picada

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From picar +‎ -ada.

Noun

picada f (plural picades)

  1. sting (a bump left on the skin after being stung)
    Synonym: fiblada
  2. sting (a bite by an insect)
  3. peck (an act of striking with a beak)
  4. a portion of coarsely ground or chopped food

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picat

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From picar.

Pronunciation

Participle

picada

  1. feminine singular of picado

Adjective

picada

  1. feminine singular of picado

Noun

picada f (plural picadas)

  1. sting, bite
    Synonym: picadela
  2. blow
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 476:
      mando que, qualquer rrey ou duc ou conde ou caualeyro a que eu fije cousa desaguisada, que logo, sen tardar, se leuãte et me ueña dar hũa picada ẽno nariz
      I command that any king or duke or count or knight, to whom I did wrong things, at the moment, without delay, to get up and come to give me a blow to the nose
  3. (of a bell) peal, toll

Related terms

References

  • “picada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “picada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “picada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “picada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “picada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧da

Adjective

picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picado

Noun

picada f (plural picadas)

  1. the act of stinging
    Synonyms: ferroada, pontada
  2. bite (skin swelling caused by an insect sting)

Participle

picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picado

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈkada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: pi‧ca‧da

Noun

picada f (plural picadas)

  1. peck (an act of striking with a beak)
  2. bite (of an insect)
    Synonym: picadura
  3. appetizer (small portion of food)
    Synonyms: tapa, aperitivo
  4. (Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Uruguay) mountain path or track
    • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:
      Este grupo acampaba en un prado fresco y pastoso, casi encima del cauce del Negro, cuya comunicación con el exterior sólo podía establecerse por medio de la picada larga, tortuosa y estrecha
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Belizean Creole: pikaado

Adjective

picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picado

Participle

picada f sg

  1. feminine singular of picado

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