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Meaning of pitanza | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
piˈtanθa

Definitions

pittance (a small allowance of food and drink)

feminine

Equivalents

English Pittance
Español miseria
Français pitance
Italiano miseria pietanza
Polski ostatki resztki
Português mixaria
Svenska spottstyver

Examples

“mãdo mia carne a Sancta Maria de Ferreyra τ mãdo y conmigo un leyto τ j.a cozedra τ un feltro τ j a colcha τ ij. fazeyróóſ τ ij lenzóóſ τ La ſoldoſ para pitãza I bequeath my body to Santa María de Ferreira, and I bequeath there with me a bed and a mattress and a felt and a quilt and two pillows and two sheets and fifty solidi for pittance [for the poor and attendees to the burial]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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