piñata

Etymology
From, from , from , because its paper cover (on traditional making) resembles one. Alternatively from via, from a Chinese custom allegedly introduced by Marco Polo.

Noun

 * 1)  A doll or other decorated container that is filled with candy and hit with a hammer or a stick by blindfolded children during birthday parties or other celebrations until the candy falls out.
 * 2)  Something which is repeatedly hit or damaged over a period of time.

Translations

 * Arabic: پِينْيَاتَا, پِنْيَاتَا
 * Azerbaijani: piniyata
 * Bengali: পিন্যাতা
 * Bulgarian: пиня́та
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 皮納塔
 * Czech: piñata
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pinjato
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , pinyata, piniata
 * German:, Pinata
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: פיניאטה
 * Italian: pentolaccia,
 * Japanese: ピニャータ, ピニャタ
 * Kannada: ಪಿನ್ಯಾತ​, ಪಿಞಾತ​
 * Korean: 피냐타
 * Macedonian: пиња́та
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: piñata
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: pinhata
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пѝњата
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: piñata
 * Telugu: పిన్యాత​, పిఞాత​​​
 * Thai: ปีญาตา
 * Turkish: pinyata
 * Ukrainian: пінья́та

Verb

 * 1) To hit something or someone with sticks after having filled them with candy.
 * 2) * 2015 (November 20) "Zombie Broheims", episode 14 of Pig Goat Banana Cricket
 * Cricket: "Don't pinata me!"

Etymology
From, from , because its paper cover (on traditional making) resembles one. Alternatively from the same source via.

Noun

 * 1)  doll filled with candy

Interjection

 * 1) piñata