picar a mula
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to sting the mule”. This is a figure of speech involving the notion of a mule rider stinging the animal with a sharp object to make it run fast.
Verb
editpicar a mula (first-person singular present pico a mula, first-person singular preterite piquei a mula, past participle picado a mula)
Conjugation
edit1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.