Meaning
picar
- (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
Concepts
sharp point
Synonyms
pico de ave
picot
papirola
paipa
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pi‧co
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpiko/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos. It was phonetically influenced by the verb picar (“to peck”). Compare English beak.
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