piraña

See also: pirana and piraňa

English

Noun

piraña (plural pirañas)

  1. Alternative spelling of piranha

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish piraña, from Old Tupi. For more details, see piranha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piˈɾaɲa/, [piˈɾa.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧ña

Noun

piraña f (plural pirañes)

  1. piranha

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish piraña, from Old Tupi. For more details, see piranha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piɾaɲa/ [pi.ɾa.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧ña

Noun

piraña anim

  1. piranha

Declension
Declension of piraña (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive piraña piraña pirañak
ergative pirañak pirañak pirañek
dative pirañari pirañari pirañei
genitive pirañaren pirañaren pirañen
comitative pirañarekin pirañarekin pirañekin
causative pirañarengatik pirañarengatik pirañengatik
benefactive pirañarentzat pirañarentzat pirañentzat
instrumental pirañaz pirañaz pirañez
inessive pirañarengan pirañarengan pirañengan
locative — — —
allative pirañarengana pirañarengana pirañengana
terminative pirañarenganaino pirañarenganaino pirañenganaino
directive pirañarenganantz pirañarenganantz pirañenganantz
destinative pirañarenganako pirañarenganako pirañenganako
ablative pirañarengandik pirañarengandik pirañengandik
partitive pirañarik — —
prolative pirañatzat — —

Further reading
  • "piraña" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Tupi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piˈɾaɲa/ [piˈɾa.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Syllabification: pi‧ra‧ña

Noun

piraña f (plural pirañas)

  1. piranha

Further reading
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