piar

Galician

Etymology 1

Of onomatopoetic origin, or possibly from Latin pipilāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈaɾ/

Verb

piar (first-person singular present pío, first-person singular preterite piei, past participle piado)

  1. to tweet, to chirp
  2. (colloquial, figuratively) to covet; to ask; to speak
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • tarde piaches

Etymology 2

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese piar (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *pilāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

Piares or poldras across the river Ulla

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈaɾ/

Noun

piar m (plural piares)

  1. column; pillar (large post)
    • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 53:
      Et ffezo outrosi en esse castello de Gazõ, a seruiço de Deus, hũa jgleia de grande obra cõ piares et arcos de pedra marmor
      And he also made there, in this castle of Gozón, for the service of God, a large church with columns and archs of marble stone
    Synonym: columna
  2. pillar (essential part of something)
  3. window sill
    Synonym: peitoril
  4. one of several stone pillars placed by way of a bridge
    Synonym: poldra

Further reading

References

  • “piar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “piar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “piar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “piar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “piar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Muellama

Etymology

Compare Awa-Cuaiquer piá.

Noun

piar

  1. maize

References

  • Sergio Elías Ortiz, Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pipilāre or of onomatopoetic origin, present active infinite of pipilō.

Verb

piar (first-person singular present indicative pio, past participle piado)

  1. to chirp (to make a short, sharp sound, as of small birds)
  2. (by extension) to chat

Conjugation

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Of onomatopoetic origin, or possibly from Latin pipilāre, present active infinite of pipilō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjaɾ/

Verb

piar (first-person singular present pío, first-person singular preterite pie, past participle piado)

  1. to chirp

Conjugation

  • Rule: stressed í in certain conjugations; monosyllabic infinitives receive no written accent in certain conjugations. This change was put into effect in the 2010 spelling reforms by the RAE, so some other forms are still commonly seen.
    Conjugation of piar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive piar
gerund piando
past participle masculine feminine
singular piado piada
plural piados piadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present pío píastú
pias, piásvos		 pía piamos piais, piáis pían
imperfect piaba piabas piaba piábamos piabais piaban
preterite pie, pié piaste pio, pió piamos piasteis piaron
future piaré piarás piará piaremos piaréis piarán
conditional piaría piarías piaría piaríamos piaríais piarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present píe píestú
piéis, pieisvos2		 píe piemos pieis píen
imperfect
(ra)		 piara piaras piara piáramos piarais piaran
imperfect
(se)		 piase piases piase piásemos piaseis piasen
future1 piare piares piare piáremos piareis piaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative píatú
piá, piavos		 píe piemos piad píen
negative no píes no píe no piemos no pieis no píen
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
  • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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