🇪🇸 Spanish

pista

feminine

la pista

track

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pista
/la ˈpista/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pista in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈpista/

How do you pronounce pista in Spanish?

pista is pronounced /la ˈpista/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La pista roja es la más rápida del circuito.

The red track is the fastest on the circuit.

Encontré una pista importante que nos ayudará a resolver el misterio.

I found an important clue that will help us solve the mystery.

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Why is it feminine?

Pista is feminine because it derives from the Latin "pista" (feminine), the past participle of "pistare" (to pound or crush), which retained its feminine grammatical gender through Spanish's evolution from Vulgar Latin. The word originally referred to a beaten or trampled path, connecting to the sense of something pressed down.

What is the Spanish word for track?

The Spanish word for track is la pista — feminine.

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