No. 10,275 in Catalan
pinya
"Pinya" in Catalan means "pine cone" or can refer to the tightly-knit base of participants in a traditional human tower ("castell").
In a sentence
Vaig menjar una pinya tropical molt dolça.
I ate a very sweet tropical pineapple.
Here, 'pinya' refers to the tropical fruit 'pineapple.'
La pinya de la casteller és espectacular.
The base of the human tower is spectacular.
Here, 'pinya' refers to the base of a 'castell' (human tower), a distinctive cultural tradition in Catalonia.
Ens vam reunir en pinya per resoldre el problema.
We got together closely to solve the problem.
Here, 'pinya' is used metaphorically to indicate a group of people coming together in close coordination.
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