piña

pinecone; pineapple; close-knit group; the core of the agave plant; corncob

“[…] debatimos de muchas cosas, pero una vez que las cosas se debaten, y una vez que llegamos a un acuerdo, somos una piña”

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *poi-? Proto-Italic *pīnos Latin pīnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -ea Latin pīnea Spanish piña Inherited from Latin pīnea. The sense "pineapple" comes from its resemblance to a pinecone, similarly to English pineapple. The sense "core of the agave plant" comes from its resemblance to a pineapple after

a punch; collision, accident, crash

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *poi-? Proto-Italic *pīnos Latin pīnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -ea Latin pīnea Italian pigna Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etto Italian -atto ▲ Latin -a Italian -a Italian -atta Italian pignattabor. Spanish piñatabf. Spanish piña Back-formation from pi