picar

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to itch to feel itchy, to feel a need to be scratched
  • to sting
  • to chop
  • to bite
  • (culinary) 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
  • (slang) to sexually penetrate, fuck
  • (reflexive) to get angry, get annoyed, take offence
  • (reflexive) to turn sour
  • (reflexive) to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pīcus (woodpecker), *pīccāre.

Origin

Latin

*pīccāre

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