# pista
## English
### Noun

pista (plural pistas)
* (South Asia) pistachio

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French piste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpis.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpis.ta]

### Noun

pista f (plural pistes)
* track, trail, lead
* clue
* runway
* route, path, track, footpath
* (sports) track
* (music) track
    pista bonus ― bonus track

#### Derived terms

* despistar

#### Further reading

* “pista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa < Latin festa, plural of festum.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pis‧ta

### Noun

pista
* feast day
* feast or banquet associated with such festival

### Verb

pista
* to celebrate such festival
* to prepare a feast for such festival
* to attend such festival or feast

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pista.

### Derived terms

* mamistahay

### Anagrams

* ispat, patis, pisat, sipat, tapis, tipas

## Estonian
### Verb

pista
* Da-infinitive of pistma.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pis.ta/
* Homophones: pistas, pistât

### Verb

pista
* third-person singular past historic of pister

### Anagrams

* pâtis, tapis

## Italian
### Etymology

Variant of pesta (“footprint”), technical senses influenced by French piste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.sta/
* Rhymes: -ista
* Hyphenation: pì‧sta

### Noun

pista f (plural piste)
* track, trail, scent, clue
    il poliziotto seguiva la pista dei complici del sospettatothe police officer was following the trail of the suspect's accomplices
* (sports) track, racetrack, racecourse, course, rink
    Synonyms: circuito, tracciato
    pista di Formula uno ― Formula One racetrack
* (skiing) ski run, ski slope, piste, trail
    pista da sci ― ski slope
* track (sound stored on a record, cassette, etc.)
* (aviation) runway
* (slang) line (of cocaine)

### Interjection

pista
* make way

#### Related terms

* depistare
* pesta
* pista da ballo
* pistard

#### Descendants

* → French: piste (see there for further descendants)

### References

* ↑ pista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Further reading

* pista on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

### Anagrams

* pasti, spati, stipa

## Latin
### Participle

pista
* inflection of pistus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

pistā
* ablative feminine singular of pistus

### References

* "pista", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpis.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpis.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpiʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpis.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpiʃ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
* Hyphenation: pis‧ta

### Noun

pista f (plural pistas)
* track; road; path
** 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:A escrava passara naturalmente em herança a qualquer dos filhos do morto; mas, por estes, nada havia que recear: dois pândegos de marca maior que, empolgada a legítima, cuidariam de tudo, menos de atirar-se na pista de uma crioula a quem não viam de muitos anos àquela parte.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** lane (division of roadway)
    Synonym: faixa
** racetrack (course over which any type of race is run)
** Clipping of pista de pouso. (runway)
** Clipping of pista de dança. (dancefloor)
* footprints
    Synonyms: pegadas, rastro
* clue (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
    Synonym: indício

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pîsta/
* Hyphenation: pis‧ta

### Noun

pȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏ста)
* runway (for airplanes)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pista. Compare English piston and piste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpista/ [ˈpis.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: pis‧ta

### Noun

pista f (plural pistas)
* track, course, trail
* (aviation) runway
* (bowling) lane
* (sports, Spain) court (field on which tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, etc is played)
    Synonym: (Latin America) cancha
    pista de baloncesto ― basketball court
* clue, fingerprint
    Synonym: indicio

#### Derived terms

* autopista
* ciclismo en pista
* despistar
* pista de aterrizaje
* pista de baile
* pista de despegue
* pista de hielo
* pista de rodaje
* pista de tenis
* pista falsa
* pista rápida

### Further reading

* “pista”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Early borrowing from Spanish fiesta. Compare Malay pesta. Doublet of piyesta, a later borrowing.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /pisˈta/ [pɪsˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: pis‧ta

#### Noun

pistá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* feast day; festival; festivity
    Synonym: pagdiriwang
    Ika-16 ng Enero ang pista ng Santo Niño. ― The feast of the Santo Niño is at January 16.
* feast or banquet associated with a feast day
    Synonyms: piyesta, piging, handa
* (obsolete) feast kept outside of a Sunday or a patron holiday [16th–17th c.]

##### Alternative forms

* piyasta — obsolete

##### Derived terms

* ipagpista
* kapistahan
* magpista
* makipamista
* mamimista
* mamista
* pagpistahan
* pamista
* Pista ng Tatlong Hari
* pista opisyal

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /pisˈtaʔ/ [pɪsˈt̪aʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: pis‧ta

#### Noun

pistâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* act of undervaluing or underrating, in a mean manner, the merits of someone or something; faultfinding; belittlement
    Synonyms: pintas, puna, pula, pagmamaliit

##### Derived terms

* ipista
* magpista
* pagpista
* pamimista
* pamista
* pistaan
* pumista

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish pista (“track; course”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /pisˈtaʔ/ [pɪsˈt̪aʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: pis‧ta

#### Noun

pistâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* lane
    Synonym: daan

### References

* “pista”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎ (in Spanish), page 110
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 320: “Fieſta) Piſta ([pc]) C. que ſe guarda fuera del domingo ola fieſta del patron”
** page 417: “Menos preciar) Piſta (pc) C. teniẽdo [a otro] en poco”

### Anagrams

* patis, sipat, pitas, sapit, tapis

## Waigali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pisˈta/

### Adjective

pista (Nisheigram)
* salty