pedaço

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pitaccium, consonant-length metathesis of Latin pittacium (“label”), from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion, “ticket, receipt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈdat͡so/

Noun

pedaço m (plural pedaços)

1. piece, fragment
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 56r:

     Et fallan la ſiempre en forma de redoma ⁊ parece dentro en ella figura de ſanguſuela. ⁊ ſi la quebrantan en cada pedaço fallã otro tal.

     And they always find it shaped like a vase, and inside it seems to have what looks like a leech, and if they break it, in each piece they find the same.

Synonyms

• pieça f

Descendants

• Ladino: pedaso
• Spanish: pedazo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pedaço, from Latin pittacium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion). Compare Spanish pedazo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈda.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈda.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈda.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈda.su/ [pɨˈða.su]

• Rhymes: -asu
• Hyphenation: pe‧da‧ço

Noun

pedaço m (plural pedaços)

1. piece

   Synonyms: parte, peça

   Encontrei um pedaço de papel no quarto.

   I found a piece of paper in the room.

2. (by extension) moment (of time)
3. (colloquial) hottie (physically or sexually attractive person)

Derived terms

• pedacinho