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/Sounds like "pee" (as in "pea") + "NYAH" (as in "Nyan") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

A colorful decorated figure made of papier-mache or cardboard, filled with candy and fruit, hung up to be smashed with a stick while blindfolded. Breaking the piñata is the peak moment of any Mexican birthday party, and the traditional seven-pointed star shape has its own meaning in Mexican folk culture.

Examples

The kid hit the piñata and broke it on the first swing, everyone went wild.

The piñata was the classic seven-pointed star shape.

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Regional synonyms

A blockhead or dimwit who makes the most basic mistakes over and over, in Spain, Argentina, and Chile. A zoquete is not just clueless once: they are consistently, reliably wrong no matter how patiently you explain things.