pedazo

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈdaθo/ [peˈð̞a.θʊ]

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

 

• Rhymes: -aθo

• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso

• Hyphenation: pe‧da‧zo

Noun

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pedaço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pedaço”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pedazo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pedazo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pedazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pedazo m (plural pedazos)

1. piece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite (a part of a larger whole)

   Synonyms: cacho, pieza, trozo, parte, (New Mexico) chonque

   • 1935, “Veinte años”, Guillermina Aramburú (lyrics), María Teresa Vera (music):

     Un amor que se nos va / Es un pedazo del alma / Que se arranca sin piedad

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

• apedazar
• despedazar
• hacer pedazos
• pedacito
• pedazo de pan

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: pedaso
• → Tagalog: piraso

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “pedazo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 456

Further reading

• “pedazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10