# pisca
## Catalan
### Verb

pisca
* inflection of piscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish pizca.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpiska̝/

#### Noun

pisca m (plural piscas)
* pinch; a small amount
    Synonyms: gran, nisco

##### Related terms

* albiscar
* biscallo
* biscarda
* biscardo
* piscar
* pisco

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pisca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pisca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pisca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pellizcar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pisca
* inflection of piscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpis.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpis.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpiʃ.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpis.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpiʃ.kɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -iskɐ, (Portugal) -iʃkɐ

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from piscar (“blink”).

#### Noun

pisca f (plural piscas)
* (Portugal) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator
    Synonyms: (Portugal) pisca-pisca, (Brasil) seta

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pisca
* inflection of piscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pisca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
* “pisca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “pisca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
* “pisca”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

#### Noun

pisca f (plural piscas)
* female equivalent of pisco (“turkey”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pixca.

#### Noun

pisca m (plural piscas)
* (Mexico) harvesting (of coffee, cotton and corn in particular)

### References

* ↑ “pixca” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
* ↑ “pisca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Further reading

* “pisca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10