Spanish | English |
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picar verb | bite [bit, bitten, biting, bites](bite a baited hook or other lure) chop [chopped, chopping, chops](to cut into pieces) cut up(to cut into smaller pieces) graze [grazed, grazing, grazes](to eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day) itch [itched, itching, itches](to feel the need to scratch) mince [minced, mincing, minces](chop fine) mull [mulled, mulling, mulls](to chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form) nettle [nettled, nettling, nettles]verb pique [piqued, piquing, piques](to wound the pride of (someone)) pull someone's leg(to tease someone) punch [punched, punching, punches](to mark a ticket) snack [snacked, snacking, snacks](to eat between meals) sting [stung, stinging, stings](to hurt) |
picar el interés verb | dig [dug, digging, digs](slang: to understand or show interest in) |
picar el ojo verb | wink [winked, winking, winks](to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion) |
picardía noun {f} | craftiness(skill in deception, slyness) mischief(harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause) |
Picardía proper noun {f} | Picardy(region of France) |
picardías noun {m} | négligée(nightgown) |
picaresco adjective | picaresque [picaresquer, picaresquest](of or pertaining to rogues) |
picarse verb | pique [piqued, piquing, piques](to take pride in) |
epicaricacía noun {f} | schadenfreude(malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune) |
epicarpio noun {m} | exocarp [exocarps](outermost layer of the pericarp) |
máquina de picar carne noun {f} | meatgrinder(device for cutting meat) |
novela picaresca noun {f} | picaresque(picaresque novel) |
salpicar verb | dapple [dappled, dappling, dapples](to mark with spots) dash [dashed, dashing, dashes](to sprinkle) spatter [spattered, spattering, spatters](to splash with small droplets) splash [splashed, splashing, splashes](to hit or agitate liquid) splatter [splattered, splattering, splatters](To spatter) sprinkle [sprinkled, sprinkling, sprinkles](to cause to fall in fine drops) |
salpicar con grava verb | gravel [gravelled, gravelling, gravels](To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc) |