pitanza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese pitança, from Old French pitance or from Medieval Latin pietantia, from Latin pietas (“pity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈtanθa̝/

Noun

pitanza f (plural pitanzas)

1. pittance (a small allowance of food and drink)

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pitan”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “pitanza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pitance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /piˈtanθa/ [piˈt̪ãn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /piˈtansa/ [piˈt̪ãn.sa]

Noun

pitanza f (plural pitanzas)

1. daily bread
2. ration (of food)

Further reading

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