different between pacu vs piranha

English

Etymology

From Portuguese pacu, from Old Tupi paku.

Noun

pacu (plural pacus)

1. Any of several South American freshwater fishes related to the piranha.

Derived terms

• black pacu (Colossoma macropomum, Myleus schomburgkii, or Piaractus brachypomus)
• red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus or Colossoma macropomum)

Translations

Anagrams

• A cup, A-cup, Cupa, Puac, caup

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.t??u/
• Rhymes: -acu, -cu, -u

Verb

pacu (Jawi spelling ?????)

1. to drive
2. to spur
3. to urge

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: pacu

References

• "pacu" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ?ISBN, 2005.
• “pacu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

pacu

1. third-person plural imperfect active of pacati (“to cook”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.t?su/

Noun

pacu m

1. locative/vocative singular of pac

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pacú (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi paku.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.?ku/

Noun

pacu m (plural pacus)

1. pacu (any of several species of South American fishes)

Derived terms

• pacuzinho (diminutive)
• pacuzão (augmentative)

English

Alternative forms

• piraña, pirana
• piraya (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1869. The first part of the term is from Old Tupi pirá (“fish”). There are several theories regarding the source of second part, including:

• It may be from Old Tupi sanha, sainha (“tooth”), or a Guaraní cognate of the same.
• It may be from Old Tupi ánha, anhá (“cut”) (which also meant "bad" or "devil" in Tupi-Guarani).
• The full term may have been pira nya, a variant of pira'ya (“scissor-fish”), in Old Tupi.

The term entered English via Portuguese (as piranha) and Spanish (as piraña).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p?????nj?/, /p?????n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p????nj?/, /p???ænj?/, /p????n?/, /p???æn?/

Noun

piranha (plural piranhas or piranha)

1. (ichthyology) Any of the carnivorous or frugivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the subfamily Serrasalminae.

Derived terms

• piranha solution

Translations

References

Cebuano

Etymology

From English piranha, from Old Tupi pirãia (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi?ran?ha

Noun

piranha

1. a piranha

Italian

Etymology

From Old Tupi.

Noun

piranha m (invariable)

1. piranha

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi pirãia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?pi.????.?a/

Noun

piranha f (plural piranhas)

1. piranha
2. (derogatory, vulgar, Brazil) slut