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See also: pistä, Pista, and писта

English

Noun

pista (plural pistas)

  1. (South Asia) pistachio

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French piste.

Pronunciation

Noun

pista f (plural pistes)

  1. track, trail, lead
  2. clue
  3. runway
  4. route, path, track, footpath
  5. (sports) track
  6. (music) track
    pista bonus ― bonus track

Derived terms

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa < Latin festa, plural of festum.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pis‧ta

Noun

pista

  1. feast day
  2. feast or banquet associated with such festival

Verb

pista

  1. to celebrate such festival
  2. to prepare a feast for such festival
  3. to attend such festival or feast

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pista.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Estonian

Verb

pista

  1. Da-infinitive of pistma.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

pista

  1. third-person singular past historic of pister

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Variant of pesta (“footprint”), technical senses influenced by French piste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.sta/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: pì‧sta

Noun

pista f (plural piste)

  1. track, trail, scent, clue
    il poliziotto seguiva la pista dei complici del sospettato
    the police officer was following the trail of the suspect's accomplices
  2. (sports) track, racetrack, racecourse, course, rink
    Synonyms: circuito, tracciato
    pista di Formula uno ― Formula One racetrack
  3. (skiing) ski run, ski slope, piste, trail
    pista da sci ― ski slope
  4. track (sound stored on a record, cassette, etc.)
  5. (aviation) runway
  6. (slang) line (of cocaine)

Interjection

pista

  1. make way

Related terms

Descendants

  • → French: piste (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ pista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

pista

  1. inflection of pistus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

pistā

  1. ablative feminine singular of pistus

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
  • Hyphenation: pis‧ta

Noun

pista f (plural pistas)

  1. track; road; path
    1. lane (division of roadway)
      Synonym: faixa
    2. racetrack (course over which any type of race is run)
    3. Clipping of pista de pouso. (runway)
    4. Clipping of pista de dança. (dancefloor)
  2. footprints
    Synonyms: pegadas, rastro
  3. clue (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
    Synonym: indício

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pista.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pîsta/
  • Hyphenation: pis‧ta

Noun

pȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏ста)

  1. runway (for airplanes)

Declension

Declension of pista
singular plural
nominative pȉsta piste
genitive piste pȋstā / pȋstī
dative pisti pistama
accusative pistu piste
vocative pisto piste
locative pisti pistama
instrumental pistom pistama

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pista. Compare English piston.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpista/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: pis‧ta

Noun

pista f (plural pistas)

  1. track, course, trail
  2. (aviation) runway
  3. (bowling) lane
  4. (sports, Spain) court (field on which tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, etc is played)
    Synonym: (Latin America) cancha
    pista de baloncesto ― basketball court
  5. clue, fingerprint
    Synonym: indicio

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Early borrowing from Spanish fiesta. Compare Malay pesta. Doublet of piyesta, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pisˈta/,
  • Hyphenation: pis‧ta

Noun

pistá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. feast day; festival; festivity
    Synonym: pagdiriwang
    Ika-16 ng Enero ang pista ng Santo Niño. ― The feast of the Santo Niño is at January 16.
  2. feast or banquet associated with a feast day
    Synonyms: piyesta, piging, handa
  3. (obsolete) feast kept outside of a Sunday or a patron holiday
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pisˈtaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: pis‧ta

Noun

pistâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. act of undervaluing or underrating, in a mean manner, the merits of someone or something; faultfinding; belittlement
    Synonyms: pintas, puna, pula, pagmamaliit
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish pista (“track; course”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pisˈtaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: pis‧ta

Noun

pistâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. lane
    Synonym: daan

References

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