pira

pirá

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

pira

1. fish

Latin pyra from Greek πῦρ

pira f

1. pyre

• apri, aprì, IRAP, pari, rapi, rapì, ripa

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾa/

pira

1. skin

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

• pyra (obsolete)

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

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

• (something of unknown name): coisa, troço (Brazil), treco (Brazil), negócio (Brazil), bagulho (Brazil), bagaça (Brazil), trem, cena (Portugal), bang
• (absurd suggestion): viajada, piração

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

Compare Italian pera

pira

1. pear

• IPA^(key): /pìːra/

píra f

1. spelt (grain) (Triticum spelta)

Borrowed from Latin pyra from Greek πῦρ.

pira f (plural piras)

1. pyre

From Caló

pira f (plural piras)

1. escape, flight

• fuga
• huida

• ir de pira
• pirado
• pirarse
• pirante

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.

pira

1. moon