piedra

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish piedra (stone). Doublet of petra.

Noun[edit]

piedra (uncountable)

  1. A hair disease caused by a fungus.

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Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin petra.

Noun[edit]

piedra f (plural piedras)

  1. stone

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Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin petra (stone), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Noun[edit]

piedra f (plural piedres)

  1. stone

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish piedra (stone), from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjɛ.dra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdra
  • Hyphenation: piè‧dra

Noun[edit]

piedra f (uncountable)

  1. piedra (hair disease)

Further reading[edit]

  • piedra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Mirandese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin petra (stone), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Noun[edit]

piedra f (plural piedras)

  1. stone

Old Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin petram, accusative of petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

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Noun[edit]

piedra f (plural piedras)

  1. A piece of stone; a rock or pebble.
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v:
      Et por ende a tal p̃priedat eſta piedra q̃ el q̃ la trae obedecẽ le los leones […]
      And such is the property of this stone that lions will obey he who bears it […]
    • Idem, 11v.
      […] alli do el ryo naſce ay unas muy grandes & otras pequẽnas como de otras piedras non pueden traer estos aguaduchos ſi non las menores.
      […] there at the source of the river are both very large and small stones, like others, but these currents cannot carry but the smaller ones.

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  • Spanish: piedra

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish piedra and Portuguese pedra and Kabuverdianu pédra.

Noun[edit]

piedra

  1. stone
  2. rock

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish piedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjedɾa/ [ˈpje.ð̞ɾa]
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  • Rhymes: -edɾa
  • Syllabification: pie‧dra

Noun[edit]

piedra f (plural piedras)

  1. stone (hard earthen substance that can form large rocks)
    Synonyms: peña, roca
  2. flint (small cylinder used to produce a spark in a lighter, etc.)
  3. hailstone (single ball of hail, or solid precipitation)
  4. crack (potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine)
    Synonyms: coca, cocaína, farlopa, harina, mandanga, perico
  5. pumice
    Synonym: pumita

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