elpedazo

masculine

/peˈðaθo/

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Translation

piece, bit

Word origin

From Latin pittacium ('a patch, label, small piece of leather'), itself borrowed from Greek pittakion. The sense generalised to any small piece.

Origin
Latin
Root
pittacium

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralpedazos

Examples

¿ pedazo ?

Will you give me a piece of bread?

pedazos.

The plate broke into a thousand pieces.

tarta pedazos .

She cut the cake into equal pieces.

pedazo .

I keep a piece of that memory.

pedazo nevera.

There is only a piece of cheese left in the fridge.

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This word is part of lesson 42.