pía

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Galician

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A pía containing holy water, Muros, Galicia

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pīla (mortar). Cognate with Portuguese pia and Spanish pila.

Noun

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pía f (plural pías)

  1. sink
  2. basin
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:
      Et, el estando en Almaria, hũu mouro, seu priuado, que auja nume Abenaramamj̃, conuidoo et enbeuedoo et afogoo en hũa pia de agua que tĩjna en sua casa
      And, while in Almeria, a Moor, his man, who was called Abenaramamin, invited him and made him drunk and drowned him in a water basin he had at his house
  3. baptismal font
    Synonym: pía bautismal
  4. trough
    Synonyms: barcal, dorna
  5. hole on a surface
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Etymology 2

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pia, from Latin pīla (pillar). Cognate with Portuguese pilha and Spanish pila.

Noun

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pía f (plural pías)

  1. (archaic) column
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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pía

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

References

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Danish pige.

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Noun

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pía f (genitive singular píu, nominative plural píur)

  1. (dated) maidservant
  2. (informal) babe, chick (attractive woman)

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Leonese

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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pía f (plural pías)

  1. foot

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Spanish

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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pía f (plural pías)

  1. (Honduras) piha (bird)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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pía

  1. feminine singular of pío

Etymology 3

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Verb

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pía

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

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