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πίστα
dance floor /ˈpista/
nounB2#2857 most common
Also: track (running or race), rink (skating)
Example sentences
Χορεύουν στην πίστα.
They are dancing on the dance floor.
Η πίστα ήταν γεμάτη κόσμο.
The dance floor was full of people.
Ο δρομέας έτρεξε γρήγορα στην πίστα.
The runner ran fast on the track.
Πήγαμε να χορέψουμε στην πίστα του κλαμπ.
We went to dance on the club's dance floor.
Οι αθλητές προθερμάνθηκαν πριν μπουν στην πίστα.
The athletes warmed up before stepping onto the track.
Η πίστα πατινάζ ήταν γεμάτη παιδιά που έμαθαν να κάνουν τις πρώτες τους στροφές.
The skating rink was full of children learning their first turns.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η πίστα | οι πίστες |
| Genitive | της πίστας | των πιστών |
| Accusative | την πίστα | τις πίστες |
| Vocative | πίστα | πίστες |
Word family
ντισκοπίσταdisco dance floor
πίστα αγώνωνracetrack
πίστα σκιski slope
πίστα προσγείωσηςlanding strip, runway
Etymology
Πίστα is a direct loan from Italian pista, meaning track or trail. The Italian word goes back to Latin pinsere, to pound or beat, describing a path made firm by repeated treading. Greek took the word largely unchanged, keeping both its spelling and its stress pattern.
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