Pique in english
Pique
pronunciation: pik part of speech: noun, verb
pronunciation: pik part of speech: noun, verb
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.more:
» picar la curiosidad = pique + 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 mano = have + 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 ojos = have + itchy eyes .
Example: Use ultraviolet light if you have itchy eyes, runny nose or wheezing.» que pica = itchy [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.more:
» máquina de picar alimentos = food 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 carne = meat grinder ; meat 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 picar = chopping 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.more:
» haberle picado la moscarda a Uno = be 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.more:
» algo para picar = finger 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 picar = finger 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 trampa = fall for + a joke ; fall 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.pique
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» a pique = sinking .
Example: Other boats lay on their oars in the vicinity of the sinking ship, a few survivors being rescued from the water.» a punto de irse a pique = on the rocks .
Example: Marriage is on the rocks in Britain, with the proportion of unmarried people exceeding that of married people as more men and women opt to live together without constraints.» echar a pique = scuttle ; torpedo .
Example: Three bills intended to scuttle affirmative action in California were left in dry dock when the committee refused to pass them. Example: What advantage lay in torpedoing what were bilateral talks in all but name, just as they had got underway?.» irse a pique = bite + the dust ; give up + the ghost ; come + unstuck ; go + pear-shaped ; go + kaput ; be kaput ; go + haywire ; go down + the tube ; go down + the drain ; be up the spout ; be dead in the water ; go + belly up [Coloquial] ; go + tits up ; become + a shambles ; go for + a Burton ; go out (of) + the window ; fly out (of) + the window ; be toast ; hit + the buffers .
Example: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology. Example: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's 'Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage. Example: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck. Example: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again. Example: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!. Example: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it. Example: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire. Example: No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting. Example: These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable. Example: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays. Example: Unfortunately the project is officially dead in the water. Example: Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) went belly up 10 days ago and we have been unable to send & receive emails since. Example: At least Justin will have his 100 million dollars to fall back on if things do go tits up = Al menos Justin tendrá sus 100 millones de dólares a donde echar mano, si todo se va al carajo. Example: Over the course of a few months, her life became a shambles. Example: The British economy has gone for a Burton. Example: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier. Example: When grandparents enter the door discipline flies out the window. Example: Stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, the earth is toast!. Example: After an explosive couple of years, China's car market hit the buffers in 2004.» todo + irse + a pique = everything + go + snafu .
Example: Sometimes you get a period when everything goes snafu.