piche

See also: Piche

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English pitch. Doublet of inherited pez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpi.t͡ʃɪ]

Noun

piche m (plural piches)

1. pitch (material made from tar)

   Synonyms: alcatrán, chapapote

References

• “piche” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pitch. Doublet of inherited pez.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.t͡ʃɨ/

Noun

piche m (plural piches)

1. pitch (material made from tar)

Etymology 2

Verb

piche

1. inflection of pichar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• pighe (Logudorese)
• pixi (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“resin”), from *pi- (“sap, juice”). Compare Italian pece, French poix, Spanish pez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpike/

Noun

piche f (plural piches)

1. (Nuorese) pitch

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃe/ [ˈpi.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: pi‧che

Adjective

piche m or f (masculine and feminine plural piches)

1. (Venezuela) rotten

Verb

piche

1. inflection of pichar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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