Noun: piñata
Gender: f
Hyphenation: pi‧ña‧ta
| Singular f | piñata |
| Plural f | piñatas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like piñata
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *poi-?
3. Proto-Italic *pīnos
4. Latin pīnus
5. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
6. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos
7. Proto-Italic *-ejos
8. Proto-Italic *-eos
9. Latin -eus
10. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
12. Proto-Italic *-ā
13. Latin -a
14. Latin -ea
15. Latin pīnea
16. Italian pigna
17. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
18. Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
19. Late Latin -ittus
20. Italian -etto
21. Italian -atto
22. ▲
23. Latin -a
24. Italian -a
25. Italian -atta
26. Italian pignattabor.
27. Spanish piñata
28. Borrowed from Italian pignatta (“kind of terracotta pot”), from pigna (“pinecone”), because of the pot's resemblance to them. See: Italian Nouns '
pignatta'.
Verbs referencing "piñata"
Dutch Nouns
piñata, Catalan Nouns
pinyata, German Nouns
Piñata.
Translations