pico
Meaning
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- (masculine) peak, summit, top (the highest point of a mountain)
- (broadly,masculine) a high mountain that ends in a peak
- (figuratively,masculine) top, apogee, acme (the greatest, highest, most successful or most developed point of anything)
- (masculine) sharp tip of anything
- (masculine) sharp tip of anything
- (masculine) tart or acid flavour
- (masculine) zest, enthusiasm, excitement
- (masculine) instrument for cutting stone
- (masculine) picul (Chinese outdated unit of measurement of weight, roughly equivalent to 60.47 kg or 110.2 lb)
- (informal,masculine) each bubble in a carbonated beverage
- (Brazil,informal,masculine) hullabaloo; turmoil; tumult; commotion; riot
- (Brazil,informal,masculine) injected dosage
- (Portugal,derogatory,masculine) homosexual man
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pi‧co
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpi.ku/
Etymology
Deverbal from picar.
New
picar
- to sting (pierce with a small, sharp point)
- to punch (to make holes)
- to mince; to shred (chop into small pieces)
- (informal) to provoke
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