picaflor
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of pica (“to bite”) + flor (“flower”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
picaflor m (plural picaflores)
- hummingbird
- Synonyms: avíape, besaflor, (Mexico) chuparrosa, colibrí, (Ecuador, Peru) quinde, (Panama) visitaflor
- (colloquial) womanizer, flirt
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “picaflor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014