Occitan

Verb

picar

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

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pīccāre ‎(“to puncture”), itself from *pīccus ‎(“woodpecker”), variant of Latin pīcus, or of onomatopoetic origin.

Verb

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

1. to sting (to pierce with a small, sharp point)
2. to mince; to shred (to chop into small pieces)

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈka̠ɾ/

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to bite; to sting; to stab; to wound
2. to rot; to decay; to eat away; to rust
3. to chop
4. to pique
5. to itch
6. to sting or be pungent to the lips or tongue, be spicy or hot

   Este chile pica mucho = "This chili is very hot"

7. (slang, Mexico) to sexually penetrate, ****
8. (reflexive) to get angry, to get annoyed, to take offence
9. (reflexive) to turn sour
10. (reflexive, Mexico) to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured

Usage notes

• (reflexive, Mexico: to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured): Followed by the preposition con.

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.

Related terms

• peca
• picador
• picadura
• picante
• picazón
• picor
• picado
• pico
• pica
• sacar picas

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian impiccare

Verb

picar (transitive or intransitive)

1. to hang or dangle

Conjugation

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