Picar – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Picar
Picar is a village and a former municipality in the
Gjirokastër County, southern
Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality
Gjirokastër. The population at the 2011 census was 937. The municipal unit consists of the villages Picar, Shtëpëz,
Kolonjë, Golem and Kaparjel which are all inhabited by
Bektashi Albanians.
picar
v.
prick; pique; goad, nibble; jab; mince, chop; pound; harass
picar
v.
hack, chop; pick; sting, bite; hash, mince; jab; pique; point; prick, prickle
picar1
(v.) = smart ; itch.
Ex: The Soviet hosts, meanwhile, still smarting over myriad implications of inferiority, found themselves in the novel position of being expected to instruct and enlighten Westerners.
Ex: Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.
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* picar la curiosidad = pique + Posesivo + curiosity.
* picar los ojos = have + itchy eyes.
* que pica = itchy ; scratchy .
picar2
(v.) = mince ; chop up.
Ex: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.
Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.
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* máquina de picar carne = meat grinder ; meat mincer.
* tabla de picar = chopping board.
picar3
(v.) = sting.
Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio stung.
Ex: When threatened, a stingray lashes out with its tail and tries to sting the intruder with one of its spines, which contain poison glands.
picar4
(v.) = peck ; snack.
Ex: They sold both the land and the animals, keeping only a dog and a few hens that walked freely, pecking and cackling in the garden.
Ex: I stayed there for several hours, snacking on hunks of bread and cheese and putting pen to paper.
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* algo para picar = finger food.
* comida para picar = finger food.
* picar en una trampa = fall for + a joke ; fall for + it.
picar5
(v.) = keyboard.
Ex: One use of the Mouse is in free-hand drawing, but it also promises to improve drastically the way in which data can be manipulated once it has been keyboarded into a file.
picarse
(v.) = peeve.
Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
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* picarse (por) = take + offence (at).
