pira
Spanish, noun
pira is spelled P-I-R-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pira is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pyre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of pirar. With an accent, pirá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of pirar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hoguera”.
What does pira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepyre
noun
- 1
feminineescape, flight
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of pirar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hoguera en que antiguamente se quemaban los cuerpos de los difuntos y las víctimas de los sacrificios. 2. Hoguera. 3. Punta (figura triangular).
noun: 1. Fuga, huida.
interjection: 1. Se usa para llamar a las gallinas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pira
- piras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pira in Spanish?
pira appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).