pellizcar

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vellicicāre, from Latin vellicāre, most likely ultimately from vellus (“the wool shorn from a sheep, fleece, or pelt”). Cognate with English vellicate.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peʝiθˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʝiθˈkaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /peʝiθˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʝiθˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /peʎiθˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʎiθˈkaɾ]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /peʝisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʝisˈkaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /peʝisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʝisˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /peʎisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʎisˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peʃisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʃisˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peʒisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʒisˈkaɾ]

Verb

1. to pinch, nip

See also

• repizcar