picar

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (intransitive) 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. (colloquial) 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. (intransitive) to sting or be pungent to the lips or tongue, be spicy or, of a candy, very sour
  12. (Mexico, slang) to sexually penetrate, fuck
  13. (reflexive) to get angry, get annoyed, take offence
  14. (reflexive) to turn sour
  15. (Mexico, reflexive) to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured
  16. (intransitive) to bounce

Frekwensie

C2
Gekoppel as
pi‧car
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/piˈkaɾ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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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