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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespisar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pee-zar
"Você deve pisar com cuidado no chão escorregadio."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To walk, set one's foot, or step on or along something.
"He had to tread carefully on the icy pathway."
- 1
The top surface of a step on a stair, or the patterned part of a pneumatic tire that makes contact with the road.
"The car tires have very little tread left and need to be replaced."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'treden', from Old English 'tredan', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German 'tretan' and Dutch 'treden'. The root originally meant to walk or step on something, evolving to describe the repetitive movement of feet or the patterned surface of a tire.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tread" is said worldwide
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marcher
Transliteration: mar-shay
"Il faut marcher prudemment sur la glace."
treten
Transliteration: tray-ten
"Man muss vorsichtig auf das Eis treten."
camminare
Transliteration: kam-mi-na-re
"Bisogna camminare con attenzione."
pisar
Transliteration: pee-sar
"Debes pisar con cuidado en el suelo mojado."
pisar
Transliteration: pee-zar
"Você deve pisar com cuidado no chão escorregadio."
कदम रखना
Transliteration: Kadam rakhna
"आपको संभलकर कदम रखना चाहिए।"
踩
Transliteration: cǎi
"走路时要小心踩在冰面上。"
밟다
Transliteration: bap-da
"미끄러운 길에서는 조심해서 밟아야 합니다."
踏む
Transliteration: fumu
"氷の上を慎重に踏みながら歩く。"
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