pedazo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pedaço, from Vulgar Latin pitaccium, metathesis of pittacium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peˈðaθʊ], (western) [peˈðasʊ]

Noun

pedazo m (plural pedazos)

1. piece, fragment, part, patch, bit
   • 1349, Anselmo López Carreira, Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 296:

     per tal condiçon que vos e todas vossas voses que chantedes de viña todo o dito monte que perteensçe aa dita viña que esta por chantar, pedaço e pedaço de cada anno ata que o dito monte seia todo chantado

     under the condition that you and your heirs plant with vines all of said wilderness that belongs to said vineyard and which its pending, bit by bit each year till said wilderness is totally planted

   Synonyms: anaco, bocado, cacho

2. a little time, a little while

   Synonyms: bocado, chisco, pouco

References

• “pedaço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pedaço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pedazo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pedazo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pedazo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pedaço, from Vulgar Latin pitaccium, consonant-length metathesis of Latin pittacium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peˈdaθo/ [peˈð̞a.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /peˈdaso/ [peˈð̞a.so]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: pe‧da‧zo

Noun

pedazo m (plural pedazos)

1. piece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite (a part of a larger whole)

   Synonyms: cacho, pieza, trozo, parte, (New Mexico) chonque

   • 1935, “Veinte años”, Guillermina Aramburú (lyrics), María Teresa Vera (music):

     Un amor que se nos va / Es un pedazo del alma / Que se arranca sin piedad

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. patch (e.g. of sky, cloth, skin, space)

   Synonym: parche

3. scrap (e.g. of paper, information)
4. lump (e.g. of metal, rock, clay, wood)

   Synonym: grumo

5. slab (e.g. of meat, of cheese)

   Synonyms: plancha, tabla, lámina

6. shard (e.g. of glass, ice)

   Synonyms: casco, esquirla

Derived terms

• apedazar
• despedazar
• hacer pedazos
• pedacito
• pedazo de pan

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: pedaso
• → Tagalog: piraso

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “pedazo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 456

Further reading

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