picar

Signification

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

Coupé comme

pi‧car

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/piˈkaɾ/

Étymologie

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.