¿Qué quiere decir "piese"?

Question

I had a student ask me what "piese" means. Apparently his aunt says it to him all the time, but I can't find it anywhere. I'm hoping his pronunciation (and, so, my spelling) are correct. Thanks, Jeff

Answer 1

The verb 'piar' means to chatter or whine.

Piase - he/she was whining/chattering (subjunctive).

Perhaps it has something to do with that?

Answer 2

I think she may be saying "piense", the command form for "pensar". She would be saying "think".

Answer 3

I would go with, "Pues, sí" which means, "Well, yes."

¿Vas a la tienda hoy? (Are you going to the store today?)

¡Pues, sí! (Well, yeah!)

Answer 4

Translators always risk inappropriate spill over of source language idiom and usage into the target language translation. On the other hand, spill overs have imported useful source language calques and loanwords that have enriched the target languages. Thanks. Regards, writing college research papers

Answer 5

Most likely: Please!

As we don't know the nationality of the student, or the aunt..

Good observation, Annie! :)) - Noetol, Oct 17, 2012

Mothers and aunts say this a lot. It doesn't help.. - annierats, Oct 18, 2012