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

bite

itch

peck

prick

chop

burn

pick

stick

pierce

stab

mince

jab

hew

pinch

pique

puncture

nibble

smart

tingle

dig

poke

prod

quilt

stitch

grind

hack

prickle

punch

cut up

break away

break off

chip

come off

graze

snack

diet

dive

pit

pock

scorch

clip

perforate

pick at

spur on

goad

harass

nettle

nip

pink

spur

cause pain

cut in small pieces

be hot

braise

crack

have fever

heat

make fire

hurt

go numb

grow numb

stiffen

indicate

mark

point

wound

stuck

put through the grinder

put through the mincer

bray

comminute

crunch

mash

pestle

clock in

clock on

punch in

piece

browse

hash

chip off

break up

hype up

psych up

offend

thrill

tickle

vibrate

rub

scratch

twinge

beat

mull

hammer

thrust

chop up

mount

cut into pieces

Frequency

Hyphenated as

pi‧car

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈkaɾ/

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.