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picar

Pronunciation: /piˈkaɾ/

“picar” is a Spanish word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to itch (to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched)
  2. to sting
  3. to chop
  4. to bite
  5. to mince, to dice
  6. to stab; to wound
  7. to snack; to nibble; to have a bite
  8. to rot; to decay; to eat away; to rust
  9. to pique
  10. to crush (ice)
  11. to sting or be pungent to the lips or tongue, be spicy or, of a candy, very sour
  12. to sexually penetrate, fuck
  13. to get angry, get annoyed, take offence
  14. to turn sour
  15. to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured
  16. to bounce
  17. to click (such as with a computer mouse)
  18. to knock (on a door)
  19. to steal, rob
  20. to wink (blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)

In Spanish

  1. Golpear algo con una punta, agujereándolo o no.
  2. Cortar en pedazos muy pequeños.
  3. Irritar o provocar a alguien.
  4. Herir levemente con instrumento punzante.
  5. Recibir el picador al toro con la garrocha.
  6. Morder, hablando de aves, insectos y reptiles.
  7. Pinchar.
  8. Espolear al caballo.
  9. Aguijonear al ganado.
  10. Adiestrar el picador al caballo.
  11. Hacer mal a un caballo.
  12. Exasperar a alguno, provocarlo, herir su susceptibilidad.

Etymology

From pico (“beak, point”), or maybe from Latin pīcus (“woodpecker”), through a Vulgar Latin *pīccāre (“to sting, strike”). Compare English pique, French piquer, and Portuguese picar.

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