pista
Portuguese, noun/ˈpis.tɐ/
pista is spelled P-I-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “track; road; path” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte de um campo de aviação onde aterram e donde levantam aeronaves”.
What does pista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrack; road; path
- 2
femininelane (division of roadway)
- 3
feminineracetrack (course over which any type of race is run)
- 4
feminineclipping of pista de pouso (runway)
- 5
feminineclipping of pista de dança (dancefloor)
- 6
femininefootprints
- 7
feminineclue (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte de um campo de aviação onde aterram e donde levantam aeronaves 2. parte do hipódromo onde correm os cavalos 3. faixa pavimentada para uma dada utilização (circulação de veículos, pessoas e animais, dança, etc.) 4. recinto para espetáculos de circo, jogos e práticas desportivas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pista
- pistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pista?
- Brazil /ˈpis.tɐ/
- /ˈpiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpiʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pista in Portuguese?
pista appears 50 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).