Usage Note
Piranha is invariable in Italian: both singular and plural are piranha. It is masculine: il piranha, i piranha. The word entered Italian via Portuguese from the Tupi language of Brazil.
Examples
"Il piranha vive nei fiumi amazzonici."
Natural Translation
The piranha lives in Amazonian rivers.

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