picar

Meaning

(intransitive) to itch (to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched)
to sting
to chop
to bite
to mince, to dice
to stab; to wound
(colloquial) to snack; to nibble; to have a bite
to rot; to decay; to eat away; to rust
to pique
to crush (ice)
(intransitive) to sting or be pungent to the lips or tongue, be spicy or, of a candy, very sour
(Mexico, slang) to sexually penetrate, fuck
(reflexive) to get angry, get annoyed, take offence
(reflexive) to turn sour
(Mexico, reflexive) to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured
(intransitive) to bounce

sting

be hot

cause pain

mordicar

coser a máquina

dentellar

tener fiebre

acalambrarse

adormecerse

amargar

ardor

caer en la trampa

encargarse de

entumecer

entumecerse

flechar

hacer calor

jamar

tener relaciones sexuales

dar comezón

resquemar

ser picante

cortar en pedacitos

herir brevemente

mit dem Schnabel hacken

hacher

Frequency

Hyphenated as

pi‧car

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈkaɾ/

Inherited from Latin

pīcus

Cognate with English

pique

Cognate with French

piquer

Cognate with Portuguese

picar

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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