pisca

pisca

1. inflection of piscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiska/ [ˈpis̺.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -iska
• Hyphenation: pis‧ca

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish pizca.^[1]

pisca m (plural piscas)

1. pinch; a small amount

   Synonyms: gran, nisco

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pisca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pisca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pisca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

pisca

1. inflection of piscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iskɐ, (Portugal) -iʃkɐ

Deverbal from piscar (“blink”).

pisca f (plural piscas)

1. (Portugal) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator

   Synonyms: (Portugal) pisca-pisca, (Brasil) seta

pisca

1. inflection of piscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pisca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “pisca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pisca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “pisca”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiska/ [ˈpis.ka]
• Rhymes: -iska
• Syllabification: pis‧ca

Borrowed from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

pisca f (plural piscas)

1. female equivalent of pisco (“turkey”)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pixca.^[1]

pisca m (plural piscas)

1. (Mexico) harvesting (of coffee, cotton and corn in particular)^[2]

• “pisca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024