pira

See also: PIRA, pirá, píra, and pirã

Cebuano

Pronoun

pirá

  1. (interrogative) how many
  2. (interrogative) how much

Guaraní

Noun

pira

  1. fish

Italian

Etymology

Latin pyra from Greek πῦρ

Noun

pira f

  1. pyre

Anagrams

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɾa/

Noun

pira

  1. skin

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɾa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra

Noun

pira f (plural piras)

  1. pyre (heap on which corpses are burned)
  2. (slang) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)
  3. (Brazil, slang) a proposition, suggestion or theory considered absurd or rather unlikely

Synonyms

Verb

pira

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pirar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pirar

Sardinian

Etymology

Compare Italian pera

Noun

pira

  1. pear

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpìːra/
  • Tonal orthography: píra

Noun

píra f (genitive píre, nominative plural píre)

  1. spelt (grain) (Triticum spelta)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pyra from Greek πῦρ.

Noun

pira f (plural piras)

  1. pyre

Etymology 2

From Caló

Noun

pira f (plural piras)

  1. escape, flight
Synonyms

Verb

pira

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pirar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pirar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pirar.

Warlpiri

Noun

pira

  1. moon
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