piada

Galician

Etymology

From pía (“trough”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈaðɐ]

Noun

piada f (plural piadas)

1. troughful
2. (livestock) flock, herd

References

• “piada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “piada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “piada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpja.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: pià‧da

Noun

piada f (plural piade)

1. a thin flatbread, typically prepared in the Romagna region

   Synonym: piadina

Occitan

Alternative forms

• peada
• pesada

Noun

piada f (plural piadas) (Gascony, Limousin)

1. footprint

Portuguese

Etymology

From piar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈa.dɐ/ [pɪˈa.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈa.dɐ/ [pɪˈa.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈa.da/ [pɪˈa.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpja.dɐ/ [ˈpja.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: pi‧a‧da

Noun

piada f (plural piadas)

1. joke (amusing story)

   Synonym: anedota

   Toby não sabe contar piadas. ― Toby can't tell jokes.

2. (Portugal) fun, reason

   Não tem piada. ― It's not funny; it makes no sense.

3. chirping (action of chirping)

   Synonyms: pio, piado

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:piada.

Participle

piada f sg

1. feminine singular of piado

Further reading

• “piada” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjada/ [ˈpja.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pia‧da

Noun

piada f (plural piadas)

1. chirping (action of chirping)
2. (colloquial, rare) an expression or phrase, characteristic of a particular person, that is repeated by another

   Salvador tiene muchas piadas de su maestro. ― Salvador often uses the same expressions as his teacher. (literally, “Salvador has many chirps of his teacher.”)

Participle

piada f sg

1. feminine singular of piado

References

• DICCIONARIO DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA - Vigésima segunda edición

Further reading

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