pedazo

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pedaço, from Vulgar Latin pitaccium, metathesis of pittacium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /peˈdaθo/ [peˈð̞a.θʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /peˈdaso/ [peˈð̞a.sʊ]

 

  • Hyphenation: pe‧da‧zo

Noun

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pedazo m (plural pedazos)

  1. piece, fragment, part, patch, bit
    • 1349, Anselmo López Carreira, Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 296:
      per tal condiçon que vos e todas vossas voses que chantedes de viña todo o dito monte que perteensçe aa dita viña que esta por chantar, pedaço e pedaço de cada anno ata que o dito monte seia todo chantado
      under the condition that you and your heirs plant with vines all of said wilderness that belongs to said vineyard and which its pending, bit by bit each year till said wilderness is totally planted
    Synonyms: anaco, bocado, cacho
  2. a little time, a little while
    Synonyms: bocado, chisco, pouco

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pedazo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish pedaço, from Vulgar Latin pitaccium, consonant-length metathesis of Latin pittacium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /peˈdaθo/ [peˈð̞a.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peˈdaso/ [peˈð̞a.so]
  • Rhymes: -aθo
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: pe‧da‧zo

Noun

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pedazo m (plural pedazos)

  1. piece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite (a part of a larger whole)
    Synonyms: cacho, pieza, trozo, parte, (New Mexico) chonque
  2. patch (e.g. of sky, cloth, skin, space)
    Synonym: parche
  3. scrap (e.g. of paper, information)
  4. lump (e.g. of metal, rock, clay, wood)
    Synonym: grumo
  5. slab (e.g. of meat, of cheese)
    Synonyms: plancha, tabla, lámina
  6. shard (e.g. of glass, ice)
    Synonyms: casco, esquirla

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bikol Central: pedaso
  • Tagalog: piraso

References

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Further reading

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