Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From picar +‎ -ada.

Noun

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picada f (plural picades)

  1. sting (a bump left on the skin after being stung)
    Synonym: fiblada
  2. sting (a bite by an insect)
  3. peck (an act of striking with a beak)
  4. a portion of coarsely ground or chopped food

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picat

Further reading

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Galician

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Etymology

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From picar.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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picada

  1. feminine singular of picado

Adjective

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picada

  1. feminine singular of picado

Noun

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picada f (plural picadas)

  1. sting, bite
    Synonym: picadela
  2. blow
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 476:
      mando que, qualquer rrey ou duc ou conde ou caualeyro a que eu fije cousa desaguisada, que logo, sen tardar, se leuãte et me ueña dar hũa picada ẽno nariz
      I command that any king or duke or count or knight, to whom I did wrong things, at the moment, without delay, to get up and come to give me a blow to the nose
  3. (of a bell) peal, toll
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References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “picada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “picada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • picada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • picada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • picada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧da

Adjective

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picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picado

Noun

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picada f (plural picadas)

  1. the act of stinging
    Synonyms: ferroada, pontada
  2. bite (skin swelling caused by an insect sting)

Participle

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picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picado

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piˈkada/ [piˈka.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: pi‧ca‧da

Noun

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picada f (plural picadas)

  1. peck (an act of striking with a beak)
  2. bite (of an insect)
    Synonym: picadura
  3. appetizer (small portion of food)
    Synonyms: tapa, aperitivo
  4. (Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Uruguay) mountain path or track
    • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:
      Este grupo acampaba en un prado fresco y pastoso, casi encima del cauce del Negro, cuya comunicación con el exterior sólo podía establecerse por medio de la picada larga, tortuosa y estrecha
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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Belizean Creole: pikaado

Adjective

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picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picado

Participle

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picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picado

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