"piranha" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /piˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [Brazil], [piˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ] [Brazil], /piˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [Brazil], [piˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ] [Brazil], /piˈɾɐ.ɲa/ [Southern-Brazil], /piˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/ [Portugal], /piˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/ [Portugal], /piˈɾa.ɲɐ/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: piranhas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɐɲɐ Etymology: Borrowed from Old Tupi pirãîa, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pirãj, from *pira + *tãj. Cognate with Nheengatu piranha. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|bor|tpw>pirãîa>piranha|id=fish|text=++}} Borrowed from Old Tupi pirãîa, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pirãj, from *pira + *tãj., {{cog|yrl|piranha}} Nheengatu piranha Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} piranha f (plural piranhas)
  1. piranha Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-piranha-pt-noun-pt:fish
  2. (derogatory, vulgar, Brazil) slut, whore Tags: Brazil, derogatory, feminine, vulgar Synonyms: vadia
    Sense id: en-piranha-pt-noun-xYFQf7Jk Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese
  3. (Brazil) claw clip Tags: Brazil, feminine Categories (topical): Fasteners, Hair Categories (lifeform): Characins Synonyms: piranha de cabelo
    Sense id: en-piranha-pt-noun-pt:claw_clip Disambiguation of Fasteners: 2 21 77 Disambiguation of Hair: 2 21 78 Disambiguation of Characins: 2 22 76 Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with etymology texts, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 1 24 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 22 77 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymology texts: 1 25 75 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 1 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: boi de piranha, piranha de cabelo, piranha-amarela, piranha-doce, piranha-preta, piranha-vermelha

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "boi de piranha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "piranha de cabelo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "piranha-amarela"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "piranha-doce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "piranha-preta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "piranha-vermelha"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "piranha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: piranha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: piranha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "tpw>pirãîa>piranha",
        "id": "fish",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Tupi pirãîa, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pirãj, from *pira + *tãj.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yrl",
        "2": "piranha"
      },
      "expansion": "Nheengatu piranha",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Tupi pirãîa, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pirãj, from *pira + *tãj.\nCognate with Nheengatu piranha.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "piranhas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "piranha f (plural piranhas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pi‧ra‧nha"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "piranha"
      ],
      "id": "en-piranha-pt-noun-pt:fish",
      "links": [
        [
          "piranha",
          "piranha#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "pt:fish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Brazilian Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Arlete (Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva): Are you... Are you Pelé?\nEdson Arantes do Nascimento: No. I'm Jô Soares, you bitch!",
          "ref": "1979, Carlos Heitor Cony, 59:57 from the start, in Anselmo Duarte, director, Os Trombadinhas, Rio de Janeiro: Embrafilme; Ipanema Filmes:",
          "text": "Arlete (Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva): Você... Você é o Pelé?\nEdson Arantes do Nascimento: Não. Eu sou o Jô Soares, sua piranha!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slut, whore"
      ],
      "id": "en-piranha-pt-noun-xYFQf7Jk",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "slut",
          "slut"
        ],
        [
          "whore",
          "whore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, vulgar, Brazil) slut, whore"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vadia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Brazilian Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 24 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 22 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology texts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 22 76",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Characins",
          "orig": "pt:Characins",
          "parents": [
            "Fish",
            "Otocephalan fish",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 21 77",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Fasteners",
          "orig": "pt:Fasteners",
          "parents": [
            "Tools",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 21 78",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "pt:Hair",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "claw clip"
      ],
      "id": "en-piranha-pt-noun-pt:claw_clip",
      "links": [
        [
          "claw clip",
          "claw clip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil) claw clip"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "pt:claw clip"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "piranha de cabelo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[piˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[piˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ.ɲa/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾa.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐɲɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piranha"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese entries with etymology texts",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐɲɐ",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐɲɐ/3 syllables",
    "pt:Characins",
    "pt:Fasteners",
    "pt:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "boi de piranha"
    },
    {
      "word": "piranha de cabelo"
    },
    {
      "word": "piranha-amarela"
    },
    {
      "word": "piranha-doce"
    },
    {
      "word": "piranha-preta"
    },
    {
      "word": "piranha-vermelha"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "piranha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: piranha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: piranha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "tpw>pirãîa>piranha",
        "id": "fish",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Tupi pirãîa, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pirãj, from *pira + *tãj.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yrl",
        "2": "piranha"
      },
      "expansion": "Nheengatu piranha",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Tupi pirãîa, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pirãj, from *pira + *tãj.\nCognate with Nheengatu piranha.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "piranhas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "piranha f (plural piranhas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pi‧ra‧nha"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "piranha"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "piranha",
          "piranha#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "pt:fish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese",
        "Portuguese derogatory terms",
        "Portuguese terms with quotations",
        "Portuguese vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Arlete (Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva): Are you... Are you Pelé?\nEdson Arantes do Nascimento: No. I'm Jô Soares, you bitch!",
          "ref": "1979, Carlos Heitor Cony, 59:57 from the start, in Anselmo Duarte, director, Os Trombadinhas, Rio de Janeiro: Embrafilme; Ipanema Filmes:",
          "text": "Arlete (Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva): Você... Você é o Pelé?\nEdson Arantes do Nascimento: Não. Eu sou o Jô Soares, sua piranha!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slut, whore"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "slut",
          "slut"
        ],
        [
          "whore",
          "whore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, vulgar, Brazil) slut, whore"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vadia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "claw clip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "claw clip",
          "claw clip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil) claw clip"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "pt:claw clip"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "piranha de cabelo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[piˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[piˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ.ɲa/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈɾa.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐɲɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piranha"
}

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