piso

/ˈpiso/ · A2 · noun · m

floor

🏢 piso comes from pisar, to step on: the thing you step on

Pisar means to tread. A piso is what gets trodden: first the ground, then each level of a building you walk on, and finally the flat that occupies one such level. One word, three widening senses.

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