pista

See also: pistä and Pista

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpis.ta]

Noun

pista f (plural pistes)

1. track, trail, lead
2. clue
3. runway
4. route, path, track, footpath
5. (sports) track

Derived terms

• despistar

Further reading

• “pista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa < Latin festa, plural of festum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pis‧ta

Noun

pista

1. a religious festival in honor of a town or village's patron saint
2. a feast or banquet associated with such festival

Verb

pista

1. to celebrate such festival
2. to prepare a feast for such festival
3. to attend such festival or feast

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pista.

Derived terms

• mamistahay

Anagrams

• ispat, patis, pisat, sipat, tapis, tipas

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pis.ta/
• Homophones: pistas, pistât

Verb

pista

1. third-person singular past historic of pister

Anagrams

• pâtis, tapis

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Italian

Etymology

Variant of pesta (“footprint”), technical senses influenced by French piste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sta/

Noun

pista f (plural piste)

1. track, trail, scent, clue

   il poliziotto seguiva la pista dei complici del sospettato

   the police officer was following the trail of the suspect's accomplices

2. (sports) track, racetrack, racecourse, course, rink

   Synonyms: circuito, tracciato

   pista di Formula uno ― Formula One racetrack

3. (skiing) ski run, ski slope, piste, trail

   pista da sci ― ski slope

4. track (sound stored on a record, cassette, etc)
5. (aviation) runway
6. (slang) line (of cocaine)

Related terms

• depistare
• pesta
• pistard

Descendants

• → French: piste (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• pista on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• pasti, spati, stipa

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) pista

1. nominative feminine singular of pistus
2. nominative neuter plural of pistus
3. accusative neuter plural of pistus
4. vocative feminine singular of pistus
5. vocative neuter plural of pistus

Participle

(deprecated template usage) pistā

1. ablative feminine singular of pistus

References

• pista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Noun

pista f (plural pistas)

1. track; road; path
   1. lane (division of roadway)
   2. racetrack (course over which any type of race is run)
   3. Clipping of pista de pouso. (runway)
   4. Clipping of pista de dança. (dancefloor)
2. footprints
3. clue (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pista.

Synonyms

• (lane): faixa
• (footprints): pegadas, rastro
• (clue): indício

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pîsta/
• Hyphenation: pis‧ta

Noun

pȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏ста)

1. runway (for airplanes)

Declension

Declension of pista

	singular	plural
nominative	pȉsta	piste
genitive	piste	pȋstā / pȋstī
dative	pisti	pistama
accusative	pistu	piste
vocative	pisto	piste
locative	pisti	pistama
instrumental	pistom	pistama

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian pista. Compare English piston.

Noun

pista f (plural pistas)

1. track, course, trail
2. (aviation) runway
3. clue
4. (bowling) lane

Derived terms

• ciclismo en pista
• pista de aterrizaje
• pista de baile
• pista de hielo

 

Related terms

• autopista
• despistar