picada

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [piˈka.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [piˈka.ða]

Etymology 1

From picar +‎ -ada.

Noun

picada f (plural picades)

1. sting (a bump left on the skin after being stung)

   Synonym: fiblada

2. sting (a bite by an insect)
3. peck (an act of striking with a beak)
4. a portion of coarsely ground or chopped food

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

picada f sg

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

From picar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈkaðɐ]

Verb

picada

1. feminine singular past participle of picar

Adjective

picada

1. feminine singular of picado

Noun

picada f (plural picadas)

1. sting, bite

   Synonym: picadela

2. blow
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 476:

     mando que, qualquer rrey ou duc ou conde ou caualeyro a que eu fije cousa desaguisada, que logo, sen tardar, se leuãte et me ueña dar hũa picada ẽno nariz

     I command that any king or duke or count or knight, to whom I did wrong things, at the moment, without delay, to get up and come to give me a blow to the nose

3. (of a bell) peal, toll

Related terms

• picadela
• picar

References

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

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Portuguese

Adjective

picada f sg

1. feminine singular of picado

Noun

picada f (plural picadas)

1. the act of stinging

   Synonyms: ferroada, pontada

2. bite (skin swelling caused by an insect sting)

Participle

picada

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈkada/ [piˈka.ð̞a]

Noun

picada f (plural picadas)

1. peck (an act of striking with a beak)
2. bite (of an insect)
3. appetizer (small portion of food)

   Synonyms: tapa, aperitivo

4. (Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Uruguay) mountain path or track
   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:

     Este grupo acampaba en un prado fresco y pastoso, casi encima del cauce del Negro, cuya comunicación con el exterior sólo podía establecerse por medio de la picada larga, tortuosa y estrecha

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Adjective

picada f sg

1. feminine singular of picado

Participle

picada f sg

1. feminine singular past participle of picar

Further reading

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