piquete
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: pi‧que‧te
Noun
[edit]piquete m (plural piquetes)
- Refers to a relatively small to medium-sized group of people.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pico + -ete (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]piquete m (plural piquetes)
- prick (in the skin)
- shot, jab (with a syringe)
- Synonym: inyección
- injection
- Synonym: inyección
- sting (bump in the skin made by an insect)
- Synonym: roncha
- (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.
- picket line
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “piquete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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