piso
Spanish, noun
piso is spelled P-I-S-O (4 letters) and appears 62 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,408th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “floor, ground (surface of the earth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pisar. With an accent, pisó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of pisar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de pisar”.
What does piso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefloor, ground (surface of the earth)
- 2
masculinefloor, story, storey (level of a building)
- 3
Spainmasculineflat, apartment
- 4
masculinedeck (level on a ship or vehicle)
- 5
masculinedecker (bus, bed)
autobús de dos pisos
- 6
masculinelevel, layer of a structure e.g. a cake
- 7
masculinetier (layer of a cake)
torta de tres pisos
- 8
masculinefootstool
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pisar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of pisar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de pisar. 2. Suelo de una habitación, calle o lugar transitable. 3. En una casa o edificio, cada uno de los suelos a diferentes alturas, que sostienen habitaciones y dependencias. 4. Vivienda en un edificio.
noun: 1. Úsase solo en la locución pagar el piso.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of piso
- pisos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to piso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piso in Spanish?
piso appears 62 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).