pico

Meaning

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
pi‧co
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpiko/
Etymology

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.

Cognate with English
English
beak
New
picar

  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

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