pitar

Borrowed from Spanish pitar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

pitar (first-person singular present pito, first-person singular preterite pití, past participle pitat)

1. (Castilianism) to honk (use a car horn); whistle

• “pitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Probably from picar.

• IPA^(key): /piˈtaɾ/

pitar (first-person singular present pito, first-person singular preterite pitei, past participle pitado)

1. to mince

   Synonym: picar

2. to chop

   Synonym: picar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Vedic Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ).

pitar m

1. father

• mātāpitar

• → Thai: บิดา (bì-daa), ปิตา (bpì-dtaa)

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pitar”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Borrowed from Spanish pitar.

pitar (first-person singular present pito, first-person singular preterite pitei, past participle pitado)

1. (transitive or intransitive, Brazil) to smoke (especially a pipe)
2. to break into smaller bits (especially tobacco)

   Synonym: cachimbar

• “pitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Unknown.

pitar (first-person singular present pito, first-person singular preterite pitei, past participle pitado) (transitive)

1. (Portugal, regional) to make holes in, to bore

• “pitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From pitéu +‎ -ar.

pitar (first-person singular present pito, first-person singular preterite pitei, past participle pitado) (transitive)

1. (Angola, Portugal, colloquial) to eat

• “pitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From pită +‎ -ar.

pitar m (plural pitari)

1. baker

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pittarium, ultimately from Byzantine Greek πιθάριον (pithárion).

• IPA^(key): /pǐtaːr/

pìtār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝта̄р)

1. (regional) flowerpot

• “pitar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /piˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pi‧tar

pitar (first-person singular present pito, first-person singular preterite pité, past participle pitado)

1. to whistle, buzz, beep, honk, puff
2. (sports) to referee, call (to make a decision as a referee or umpire)

   Antonym: despitar

   El arbitró pitó falta ― The referee called a foul.

• “pitar”, 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