioplatense, Venezuela, feminine) a punch
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Canary-Islands, Cuba, Dominican-Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, Rioplatense, Venezuela, feminine) a punch
- (Argentina, colloquial, feminine) collision, accident, crash
- (feminine, figuratively) close-knit group
- (feminine) the core of the agave plant
- (El-Salvador, colloquial, feminine) gay male
- (Peru, colloquial, feminine) bad luck
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pi‧ña
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpiɲa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Latin pīnea. The sense "pineapple" comes from its resemblance to a pinecone, similarly to English pineapple. The sense "core of the agave plant" comes from its resemblance to a pineapple after the leaves are chopped off for harvesting.
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