picada

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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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.

Participle

picada f sg

1. feminine singular of picat

Further reading

• “picada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From picar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈkaðɐ]

Participle

picada

1. feminine singular of picado

Adjective

picada

1. feminine singular of picado

Noun

picada f (plural picadas)

1. sting, bite

   Synonym: picadela

2. blow
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, 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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “picada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “picada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Portuguese

Etymology

From picar +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈka.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈka.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈka.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈka.dɐ/ [piˈka.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧da

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)

Derived terms

• fim da picada

Participle

picada f sg

1. feminine singular of picado

Further reading

• “picada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “picada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “picada”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “picada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

picado +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈkada/ [piˈka.ð̞a]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pi‧ca‧da

Noun

picada f (plural picadas)

1. peck (an act of striking with a beak)
2. bite (of an insect)

   Synonym: picadura

3. appetizer (small portion of food)

   Synonyms: tapa, aperitivo

4. (Rioplatense, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, rustic in Cuba) mountain path or track
   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:

     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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5. (Southern Cone) A short street race.

Derived terms

• en picada

Descendants

• → Belizean Creole: pikaado

Adjective

picada f sg

1. feminine singular of picado

Participle

picada f sg

1. feminine singular of picado

Further reading

• “picada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025