piñata

piñata

noun

piñata
feminine noun
1= pot full of sweets

piñata [pe-nayh’-tah]
noun
1Pitcher, pot. (f)
2Jar or pot ornamented with fancy paper and filled with sweetmeats, which is hung from the ceiling so that the merrymakers, one by one and blindfolded, try to break it with a stick. (f)
It is very popular at Christmas festivities and at children’s parties.

piñata
sustantivo:femenino
(en fiestas) container hung up at parties to be beaten with sticks until sweets or presents fall out
piñata (muy_familiar)
sustantivo:femenino
(dientes) ivories; (familiar) (p) teeth; (p)
piñata
sustantivo:femenino
(S. Cone) brawl; scrap; (familiar)

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