piece in spanish is called pedazo?

Question

Is piece in spanish called pedazo like un pedazo de pastel, sandia, pescado o pollo

Answer 1

I ordered pizza yesterday and informed my friend who loves pizza of this, she responded with "me regalas un pedazito por lo menos". I don't know if you can use the word with pescado o pollo, but it works with pizza

Pedacito. - 00e657d4, Sep 10, 2011

Answer 2

azo is an augmentative suffix, so this might mean a large piece.

The most common augmentative and pejorative suffixes (feminine forms in parentheses) are -ón (-ona), -azo (-aza) and -ote (-ota). Less common ones include -udo (-uda), -aco (-aca), -acho (-acha), -uco (-uca), -ucho (-ucha), -astro (-astra) and -ejo (-eja). Although nouns usually maintain their gender when put in an augmentative form, it isn't unusual for the words, especially when they come to be thought of as words in their own right, to change gender (especially from feminine to masculine).

Not in this case. - 00e657d4, Sep 9, 2011

I bow to experience. - 0074b507, Sep 9, 2011

You didn't have to scratch it out. It was good information anyway. :) - 00e657d4, Sep 9, 2011

Answer 3

That is the literal translation, but in some contexts it does not sound quite right.

For example, if you are ordering food in a restaurant, you should use "porción", but if you are asking a friend for a piece of cake, either word works the same.

"Porción" is usually used when it's a sized piece, and "pedazo" is just a piece of any size. It can be just a bite or half of the cake.