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FixedDriveJess 09-27-12 04:41 PM

What does Pista mean?
 
Does Pista mean track? Is it just another word for track racing?

Nagrom_ 09-27-12 04:47 PM

Its British for "racetrack."

seau grateau 09-27-12 04:47 PM

Yes, pista means track in Italyese or something.

FixedDriveJess 09-27-12 04:56 PM

Ah, super. Thanks guys!

Scrodzilla 09-27-12 05:13 PM


Originally Posted by Nagrom_ (Post 14781780)
Its American for "overpriced."

Fixed.

Tristanh666 09-27-12 05:17 PM

pista is actually a style of hat

mihlbach 09-27-12 05:26 PM


Originally Posted by Nagrom_ (Post 14781780)
Its British for "racetrack."

Incorrect. The english word for racetrack is racetrack.
Ultimately, "pista" is latin for miller. In modern Italian it means racetrack. I dont necessarily get the etymology, unless it refers to the circular nature of a mill. It may also relate to pistrinum (latin) which can also mean bakery and drudgery. Is track racing drudgery?

Nagrom_ 09-27-12 05:43 PM


Originally Posted by mihlbach (Post 14781913)
Incorrect. The english word for racetrack is racetrack.
Ultimately, "pista" is latin for miller. In modern Italian it means racetrack. I dont necessarily get the etymology, unless it refers to the circular nature of a mill. It may also relate to pistrinum (latin) which can also mean bakery and drudgery. Is track racing drudgery?

woooooooooooosh

Bat56 09-27-12 06:33 PM

Pista. Latin it is Miller? Latin it is Beaten. To beat. As in, beat down; trampled. Beat down the weeds, grass, snow... You get a Trail. Or a track. Pista = Track.

Soo__Fuego 09-27-12 06:34 PM

I'm pretty sure it's an old old wooden ship.

BigglyPuff 09-27-12 06:43 PM

I love pista.

Do you really love pista or are you just saying that because you saw it?

Can't wait for the sequel. Whatever pista means, it makes any word that it's added to sound faster. Try it.

Training.Wheels 09-27-12 07:14 PM

Well, look at it this way. Pasta is something you eat. A posta is something you hang on your wall. By deductive reasoning, pista is the act of throwing spaghetti at a wall to check if it's ready. A noodle going at a high velocity, aka a bicycle.

Bat56 09-27-12 07:22 PM


Originally Posted by Nagrom_ (Post 14781780)
Its British for "racetrack."


Originally Posted by mihlbach (Post 14781913)
Incorrect. The english word for racetrack is racetrack.



Successful troll is successful?

CJWIZVRDGVNG 09-27-12 07:32 PM

piss-tard

Nagrom_ 09-27-12 07:44 PM


Originally Posted by Bat56 (Post 14782324)
Successful troll is successful?

Incredibly successful.

IthaDan 09-27-12 08:09 PM


Originally Posted by Soo__Fuego (Post 14782149)
I'm pretty sure it's an old old wooden ship.

Wasn't it one of the boats on Christopher Columbus' voyage?

mihlbach 09-27-12 08:19 PM


Originally Posted by Bat56 (Post 14782144)
Pista. Latin it is Miller? Latin it is Beaten. To beat. As in, beat down; trampled.

Well, a mill is for grinding and pulverizing, so the connection here is pretty obvious.

mihlbach 09-27-12 08:20 PM


Originally Posted by CJWIZVRDGVNG (Post 14782361)
piss-tard

That would be a jackass riding a roadbike on the velodrome.

Street rider 09-27-12 08:22 PM


Originally Posted by IthaDan (Post 14782490)
Wasn't it one of the boats on Christopher Columbus' voyage?

Yea. He sailed with the Pista, Kilo, and the Vigorelli.

IthaDan 09-27-12 08:39 PM

The niner the pista and the santa cruz?

Street rider 09-27-12 08:46 PM

Damnit. I was trying to think of something close to Santa Maria. You win this round, Dan.

hockeyteeth 09-27-12 08:51 PM


Originally Posted by IthaDan (Post 14782585)
The niner the pista and the santa cruz?

awesome

IthaDan 09-27-12 09:00 PM


Originally Posted by Street rider (Post 14782609)
Damnit. I was trying to think of something close to Santa Maria. You win this round, Dan.

:D

Now that I'm thinking about it, I'd be pretty GTG if all I had was a niner, a pista and a santa cruz.

SS_Giant 09-27-12 09:03 PM


Originally Posted by Soo__Fuego (Post 14782149)
I'm pretty sure it's an old old wooden ship.


Originally Posted by IthaDan (Post 14782490)
Wasn't it one of the boats on Christopher Columbus' voyage?

I could be wrong but I believe it may have been an old wooden ship used in the civil war era...

AristoNYC 09-27-12 09:34 PM


Originally Posted by SS_Giant (Post 14782652)
I could be wrong but I believe it may have been an old wooden ship used in the civil war era...

you're thinking of Diversity

Dannihilator 09-27-12 10:09 PM

It's vágány in Hungarian.

petrolhead 09-28-12 02:21 AM

I drank more beer than my mate, so I'm pista than he is.

cruiserhead 09-28-12 01:49 PM


Originally Posted by cjwizvrdgvng (Post 14782361)
piss-tard

lol
:lol::lol::lol:

Frankfast 09-28-12 02:23 PM

My sista is a pista.

seau grateau 09-28-12 02:33 PM

Pista Hut


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