piraña

See also: pirana and piraňa

English

Noun

piraña (plural pirañas)

1. Alternative spelling of piranha

Anagrams

• Parian

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

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

• “piraña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10