piche

See also: Piche

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English pitch. Doublet of inherited pez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃe̝/, /ˈpit͡ʃi/

Noun

piche m (plural piches)

1. pitch (material made from tar)

Synonyms

• alcatrán
• chapapote

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “piche”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pitch. Doublet of inherited pez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiʃi/

Noun

piche m (plural piches)

1. pitch (material made from tar)

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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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃe/ [ˈpi.t͡ʃe]

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