pifia

See also: pifiá

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

pifia

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of pifiar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of pifiar

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from pifiar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpifja/ [ˈpi.fja]
  • Rhymes: -ifja
  • Syllabification: pi‧fia

Noun

pifia f (plural pifias)

  1. (colloquial) small flaw, defect
    Synonyms: defecto, desperfecto, falta
    • 1895, José María de Pereda, Peñas arriba:
      cuanto más me empeño en enmendar las pifias, peor lo pongo.
      the more I try to put the defects right, the worse I make it.
  2. (colloquial) mistake, fault, error
    Synonyms: error, fallo, patochada, desliz, tarro, tropiezo, gazapo
    • 1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:
      Reunirse en Atocha, para subir luego a dar el ataque a las tropas monárquicas, o esperarlas en aquella hondonada, parecíame a mí una gran pifia. Pero no me atreví a contradecir a los militares.
      Joining up in Atocha, then going on to attack the pro-monarchic troops, or waiting for them in that depression, seemed to me a great error. But I dared not contradict the soldiers.
    • 2009, Iñigo Vallejo-Nagera, Santa Locura:
      Ya la fastidió al perder la fórmula de los santos espíritus y ahora no puede permitirse otra pifia del mismo estilo.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    cometer una pifia(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Portuguese: pífio

Verb

pifia

  1. inflection of pifiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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