piña

f.

1 a mound of earth in the form of a cone.

2 jaunt, felloe, any piece of the circumference of a coach or cart wheel.

3 pinna.

4 pina.

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piña

► nombre femenino

1 (fruta) pineapple

2 (del pino) pine cone

3 (golpe) bang; (fuerte) crash

■ dieron una piña contra un muro they crashed into a wall

4 familiar (de personas) clique

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer piña / formar piña to close ranks, pull together

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1. SF

1) [de pino] pine cone

2) (=fruta) pineapple

piña de América, piña de las Indias — pineapple

3) [de personas] (=grupo) group; (=conjunto) cluster, knot; (=corrillo) clique, closed circle

como una piña —

estaban unidos como una piña — they were a very close-knit group

4) Caribe, Méx [de rueda] hub

5) * (=golpe) punch, bash *

darse una piña — to have a crash

darse piñas — to fight, exchange blows

6) Méx [de revólver] chamber

7) And

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¡qué piña! — bad luck!

estar piña — to be unlucky

2.

SM CAm ** poof **, faggot (EEUU) **

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femenino

1) (Bot) (fruta) pineapple; (del pino) pine cone

2) (fam) (puñetazo) thump (colloq)

le dio una piña — he thumped him (colloq)

agarrarse a piñas — to come to blows (colloq)

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femenino

1) (Bot) (fruta) pineapple; (del pino) pine cone

2) (fam) (puñetazo) thump (colloq)

le dio una piña — he thumped him (colloq)

agarrarse a piñas — to come to blows (colloq)

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piña¹

¹ = cone, pine cone.

Ex: This peat is rich in beaver chewed wood fragments, twigs, sedge, seeds, husks, coleoptera parts, small bones, and conifer cones.

Ex: The main symptom of dropsy in fish is a swollen or bloated condition with the scales standing out like in pine cones.

* ser una piña = stand + together.

piña²

² = pineapple.

Ex: Caribbean Indians placed pineapples outside the entrances to their dwellings as symbols of friendship and hospitality.

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piña¹

adjective

(Per fam): hoy estoy piña I'm not having much luck today

¡qué piña es! she's so unlucky!

piña²

feminine

A (Bot) (fruta) pineapple; (del pino) pine cone

pinchar más que una piña bajo el brazo (Ven fam); to be a pain in the neck (colloq)

Compuesto:

piña colada

piña colada

B (fam) (puñetazo) thump (colloq)

le dio una piña he thumped him (colloq)

se agarraron a piñas they started thumping each other (colloq)

ser una piña (Ven); to be very strict

C (Esp) (de personas) tight-knit circle o group, close circle o group

hacer piña con algn to back sb up, close ranks around sb

D (Méx) (de la ducha) rose, showerhead

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piña sustantivo femenino (Bot) (fruta) pineapple;
(del pino) pine cone
piña sustantivo femenino
1 (fruto tropical) pineapple
2 (de pino) pine cone
3 fam (grupo) clan, group
formar una piña, to rally round, stick together
'piña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rodaja
- conserva
English:
cone
- pineapple
- pinecone
- pine

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piña¹ nf

1. [del pino] pine cone

2. [fruta tropical] pineapple

Comp

piña colada piña colada

3. [conjunto de gente] close-knit group;

formar una piña to rally round

4. Fam [golpe] knock, bash;

darse una piña to have a crash

5. RP, Ven Fam [puñetazo] thump;

dar una piña a alguien to thump sb

6. Perú Fam [infortunio]

¡qué piña! how unlucky!

piña², piñoso, -a adj

Perú Fam unlucky;

qué piña estoy hoy I'm right out of luck today

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piña

f del pino pine cone; fruta pineapple;

formar una piña en torno a alguien fig close ranks around s.o.

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piña nf

1) : pineapple

2) : pine cone

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piña n

1. (tropical) pineapple

piña en almíbar tinned pineapple

2. (fruto del pino) pine cone

recogieron piñas para adornar el árbol de Navidad they collected pine cones to decorate the Christmas tree