picar

From Hindi [Term?].

picar (plural picars)

1. (India, obsolete) A retail dealer; an intermediate dealer or broker.

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “picar”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

• apicar

• IPA^(key): /piˈkaɾ/, [piˈkaɾ]

picar (first-person singular indicative present pico, past participle picáu)

1. to knock (on the door)

   Picanon a la puerta va un ratín

   They knocked on the door a while back

2. to itch (to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched)
3. to sting
4. to take a bait
5. to chop, cut wood
6. to fall for something

   Nun piques, nin que nun ye verdá

   Don't fall for it, it's not even true

7. to crumble, mince, chop in pieces

Inherited from Old Catalan picar, from Vulgar Latin *pīccāre, itself a derivative of Latin pīcus or of onomatopoetic origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [piˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [piˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

picar (first-person singular present pico, first-person singular preterite piquí, past participle picat)

1. (of an animal or insect) to bite, sting
2. to peck (strike with the beak or bill)
3. to prick, pierce
4. to sting, burn; to be spicy or sour
5. to mince, chop
6. to strike

   picar a la porta ― to knock on the door

   picar de mans ― to clap hands

7. to push (a button)

   han picat al timbre ― someone rang the bell

• “picar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “picar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• pichar

From pico (“beak”).

• IPA^(key): /piˈkaɾ/

picar (first-person singular present pico, first-person singular preterite piquei, past participle picado)

1. to mince

   Synonym: pitar

2. to chop

   Hai que picar esa leña. ― Somebody [probably you] should chop that firewood.

3. to bite
4. to sting

   Synonym: aguillar

5. (of milk, wine) to sour, embitter
6. (of the sea) to become choppy
7. to itch
8. (of food) to be hot, spicy
9. to hammer (a blade, for sharpening it)

   Synonym: carabuñar

10. to nibble

• picada
• picadela
• pico
• repicar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “picar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “picar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “picar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “picar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “picar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “picar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “picar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *pīccāre, itself a derivative of Latin pīcus or of onomatopoetic origin.

• IPA^(key): /piˈka/

• Audio:

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picar

1. to hit; to strike
2. (of an insect or the like) to sting

   Synonym: fissar

      Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		picar			aver picat
gerund		picant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		picat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	piqui	picas	pica	picam	picatz	pican
	imperfect	picavi	picavas	picava	picàvem	picàvetz	picavan
	preterite	piquèri	piquères	piquèt	piquèrem	piquèretz	piquèron
	future	picarai	picaràs	picarà	picarem	picaretz	picaràn
	conditional	picariái	picariás	picariá	picariam	picariatz	picarián
	conditional 2nd form1	piquèra	piquèras	piquèra	piqueram	piqueratz	piquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pique	piques	pique	piquem	piquetz	piquen
	imperfect	piquèssi	piquèsses	piquèsse	piquèssem	piquèssetz	piquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pica		piquem	picatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		picar			aver picat
gerund		picant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		picat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pique	piques	pica	picam	picatz	picon
	imperfect	picave	picaves	picava	picaviam	picaviatz	picavon
	preterite	piquere	piqueres	piquet	piquem	piquetz	piqueron
	future	picarai	picaràs	picará	picarem	picaretz	picarán
	conditional	picariá	picariás	picariá	picariam	picariatz	picarián
	conditional 2nd form1	piquèra	piquèras	piquèra	piqueram	piqueratz	piquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pique	piques	pique	picassiam	picassiatz	picon
	imperfect	piquesse	piquesses	piquesse	piquessiam	piquessiatz	piquesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pica		picassiam	picatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		picar			aver picat
gerund		picant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		picat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	piqui	picas	pica	picam	picatz	pican
	imperfect	picavi	picavas	picava	picàvam	picàvatz	picavan
	preterite	piquèi	piquès	piquè	piquèm	piquètz	piquèn
	future	picarèi	picaràs	picarà	picaram	picaratz	picaràn
	conditional	picarí	picarés	picaré	picarem	picaretz	picarén
	conditional 2nd form1	piquèra	piquèras	piquèra	piqueram	piqueratz	piquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	piqui	piques	pique	piquem	piquetz	piquen
	imperfect	piquèssi	piquèsses	piquèsse	piquèssem	piquèssetz	piquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pica		piquem	picatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		picar			aver picat
gerund		picant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		picat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pique	picas	pica	picam	picatz	pican
	imperfect	picava	picavas	picava	picàvam	picàvatz	picavan
	preterite	piquei	piqueras	piquet	piquèram	piquèratz	piqueran
	future	picarai	picaràs	picará	picarem	picaretz	picarán
	conditional	picariá	picariàs	picariá	picariam	picariatz	picarián
	conditional 2nd form1	piquèra	piquèras	piquèra	piqueram	piqueratz	piquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pique	piques	pique	piquem	piquetz	piquen
	imperfect	piquèsse	piquèsses	piquèsse	piquèssem	piquèssetz	piquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pica		piquem	picatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		picar			aver picat
gerund		picant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		picat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pique	piques	pica	picam	picatz	pican
	imperfect	picavi	picavas	picava	picàvem	picàvetz	picavan
	preterite	piquère	piquères	piquèt	piqueriam	piqueriatz	piquèron
	future	picarai	picaràs	picarà	picarem	picaretz	picaràn
	conditional	picariáu	picariás	picariá	picariam	picariatz	picarián
	conditional 2nd form1	piquèra	piquèras	piquèra	piqueram	piqueratz	piquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pique	piques	pique	piquem	piquetz	pican
	imperfect	piquèsse	piquèsses	piquèsse	piquessiam	piquessiatz	piquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pica		piquem	picatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

From Vulgar Latin *pīccāre (“to puncture”), itself from *pīccus (“woodpecker”), variant of Latin pīcus, or perhaps a Frankish borrowing.

• Hyphenation: pi‧car

picar (first-person singular present pico, first-person singular preterite piquei, past participle picado)

1. to sting (pierce with a small, sharp point)
2. to punch (to make holes)

   picar o bilhete ― to punch the ticket

3. to mince; to shred (chop into small pieces)

   picar a carne ― to mince the meat

4. (informal) to provoke

From pico (“beak, point”), or maybe from Latin pīcus (“woodpecker”), through a Vulgar Latin *pīccāre (“to sting, strike”). Compare English pique, French piquer, and Portuguese picar.

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

picar (first-person singular present pico, first-person singular preterite piqué, past participle picado)

1. (intransitive) to itch (to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched)

   una tela que pica ― an itchy fabric

2. to sting
3. to chop
4. to bite
5. (cooking) to mince, to dice
6. to stab; to wound
7. (colloquial) to snack; to nibble; to have a bite

   me apetece picar algo ― I fancy a bite to eat

8. to rot; to decay; to eat away; to rust
9. to pique

   Synonym: despertar

10. to crush (ice)
11. (intransitive) to sting or be pungent to the lips or tongue, be spicy or, of a candy, very sour

    Este chile pica mucho. ― This chili is very hot.

12. (slang, Mexico) to sexually penetrate, fuck
13. (reflexive) to get angry, get annoyed, take offence
14. (reflexive) to turn sour
15. (reflexive, Mexico, with con) to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured
16. (intransitive) to bounce

• → Belizean Creole: pik

• “picar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Compare Italian impiccare.

• IPA^(key): /piˈkar/

picar

1. (transitive, intransitive) to hang, dangle

• Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.