repicar

Verb

repicar (first-person singular indicative present repico, past participle repicáu)

1. to play, ring quickly (a bell, a tambourine)

   Repicaron les camapanes pela mañana, anunciándo les fiestes del pueblu.

   They rang the bells in the morning, announcing the town festivals.

2. to walk straight, upright
3. to repeat (an action)

Etymology

From re- +‎ picar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.piˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.piˈkaɾ]

Verb

repicar (first-person singular present repico, first-person singular preterite repiquí, past participle repicat)

1. (transitive) to prick or peck again
2. (transitive) to ring repeatedly (bells)
3. (transitive) to transfer, to rerecord
4. (transitive) to replant, to prick out (separate seedlings and replant them)

Further reading

• “repicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From re- +‎ picar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repiˈkaɾ/ [re.piˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧pi‧car

Verb

repicar (first-person singular present repico, first-person singular preterite repiqué, past participle repicado)

1. to chop up
2. to peal, ring

Further reading

• “repicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10