praça

(Anglès)

plaza (a public square or open area in front of a building or a place)

Freqüència

C1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈpɾa.sɐ/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese praça, plaça, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα (plateîa) ὁδός (hodós, “broad way”). Cognate with Italian piazza, Venetan piasa, Sicilian chiazza, French place and Spanish plaza. Doublet of plateia.

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