pisca

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiska̝/

Noun

pisca m (plural piscas)

1. pinch; a small amount

   Synonyms: gran, nisco

Related terms

• albiscar
• biscallo
• biscarda
• biscardo
• piscar
• pisco

References

• “pisca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pisca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pisca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

pisca

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpiʃ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpiʃ.kɐ/

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

• “pisca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “pisca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “pisca” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “pisca” in Dicionário Online de Português.

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.

Noun

pisca m (plural piscas)

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

Further reading

• “pisca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014