pista
See also: pistä and Pista
English
Noun
pista (plural pistas)
- (South Asia) pistachio
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French piste.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈpis.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpis.ta/
Noun
pista f (plural pistes)
- track, trail, lead
- clue
- runway
- route, path, track, footpath
- (sports) track
- (music) track
- pista bonus ― bonus track
Derived terms
- despistar
Further reading
- “pista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa < Latin festa, plural of festum.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pis‧ta
Noun
pista
- feast day
- feast or banquet associated with such festival
Verb
pista
- to celebrate such festival
- to prepare a feast for such festival
- to attend such festival or feast
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pista.
Derived terms
- mamistahay
Anagrams
- ispat, patis, pisat, sipat, tapis, tipas
Estonian
Verb
pista
- Da-infinitive of pistma.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pis.ta/
- Homophones: pistas, pistât
Verb
pista
- third-person singular past historic of pister
Anagrams
- pâtis, tapis
Italian
Etymology
Variant of pesta (“footprint”), technical senses influenced by French piste.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.sta/
- Rhymes: -ista
- Hyphenation: pì‧sta
Noun
pista f (plural piste)
- track, trail, scent, clue
- il poliziotto seguiva la pista dei complici del sospettato
- the police officer was following the trail of the suspect's accomplices
- (sports) track, racetrack, racecourse, course, rink
- Synonyms: circuito, tracciato
- pista di Formula uno ― Formula One racetrack
- (skiing) ski run, ski slope, piste, trail
- pista da sci ― ski slope
- track (sound stored on a record, cassette, etc.)
- (aviation) runway
- (slang) line (of cocaine)
Interjection
pista
- make way
Related terms
- depistare
- pesta
- pistard
Descendants
- → French: piste (see there for further descendants)
References
- pista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Further reading
pista on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
- pasti, spati, stipa
Latin
Participle
pista
- inflection of pistus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
pistā
- ablative feminine singular of pistus
References
- pista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpiʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpis.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpiʃ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: pis‧ta
Noun
pista f (plural pistas)
- track; road; path
- lane (division of roadway)
- Synonym: faixa
- racetrack (course over which any type of race is run)
- Clipping of pista de pouso. (runway)
- Clipping of pista de dança. (dancefloor)
- lane (division of roadway)
- footprints
- Synonyms: pegadas, rastro
- clue (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
- Synonym: indício
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pista.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pîsta/
- Hyphenation: pis‧ta
Noun
pȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏ста)
- runway (for airplanes)
Declension
Declension of pista
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pȉsta | piste |
| genitive | piste | pȋstā / pȋstī |
| dative | pisti | pistama |
| accusative | pistu | piste |
| vocative | pisto | piste |
| locative | pisti | pistama |
| instrumental | pistom | pistama |
Spanish
Etymology
From Italian pista. Compare English piston.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpista/ [ˈpis.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: pis‧ta
Noun
pista f (plural pistas)
- track, course, trail
- (aviation) runway
- (sports, Spain) court (field on which tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, etc is played)
- Synonym: (Latin America) cancha
- pista de baloncesto ― basketball court
- clue
- (bowling) lane
Derived terms
- autopista
- ciclismo en pista
- despistar
- pista de aterrizaje
- pista de baile
- pista de despegue
- pista de hielo
- pista de tenis
- pista falsa
- pista rápida
Further reading
- “pista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Early borrowing from Spanish fiesta. Compare Malay pesta. Doublet of piyesta, a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pis‧ta
- IPA(key): /pisˈta/, [pɪsˈta]
Noun
pistá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- feast day; festival; festivity
- Synonym: pagdiriwang
- Ika-16 ng Enero ang pista ng Santo Niño. ― The feast of the Santo Niño is at January 16.
- feast or banquet associated with a feast day
- Synonyms: piyesta, piging, handa
- (obsolete) feast kept outside of a Sunday or a patron holiday [16th–17th c.]
Alternative forms
- piyasta – obsolete
- piſta – obsolete
Derived terms
- ipagpista
- kapistahan
- magpista
- makipamista
- mamimista
- mamista
- pagpistahan
- pamista
- pista opisyal
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pis‧ta
- IPA(key): /pisˈtaʔ/, [pɪsˈtaʔ]
Noun
pistâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- act of undervaluing or underrating, in a mean manner, the merits of someone or something; faultfinding; belittlement
- Synonyms: pintas, puna, pula, pagmamaliit
Derived terms
- ipista
- magpista
- pagpista
- pamimista
- pamista
- pistaan
- pumista
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanish pista (“track; course”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pis‧ta
- IPA(key): /pisˈtaʔ/, [pɪsˈtaʔ]
Noun
pistâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- lane
- Synonym: daan
References
- “pista”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano (in Spanish and Tagalog), page 110
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 320: “Fieſta) Piſta ([pc]) C. que ſe guarda fuera del domingo ola fieſta del patron”
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 417: “Menos preciar) Piſta (pc) C. teniẽdo [a otro] en poco”