pires

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See also: Pires and pirés

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pires

  1. plural of pire

Anagrams

Portuguese

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Um pires

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Malay piring (“saucer”), from Classical Persian پرنگ (piring, “copper”), perhaps originally a plural form.[1][2] Compare Indonesian piring, Afrikaans piering.

Noun

pires m (invariable)

  1. saucer (small dish)
Descendants
  • → Bengali: পিরিচ (piric)
  • → Sylheti: ꠙꠤꠞꠤꠌ (firis)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pires

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of pirar

References

  1. ^ “pires”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
  2. ^ “pires”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Verb

pires

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of pirar
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