pedaço

From Latin pittacium (“label”), from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion, “ticket, receipt”).

• IPA^(key): [peˈða.t͡so]

pedaço m (plural pedaços)

1. piece, fragment
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 56r.

     Et fallan la ſiempre en forma de redoma ¬ parece dentro en ella figura de ſanguſuela. ¬ ſi la quebrantan en cada pedaço fallá otro tal.

     And they always find it shaped like a vase, and inside it seems to have what looks like a leech, and if they break it, in each piece they find the same.

• pieça f

• Spanish: Spanish: pedazo

From Old Portuguese pedaço, from Latin pittacium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion). Compare Spanish pedazo.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ˈða.su/
• Hyphenation: pe‧da‧ço
• Rhymes: -asu

pedaço m (plural pedaços)

1. piece

   Encontrei um pedaço de papel no quarto.

   I found a piece of paper in the room.

2. (by extension) moment (of time)
3. (colloquial) hottie (physically or sexually attractive person)

• (piece): parte, peça

• pedacinho