"piñata" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɪnˈjɑː.tə/, /pɪnˈjæ.tə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-piñata.wav [Southern-England] Forms: piñatas [plural]
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish piñata, from piña, from Latin pinea (“pinecone”), because its paper cover (on traditional making) resembles one. Alternatively from Spanish via Italian pignatta (“clay pot”), from a Chinese custom allegedly introduced by Marco Polo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peyH-}}, {{bor|en|es-MX|piñata}} Mexican Spanish piñata, {{m|es|piña}} piña, {{der|en|la|pinea||pinecone}} Latin pinea (“pinecone”), {{der|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{der|en|it|pignatta||clay pot}} Italian pignatta (“clay pot”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} piñata (plural piñatas)
  1. (Latin American culture) A doll or other decorated container that is filled with candy and hit with a hammer or a stick by blindfolded children during birthday parties or other celebrations until the candy falls out. Translations (candy-filled container that is hit with a stick): پِينْيَاتَا (pīnyātā) (Arabic), پِنْيَاتَا (pinyātā) (Arabic), piniyata (Azerbaijani), পিন্যাতা (pinnata) (Bengali), пиня́та (pinjáta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 皮納塔 (Chinese Mandarin), 皮纳塔 (pínàtǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), piñata [feminine] (Czech), piñata [feminine] (Dutch), pinjato (Esperanto), piñata (Finnish), piñata [feminine] (French), Piñata [feminine] (German), Pinata [feminine] (German), πινιάτα (piniáta) [feminine] (Greek), פיניאטה (Hebrew), pentolaccia [feminine] (Italian), pignatta [feminine] (Italian), ピニャータ (pinyāta) (Japanese), ピニャタ (pinyata) (Japanese), ಪಿನ್ಯಾತ (pinyāta) (Kannada), ಪಿಞಾತ (piñāta) (Kannada), 피냐타 (pinyata) (Korean), пиња́та (pinjáta) [feminine] (Macedonian), piñata [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), piniata [feminine] (Polish), pinhata [feminine] (Portuguese), пинья́та (pinʹjáta) [feminine] (Russian), пѝњата [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pìnjata [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), piñata [feminine] (Spanish), piñata [common-gender] (Swedish), పిన్యాత (pinyāta) (Telugu), పిఞాత (piñāta) (Telugu), ปีญาตา (Thai), pinyata (Turkish), пінья́та (pinʹjáta) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-piñata-en-noun-44f51Rl3 Disambiguation of 'candy-filled container that is hit with a stick': 93 7
  2. (figuratively) Something which is repeatedly hit or damaged over a period of time. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-piñata-en-noun-GPJ-RrQr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 68 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pinata

Verb [English]

IPA: /pɪnˈjɑː.tə/, /pɪnˈjæ.tə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-piñata.wav [Southern-England] Forms: piñatas [present, singular, third-person], piñataing [participle, present], piñataed [participle, past], piñataed [past]
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish piñata, from piña, from Latin pinea (“pinecone”), because its paper cover (on traditional making) resembles one. Alternatively from Spanish via Italian pignatta (“clay pot”), from a Chinese custom allegedly introduced by Marco Polo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peyH-}}, {{bor|en|es-MX|piñata}} Mexican Spanish piñata, {{m|es|piña}} piña, {{der|en|la|pinea||pinecone}} Latin pinea (“pinecone”), {{der|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{der|en|it|pignatta||clay pot}} Italian pignatta (“clay pot”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} piñata (third-person singular simple present piñatas, present participle piñataing, simple past and past participle piñataed)
  1. To hit something or someone with sticks after having filled them with candy.
    Sense id: en-piñata-en-verb-3TGtvvLp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pinata

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /piˈɲata/, [piˈɲa.t̪a] Forms: piñatas [plural]
Rhymes: -ata Etymology: From piña, from Latin pinea (“pinecone”), because its paper cover (on traditional making) resembles one. Alternatively from the same source via Italian pignatta. Etymology templates: {{m|es|piña}} piña, {{der|es|la|pinea||pinecone}} Latin pinea (“pinecone”), {{bor|es|it|pignatta}} Italian pignatta Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} piñata f (plural piñatas)
  1. piñata (doll filled with candy) Wikipedia link: Diccionario de la lengua española, es:piñata Tags: feminine Derived forms: baile de piñata, Domingo de Piñata, piñatería
    Sense id: en-piñata-es-noun-3nSzQYe9 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "[piˈɲa.t̪a]"
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    "English terms borrowed from Mexican Spanish",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Mexican Spanish",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Spanish",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyH-",
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    "English terms spelled with ◌̃",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
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          "parties",
          "parties"
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          "celebration",
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      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2020 August 5, Drachinifel, 3:29 from the start, in The Battle of Jutland - Clash of the Titans - Part 2 (Jellicoe vs Scheer), archived from the original on 2022-09-12",
          "text": "[…] Wiesbaden, largely crippled, nevertheless refuses to sink for the moment, and will become something of a steel piñata for passing British capital ships over the next few hours whilst throwing the odd torpedo back in retaliation.",
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      "ipa": "/pɪnˈjɑː.tə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪnˈjæ.tə/"
    },
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        "Southern-England"
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "pīnyātā",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "پِينْيَاتَا"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "پِنْيَاتَا"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "piniyata"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "pinnata",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "পিন্যাতা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pinjáta",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пиня́та"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "皮納塔"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pínàtǎ",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "皮纳塔"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piñata"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piñata"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "pinjato"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "piñata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piñata"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Piñata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pinata"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "piniáta",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πινιάτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "פיניאטה"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pentolaccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pignatta"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pinyāta",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "ピニャータ"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pinyata",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "ピニャタ"
    },
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      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "pinyāta",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "ಪಿನ್ಯಾತ"
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      "code": "kn",
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      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "ಪಿಞಾತ"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pinyata",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "피냐타"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pinjáta",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пиња́та"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piñata"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piniata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinhata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pinʹjáta",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пинья́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "пѝњата"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "piñata"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "piñata"
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    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pinyāta",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "పిన్యాత"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "piñāta",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "పిఞాత"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "ปีญาตา"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "word": "pinyata"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "candy-filled container that is hit with a stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пінья́та"
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}

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        "present",
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          "text": "2015 (November 20) \"Zombie Broheims\", episode 14 of Pig Goat Banana Cricket\nCricket: \"Don't pinata me!\""
        }
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      "ipa": "/pɪnˈjɑː.tə/"
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      "ipa": "/pɪnˈjæ.tə/"
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      "word": "baile de piñata"
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    {
      "word": "Domingo de Piñata"
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      "word": "piñatería"
    }
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pinata",
            "3": "piñata",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pinata, piñata",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pinata, piñata"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pinhata",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: pinhata",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: pinhata"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "piña"
      },
      "expansion": "piña",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pinea",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pinecone"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pinea (“pinecone”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "pignatta"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian pignatta",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From piña, from Latin pinea (“pinecone”), because its paper cover (on traditional making) resembles one. Alternatively from the same source via Italian pignatta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "piñatas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "piñata f (plural piñatas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pi‧ña‧ta"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ata",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ata/3 syllables",
        "Spanish 3-syllable words",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish feminine nouns",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Italian",
        "Spanish terms derived from Italian",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "piñata (doll filled with candy)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "piñata",
          "piñata#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Diccionario de la lengua española",
        "es:piñata"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɲata/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[piˈɲa.t̪a]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ata"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piñata"
}

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