pieza
Asturian
Noun
pieza f (plural pieces)
- piece; part
Livonian
Alternative forms
- piezā
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pesä.
Noun
pieza
- nest
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Compare French pièce, Italian pezza, Catalan and Portuguese peça.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈpjeθa/ [ˈpje.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈpjesa/ [ˈpje.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: pie‧za
Noun
pieza f (plural piezas)
- piece, part
- Synonym: pedazo, trozo
- (Argentina, Paraguay, Chile) room
- Synonym: habitación
- (heraldry) ordinary
Derived terms
- de una pieza
- pasapiezas
Related terms
- empezar
See also
| Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text) | |||||
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| rey | dama, reina | torre, roque | alfil | caballo | peón |
Further reading
- “pieza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014