pieza

piece, part

noun PYEH-sah Less Common

Also means

room (in a home)

Usage Note

Pieza is versatile: it can be a part of a machine, a piece in a board game, or a room in a house (especially in Latin America). In music it means a musical piece or number. In Spain habitación is more common for a bedroom, whereas pieza in that sense is typical of South American Spanish.

Examples

"Le falta una pieza al rompecabezas."

Natural Translation

The puzzle is missing a piece.

Literal Translation

To-it lacks a piece to-the puzzle

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