picadura

Portuguese

Etymology

From picar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈdu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pi.kɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [pi.kɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

Noun

picadura f (plural picaduras)

1. sting, bite (chiefly from insects)

   Synonym: picada

Further reading

• “picadura”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “picadura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From picar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pikaˈduɾa/ [pi.kaˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pi‧ca‧du‧ra

Noun

picadura f (plural picaduras)

1. sting, bite e.g. from a snake or insect
2. wound

Further reading

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