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

be hot

cause pain

clock in

cut in small pieces

go numb

grow numb

have fever

hype up

psych up

crack

clock on

make fire

put through the grinder

beat

put through the mincer

chip off

cut into pieces

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

herir levemente

partir las papas

hacer el fuego

producirse la comezón

echar llamas

causar prurito

dar picazón

disparar el arco

comer dulces

tomar chucherías

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.