pisa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pisa"

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Pisa, Italy, a historical center of ceramics manufacture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈpi.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpi.za]

Noun

pisa f (uncountable)

1. earthenware
2. crockery

Further reading

• “pisa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pisa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “pisa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Etymology 2

Verb

pisa

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

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare Spanish pieza.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧sa

Noun

pisa

1. (dated) a piece
2. (music) a musical composition
3. (of electronics, electricity, mechanical) a part or a component
   1. (by extension) an integrated circuit; electronic component

Verb

pisa

1. to break into pieces from whole

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *pi¢a (“to see”). Cognate with Choctaw pisa and Apalachee picha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.sa/

Verb

pisa (active voice, transitive)

1. (class II object) to see, to look at
2. (participle ending in -t referring to the clothing worn as object) to try on (of clothing)

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	pisali pisa-li	iipisa / iliipisa / liipisa ii-pisa / ilii-pisa / lii-pisa	iloopisa iloo-pisa
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishpisa ish-pisa	hashpisa hash-pisa
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	pisa	(hoo)pisa (hoo-)pisa

Derived terms

• ikpiꞌso
• pihí̱sa
• pis-ayyoba kiꞌyo
• pis-ikayyoꞌbo
• pisa-chokma
• pisa-ishtaaí̱la
• pisa-kanihmi
• pisa-katihmi
• pisachi
• pisittimilayyoka bíyyiꞌka
• pisittimí̱la
• pist
• pí̱sa

Descendants

• Mobilian: pisa

References

• Munro, Pamela; Willmond, Catherine (1994), Chickasaw: An Analytical Dictionary, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN

Choctaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *pi¢a (“to see”). Cognate with Chickasaw pisa and Apalachee picha.

Verb

pisa (causative pisachi, negative ik peso, transitive equivalent pi̱sa)

1. To look, to look at.
2. To study, to examine.
3. To find, to detect, to locate.

Derived terms

• ant pisa
• apisa
• ont pisa
• pisa hinla

Related terms

• pihsa (“to glimpse, to glance”)

References

• “pisa”, in The Choctaw Dictionary, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Galician

Verb

pisa

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

Latin

Noun

pisa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pisum

References

• “pisa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "pisa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pisa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pisa”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “pisa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pisa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “pisa”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Lithuanian

Verb

pisa

1. third-person singular present of pisti
2. third-person plural present of pisti

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲisa]

Verb

pisa

1. third-person singular present of pisaś

Synonyms

• pišo

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.sɑ/, [ˈpiː.zɑ]
• Rhymes: -iː.sɑ

Adjective

pīsa

1. inflection of pīs:
   1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
   2. weak nominative masculine singular

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: pi‧sa
• Homophones: piza, pizza, Pisa

Noun

pisa f (plural pisas)

1. (Northeast Brazil) beat-up; beating

   Synonym: surra

Verb

pisa

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

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *pīsāre, from Latin pīnsāre; compare Aromanian chisedz, chisari. Akin to Spanish pisar and Portuguese pisar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

a pisa (third-person singular present pisează, past participle pisat) 1st conjugation

1. to pound, pummel
2. to grind
3. to bother

Conjugation

    conjugation of pisa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a pisa
gerund			pisând
past participle			pisat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	pisez	pisezi	pisează	pisăm	pisați	pisează
	imperfect	pisam	pisai	pisa	pisam	pisați	pisau
	simple perfect	pisai	pisași	pisă	pisarăm	pisarăți	pisară
	pluperfect	pisasem	pisaseși	pisase	pisaserăm	pisaserăți	pisaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pisez	să pisezi	să piseze	să pisăm	să pisați	să piseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pisează			pisați
	negative		nu pisa			nu pisați

Derived terms

• pisare
• pisătură

Related terms

• păsat

See also

• pișa
• piuă
• măcina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpisa/ [ˈpi.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: pi‧sa

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peys-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *pinésti

Proto-Italic *pinsō

Classical Latin pinsō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Late Latin pinsō

Old Spanish pisar

Spanish pisardeverb.

Spanish pisa

Deverbal from pisar.

Noun

pisa f (plural pisas)

1. tread; step
2. stamp (act of stamping or ficking)
3. (slang) brothel

Etymology 2

Verb

pisa

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

Further reading

• “pisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peys-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *pinésti

Proto-Italic *pinsō

Classical Latin pinsō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Late Latin pinsō

Old Spanish pisar

Spanish pisarbor.

Tagalog pisa

Borrowed from Spanish pisar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈsaʔ/ [pɪˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pi‧sa

Adjective

pisâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ)

1. crushed; pressed; compressed; squeezed; flattened (by physical pressure or weight of something heavy)

   Synonyms: durog, ipit, pitpit, tapayak

2. hatched (such as a chick from an egg)
3. suppurated; pressed; popped; squeezed (blood or pus from a wound or boil)

Noun

pisâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ)

1. crushing; squeezing; pressing
2. suppuration; popping; squeezing to eject blood or pus from wounds or boils
3. egg hatching

Derived terms

• magpisa
• mamisa
• mapisa
• pagpisa
• pamimisa
• pamisaan
• pinisa
• pisaan
• pisain
• pumisa

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta)bor.

Neapolitan pizzabor.

English pizzabor.

Tagalog pisa

Borrowed from English pizza.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpisa/ [ˈpiː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: pi‧sa

Noun

pisa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ) (colloquial, dated)

1. alternative form of pitsa

Further reading

• “pisa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “pisa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 2115
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 812