piña

Meaning

  1. (feminine) pinecone
  2. (feminine) pineapple
  3. (Argentina,Bolivia,Canary-Islands,Cuba,Honduras,Paraguay,Uruguay,feminine) punch (blow with the fist)
  4. (Argentina,colloquial,feminine) collision, accident, crash
  5. (feminine,figuratively) close-knit group
  6. (feminine) the core of the agave plant
  7. (El-Salvador,colloquial,feminine) gay male

Concepts

pineapple

ananas

cone

pine cone

clique

cluster

pinecone

bang

bash

smash

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
pi‧ña
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpiɲa/
Etymology

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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