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Spanish
Etymology
From pico + -otazo, from an extended variant of -azo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pikoˈtaθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pikoˈtaso/
- Rhymes: -aθo
- Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: pi‧co‧ta‧zo
Noun
picotazo m (plural picotazos)
- peck (with a beak)
2015 July 20, “‘Roar’, el rodaje más bestial de la historia del cine”, in El País:La actriz Tippi Hedren sustituía los picotazos de los pájaros en el rodaje del maestro del suspense por mordeduras de felinos y un pisotón de un elefante que le rompería la pierna.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- sting
- bite by an animal
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2015 July 18, “El aventurero que acabó en La Moncloa”, in El País:El picotazo lo recibió en 1998, durante la tregua de ETA, cuando su jefe, Javier Zarzalejos, fue designado por el presidente José María Aznar como negociador con la banda terrorista y Moragas le cubrió durante un largo tiempo las espaldas en todo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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