paisà

See also: paisa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French païsan, from Latin pagus (countryside).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəjˈza]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [pajˈza]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Noun

paisà m (plural paisans, feminine paisana, feminine plural paisanes)

  1. a fellow countryman
  2. a peasant (someone who lives in the countryside)
  3. a civilian (someone who is not in the military)

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