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picar.

to itch (to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/piˈkaɾ/[piˈkaɾ]
  1. to itch (to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched)

    intransitive
    una tela que pica
  2. to sting

  3. to chop

    picar cebollas
  4. to bite

  5. to mince, to dice

  6. to stab; to wound

  7. to snack; to nibble; to have a bite

    colloquial
    me apetece picar algo
  8. to rot; to decay; to eat away; to rust

  9. to pique

  10. to crush (ice)

  11. to sting or be pungent to the lips or tongue, be spicy or, of a candy, very sour

    intransitive
    Este chile pica mucho.
  12. to sexually penetrate, fuck

    Mexico · slang
  13. to get angry, get annoyed, take offence

    reflexive
  14. to turn sour

    reflexive
  15. to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured

    Mexico · reflexive
  16. to bounce

    intransitive
  17. to click (such as with a computer mouse)

  18. to knock (on a door)

  19. to steal, rob

    slang
    Aprovecha y pícate algo, socio.
  20. to wink (blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)

    Canary-Islands
Where this word comes from

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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.