pisca

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See also: pișca

Catalan

Verb

pisca

  1. inflection of piscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish pizca.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

pisca m (plural piscas)

  1. pinch; a small amount
    Synonyms: gran, nisco

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

pisca

  1. inflection of piscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Front and side turn signals working

Deverbal from piscar (“blink”).

Noun

pisca f (plural piscas)

  1. (Portugal) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator
    Synonyms: (Portugal) pisca-pisca, (Brasil) seta

Etymology 2

Verb

pisca

  1. inflection of piscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

pisca f (plural piscas)

  1. female equivalent of pisco (“turkey”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pixca.[1]

Noun

pisca m (plural piscas)

  1. (Mexico) harvesting (of coffee, cotton and corn in particular)[2]

References

  1. ^ “pixca” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
  2. ^ “pisca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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