pi|ña|ta

pi|ña|ta «pee NYAH tah», noun, plural -tas.

Spanish. a papier-mâché or clay pot shaped especially like a person or animal, and filled with candy, fruit, and toys, which is hung above the heads of children at Christmastime in Mexico and other Latin-American countries. The children are blindfolded and given chances to break the piñata with a stick to obtain its contents.