peça
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Compare French pièce, Italian pezza, Spanish pieza.
Pronunciation
Noun
peça f (plural peces)
- piece (a part of something)
- room (division of a building)
- garment, article of clothing
- (heraldry) ordinary
Further reading
- “peça”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “peça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “peça” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “peça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Noun
peça f (plural peças, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of peza
Verb
peça
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of pedir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “peça” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.sɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
- Hyphenation: pe‧ça
Etymology 1
From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Compare French pièce, Italian pezza, Spanish pieza, Old Irish cuit.
Noun
peça f (plural peças)
- piece (part of a larger whole)
- piece (single item belonging to a class of similar items)
- peça de fruta ― piece of fruit
- peça de roupa ― piece of clothes, garment
- (chess) piece
- (theater) play
- room (an empty subdivision or room within a house or building)
- (Brazil, slang) gun
- (Brazil, colloquial, euphemistic) cock, dick (penis)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
peça
- inflection of pedir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “peça”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “peça” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “peça”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “peça”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “peça”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “peça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025