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Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Arabic السِّقَاط (as-siqāṭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
acicate m (plural acicates)
- spur (implement for prodding a horse)
- Synonym: espora
- (figuratively) incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates)
- Synonym: incentivo
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Etymology 2
Verb
acicate
- inflection of acicatar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السِّقَاط (as-siqáṭ). Compare Portuguese acicate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθiˈkate/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asiˈkate/
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: a‧ci‧ca‧te
Noun
acicate m (plural acicates)
- spur (implement for prodding a horse)
- Synonym: espuela
- (figuratively) incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates)
- Synonym: incentivo
1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Henri Simon Leprince”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:Su presencia, su fragilidad, su espantosa soberanía, a algunos les sirve de acicate o de recordatorio.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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