pisca

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Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

pisca

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

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish pizca.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pisca m (plural piscas)

  1. pinch; a small amount
    Synonyms: gran, nisco
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “pellizcar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

pisca

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

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Etymology 1[edit]

Front and side turn signals working

Deverbal from piscar (blink).

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Verb[edit]

pisca

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

Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun[edit]

pisca f (plural piscas)

  1. female equivalent of pisco (turkey)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pixca.[1]

Noun[edit]

pisca m (plural piscas)

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ pixca” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.
  2. ^ pisca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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