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Etymology

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From Hindi [Term?].

Noun

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picar (plural picars)

  1. (India, obsolete) A retail dealer; an intermediate dealer or broker.

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Asturian

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  • IPA(key): /piˈkaɾ/, [piˈkaɾ]

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picar (first-person singular indicative present pico, past participle picáu)

  1. to knock (on the door)
    Picanon a la puerta va un ratín
    They knocked on the door a while back
  2. to itch (to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched)
  3. to sting
  4. to take a bait
  5. to chop, cut wood
  6. to fall for something
    Nun piques, nin que nun ye verdá
    Don't fall for it, it's not even true
  7. to crumble, mince, chop in pieces

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan picar, from Vulgar Latin *pīccāre, itself a derivative of Latin pīcus or of onomatopoetic origin.

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picar (first-person singular present pico, first-person singular preterite piquí, past participle picat)

  1. (of an animal or insect) to bite, sting
  2. to peck (strike with the beak or bill)
  3. to prick, pierce
  4. to sting, burn; to be spicy or sour
  5. to mince, chop
  6. to strike
    picar a la portato knock on the door
    picar de mansto clap hands
  7. to push (a button)
    han picat al timbresomeone rang the bell

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Galician

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Etymology

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From pico (beak).

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picar (first-person singular present pico, first-person singular preterite piquei, past participle picado)

  1. to mince
    Synonym: pitar
  2. to chop
    Hai que picar esa leña.Somebody [probably you] should chop that firewood.
  3. to bite
  4. to sting
    Synonym: aguillar
  5. (of milk, wine) to sour, embitter
  6. (of the sea) to become choppy
  7. to itch
  8. (of food) to be hot, spicy
  9. to hammer (a blade, for sharpening it)
    Synonym: carabuñar
  10. to nibble

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *pīccāre, itself a derivative of Latin pīcus or of onomatopoetic origin.

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  • IPA(key): /piˈka/
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picar

  1. to hit; to strike
  2. (of an insect or the like) to sting
    Synonym: fissar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *pīccāre (to puncture), itself from *pīccus (woodpecker), variant of Latin pīcus, or perhaps a Frankish borrowing.

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  • Hyphenation: pi‧car

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picar (first-person singular present pico, first-person singular preterite piquei, past participle picado)

  1. to sting (pierce with a small, sharp point)
  2. to punch (to make holes)
    picar o bilheteto punch the ticket
  3. to mince; to shred (chop into small pieces)
    picar a carneto mince the meat
  4. (informal) to provoke

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From pico (beak, point), or maybe from Latin pīcus (woodpecker), through a Vulgar Latin *pīccāre (to sting, strike). Compare English pique, French piquer, and Portuguese picar.

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  • IPA(key): /piˈkaɾ/ [piˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pi‧car

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picar (first-person singular present pico, first-person singular preterite piqué, past participle picado)

  1. (intransitive) to itch (to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched)
    una tela que picaan itchy fabric
  2. to sting
  3. to chop
  4. to bite
  5. (cooking) to mince, to dice
  6. to stab; to wound
  7. (colloquial) to snack; to nibble; to have a bite
    me apetece picar algoI fancy a bite to eat
  8. to rot; to decay; to eat away; to rust
  9. to pique
    Synonym: despertar
  10. to crush (ice)
  11. (intransitive) to sting or be pungent to the lips or tongue, be spicy or, of a candy, very sour
    Este chile pica mucho.This chili is very hot.
  12. (slang, Mexico) to sexually penetrate, fuck
  13. (reflexive) to get angry, get annoyed, take offence
  14. (reflexive) to turn sour
  15. (reflexive, Mexico, with con) to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured
  16. (intransitive) to bounce

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  • Belizean Creole: pik

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Venetian

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Etymology

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Compare Italian impiccare.

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picar

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hang, dangle

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  • Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.