piraña
Spanish, noun/piˈɾaɲa/
piraña is spelled P-I-R-A-Ñ-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piraña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “piranha” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Pristobrycon spp., Pygocentrus spp., Serrasalmus spp.) Cualquiera de una cincuentena de especies de peces…”.
What does piraña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepiranha
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Pristobrycon spp., Pygocentrus spp., Serrasalmus spp.) Cualquiera de una cincuentena de especies de peces fluviales nativos de América del Sur, de fuerte dentición y hábitos carnívoros y agresivos, aunque la extrema voracidad con que se las representa habitualmente no tiene correlato real.
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 piraña
- pirañas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piraña?
- /piˈɾaɲa/
- [piˈɾa.ɲa]
- [piˈɾaɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piraña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piraña in Spanish?
piraña appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).