pilizâ

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese pelejar, from Old Occitan pelejar.

Verb

pilizâ

1. to question, to dispute
2. to become angry with something

Derived terms

• pilizaina
• pilizám, pilizóna

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#p
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “pilizar”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 514