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peza

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛθa/

“peza” is a Galician word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. piece, fragment, part, component of a larger or composite object
  2. a piece of land
  3. subset; group
  4. game piece
  5. a piece leather used in shoemaking
  6. latrine
  7. net
  8. each one of the fixed periods of time allotted for the use of a mill

In Galician

  1. Cada unha das partes básicas e unitarias, polo xeral indivisibles, que compoñen un obxecto ou un sistema complexo.
  2. Cada un dos compoñentes dun grupo de cousas similares.
  3. Cada un dos elementos cos que se xoga a determinados xogos, como o xadrez.
  4. Tecido posto á venda, normalmente enrolado.
  5. Anaco de tea ou coiro coa que se repara unha prenda.
  6. Certos animais, unha vez cazados ou pescados.
  7. Quenda en certas actividades agrarias (rega, moenda, etc.).
  8. Parte diferenciada dentro dunha terra de labor.
  9. Canción, baile, obra de teatro.
  10. Cada un dos espazos dunha vivenda.

Etymology

Attested in local medieval documents as peza (969); from Old Galician-Portuguese peça, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, probably from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Compare French pièce, Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza, Italian and Sicilian pezza, Welsh peth, Irish cuid.

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