Picar in english

Chop

pronunciation: tʃɑp part of speech: verb, noun
In gestures

picar1 = smart ; itch. 

Example: The Soviet hosts, meanwhile, still smarting over myriad implications of inferiority, found themselves in the novel position of being expected to instruct and enlighten Westerners.Example: Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.

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» picar la curiosidadpique + Posesivo + curiosity .

Example: His curiosity was piqued as he glanced at the words again -- 'Would you drop by my office at your earliest convenience?'.

» picar la palma de la manohave + an itchy/itching palm [Expresión generalmente usada para indicar que pronto se recibirá dinero] .

Example: Next time you have an itchy palm, don't scratch it, spit in it three times and bingo you'll receive money.

» picar los ojoshave + itchy eyes .

Example: Use ultraviolet light if you have itchy eyes, runny nose or wheezing.

» que picaitchy [itchier -comp., itchiest -sup.]  ; scratchy [scratchier -comp., scratchiest -sup.]  .

Example: Even the ones who don't complain say they have coughing fits at times, and itchy eyes, and headaches.

Example: Many of us suffer from scratchy throat allergies on account of the seasonal changes.

picar2 = mince ; chop up. 

Example: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.Example: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

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» máquina de picar alimentosfood grinder .

Example: Food grinders are the convenient and modern version of the traditional mortar and pestle and can be used to grind everything from spices to nuts to larger items.

» máquina de picar carnemeat grindermeat mincer .

Example: These institutions are like meat grinders, they lure you in with cheap wine and cheese and then pull the rug out from under you once you get there.

Example: So here's the plan -- I want to get a meat mincer to make my own mince, and have a bash at some bangers.

» tabla de picarchopping board .

Example: Lay the monkfish pieces on a chopping board and slice them horizontally almost in half, so they open out like a book.

picar3 = sting. 

Example: When threatened, a stingray lashes out with its tail and tries to sting the intruder with one of its spines, which contain poison glands.

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» haberle picado la moscarda a Unobe jinxed .

Example: So today I just came to realization that I've been jinxed somewhere along the way in my life.

picar4 = peck ; snack. 

Example: They sold both the land and the animals, keeping only a dog and a few hens that walked freely, pecking and cackling in the garden.Example: I stayed there for several hours, snacking on hunks of bread and cheese and putting pen to paper.

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» algo para picarfinger food .

Example: The building has two levels, the first being a café where people can sit and hang out with some finger food whereas the upper storey is a music studio.

» comida para picarfinger food .

Example: The building has two levels, the first being a café where people can sit and hang out with some finger food whereas the upper storey is a music studio.

» picar en una trampafall for + a jokefall for + it .

Example: Some people understood the joke and laughed, others fell for the joke and took it seriously.

Example: The classic form of April fool hoax is to present an improbable situation in such a convincing way that people fall for it on the spur of the moment but later cannot understand why they did so.

picar5 = keyboard. 

Example: One use of the Mouse is in free-hand drawing, but it also promises to improve drastically the way in which data can be manipulated once it has been keyboarded into a file.

picarse = peeve. 

Example: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.

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» el que se pica, ajos comeif the cap fit(s, wear it)if the shoe fits(, wear it) .

Example: Some of my closest friends are of the opposite sex, so please don't get the idea I'm a manhater or a radical feminist; it's simply a question that 'if the cap fits, wear it'.

Example: This truth might upset some, but if the shoe fits, wear it.

» el que se pique, que coma ajosif the cap fit(s, wear it)if the shoe fits(, wear it) .

Example: Some of my closest friends are of the opposite sex, so please don't get the idea I'm a manhater or a radical feminist; it's simply a question that 'if the cap fits, wear it'.

Example: This truth might upset some, but if the shoe fits, wear it.

» picarse (por)take + offence (at) .

Example: And he isn't a very nice person, so Claire is going to take offence at some of the things he says.

Picar synonyms

hack in spanish: cortar, pronunciation: hæk part of speech: noun, verb chopper in spanish: helicóptero, pronunciation: tʃɑpɜr part of speech: noun chop shot in spanish: shot shot, pronunciation: tʃɑpʃɑt part of speech: noun chop up in spanish: cortar, pronunciation: tʃɑpʌp part of speech: verb
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