piar

Abinomn

Noun

piar

1. leech

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], of onomatopoetic origin, or possibly from Latin pipilō, pipilāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈaɾ/

Verb

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

1. to tweet, to chirp
2. (colloquial, figurative) to covet; to ask; to speak

Conjugation

    Conjugation of piar (i becomes í when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	piar
Personal	piar	piares	piar	piarmos	piardes	piaren
Gerund
	piando
Past participle
Masculine	piado			piados
Feminine	piada			piadas
Indicative
Present	pío	pías	pía	piamos	piades	pían
Imperfect	piaba	piabas	piaba	piabamos	piabades	piaban
Preterite	piei	piaches	piou	piamos	piastes	piaron
Pluperfect	piara	piaras	piara	piaramos	piarades	piaran
Future	piarei	piarás	piará	piaremos	piaredes	piarán
Conditional	piaría	piarías	piaría	piariamos	piariades	piarían
Subjunctive
Present	píe	píes	píe	piemos	piedes	píen
Imperfect	piase	piases	piase	piásemos	piásedes	piasen
Future	piar	piares	piar	piarmos	piardes	piaren
Imperative
Affirmative		pía	píe	piemos	piade	píen
Negative (non)		non píes	non píe	non piemos	non piedes	non píen

    Reintegrated conjugation of piar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	piar
Personal	piar	piares	piar	piarmos	piardes	piarem
Gerund
	piando
Past participle
Masculine	piado			piados
Feminine	piada			piadas
Indicative
Present	pio	pias	pia	piamos	piades, piais	piam
Imperfect	piava	piavas	piava	piávamos	piávades, piáveis, piávais1	piavam
Preterite	piei	piaste, piache1	piou	piamos	piastes	piárom, piaram
Pluperfect	piara	piaras	piara	piáramos	piárades, piáreis, piárais1	piaram
Future	piarei	piarás	piará	piaremos	piaredes, piareis	piarám, piarão
Conditional	piaria	piarias	piaria	piaríamos	piaríades, piaríeis, piaríais1	piariam
Subjunctive
Present	pie	pies	pie	piemos	piedes, pieis	piem
Imperfect	piasse	piasses	piasse	piássemos	piássedes, piásseis	piassem
Future	piar	piares	piar	piarmos	piardes	piarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pia	pie	piemos	piade, piai	piem
Negative (nom)		nom pies	nom pie	nom piemos	nom piedes, nom pieis	nom piem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• tarde piaches

Related terms

• pío

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• pear

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈaɾ/

Noun

piar m (plural piares)

1. column; pillar (large post)

   Synonym: columna

   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, 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

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

• “piar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “piar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “piar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “piar”, 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), “piar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “piar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”). Cognate with German Bier, English beer.

Noun

piar n

1. beer

References

• “piar” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Muellama

Etymology

Compare Awa-Cuaiquer piá.

Noun

piar

1. maize

References

• Sergio Elías Ortiz, Lenguas y dialectos indigenas de Colombia

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *piir. Cognate with Eastern Bru piar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piər]

Noun

piar 

1. flower

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin pipilāre, or of onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈa(ʁ)/ [pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpja(ʁ)/ [ˈpja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈa(ʁ)/ [pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpja(ʁ)/ [ˈpja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /piˈa(ɾ)/ [pɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /piˈa(ʁ)/ [pɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpja(ʁ)/ [ˈpja(χ)]
  • (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /piˈa(ɻ)/ [pɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpja.ɾi/

Verb

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

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

   Synonym: falar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of piar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	piar
Personal	piar	piares	piar	piarmos	piardes	piarem
Gerund
	piando
Past participle
Masculine	piado			piados
Feminine	piada			piadas
Indicative
Present	pio	pias	pia	piamos	piais	piam
Imperfect	piava	piavas	piava	piávamos	piáveis	piavam
Preterite	piei	piaste	piou	piamos1, piámos2	piastes	piaram
Pluperfect	piara	piaras	piara	piáramos	piáreis	piaram
Future	piarei	piarás	piará	piaremos	piareis	piarão
Conditional	piaria	piarias	piaria	piaríamos	piaríeis	piariam
Subjunctive
Present	pie	pies	pie	piemos	pieis	piem
Imperfect	piasse	piasses	piasse	piássemos	piásseis	piassem
Future	piar	piares	piar	piarmos	piardes	piarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pia	pie	piemos	piai	piem
Negative (não)		não pies	não pie	não piemos	não pieis	não piem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• pio
• piada

Spanish

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, from pío (“cheep”, noun), the sound made by a bird, or possibly from Latin pipilāre or pipiāre (“to chirp; to twitter”), of similar imitative origin.

Not related to Latin piāre (“to appease; to purify”), which is cognate with the coincidental homonym pío (“pious”, adjective).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjaɾ/ [ˈpjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: piar

Verb

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

1. to chirp, peep, cheep

Conjugation

    Conjugation of piar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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 piasvos	pía	piamos	piais	pían
	imperfect	piaba	piabas	piaba	piábamos	piabais	piaban
	preterite	pie	piaste	pio	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 piesvos2	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 piavos	píe	piemos	piad	píen
	negative		no píes	no píe	no piemos	no pieis	no píen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of piar (i-í alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive piar	dative	piarme	piarte	piarle, piarse	piarnos	piaros	piarles, piarse
	accusative	piarme	piarte	piarlo, piarla, piarse	piarnos	piaros	piarlos, piarlas, piarse
with gerund piando	dative	piándome	piándote	piándole, piándose	piándonos	piándoos	piándoles, piándose
	accusative	piándome	piándote	piándolo, piándola, piándose	piándonos	piándoos	piándolos, piándolas, piándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pía	dative	píame	píate	píale	píanos	not used	píales
	accusative	píame	píate	píalo, píala	píanos	not used	píalos, píalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pia	dative	piame	piate	piale	pianos	not used	piales
	accusative	piame	piate	pialo, piala	pianos	not used	pialos, pialas
with formal second-person singular imperative píe	dative	píeme	not used	píele, píese	píenos	not used	píeles
	accusative	píeme	not used	píelo, píela, píese	píenos	not used	píelos, píelas
with first-person plural imperative piemos	dative	not used	piémoste	piémosle	piémonos	piémoos	piémosles
	accusative	not used	piémoste	piémoslo, piémosla	piémonos	piémoos	piémoslos, piémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative piad	dative	piadme	not used	piadle	piadnos	piaos	piadles
	accusative	piadme	not used	piadlo, piadla	piadnos	piaos	piadlos, piadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative píen	dative	píenme	not used	píenle	píennos	not used	píenles, píense
	accusative	píenme	not used	píenlo, píenla	píennos	not used	píenlos, píenlas, píense

Related terms

• pío

Further reading

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