piquete

See also: Piquete and piqueté

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French piquete.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧que‧te

Noun

piquete m (plural piquetes)

1. Refers to a relatively small to medium-sized group of people.
   1. (military) small troop or guard
   2. (military) any other group of soldiers, firefighters or policemen
   3. group of strikers (workers on strike)
   4. a number of workers designated for turn-based work

Spanish

Etymology

From pico +‎ -ete (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈkete/ [piˈke.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: pi‧que‧te

Noun

piquete m (plural piquetes)

1. prick (in the skin)
2. shot, jab (with a syringe)

   Synonym: inyección

3. injection

   Synonym: inyección

4. sting (bump in the skin made by an insect)

   Synonym: roncha

5. (slang, Mexico) a small or medium amount of a strong alcoholic beverage (usually tequila, rum or brandy) poured in a non-alcoholic beverage, such as punch, coffee, juice, soda beverage, etc.

   Dame un café, pero con piquete.

   Give me a coffee, but pour some alcohol in it.

6. picket line

Derived terms

• piquete de ejecución
• piquetear

 

Further reading

• “piquete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014